2025 Duel at Daytona

2025 The Duel at Daytona
Race details
Date	February 13, 2025
Location	Daytona International Speedway ; Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	Race 1:; 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km); Race 2:; 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km)
Avg Speed	Race 1:; 130.909 miles per hour (210.678 km/h); Race 2:; 161.628 miles per hour (260.115 km/h)
Race 1
Pole position	Chase Briscoe
Most laps led	Bubba Wallace (21)
Winner	Bubba Wallace
Race 2
Pole position	Austin Cindric
Most laps led	Erik Jones (16)
Winner	Austin Cindric
Television
Network	FS1 & MRN
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick (Television); Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Rusty Wallace (Booth); Dave Moody (1 & 2), Kyle Rickey (Backstretch), and Tim Catalfamo (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)

Last updated February 16, 2025

The 2025 Duel at Daytona were a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races that was held on February 13, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both were contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2025 Daytona 500.

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Background

Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.^[9] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.^[10] The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[10]

Qualifying

Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.249 and a speed of 182.745 mph (294.100 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	R1	R2
1	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.218	49.249
2	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	49.370	49.325
3	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	49.356	49.335
4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	49.401	49.358
5	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	49.484	49.376
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.496	49.413
7	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	49.487	49.444
8	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.492	49.465
9	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	49.460	49.466
10	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.504	49.522
11	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.505	—
12	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.506	—
13	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	49.507	—
14	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.535	—
15	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.538	—
16	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	49.545	—
17	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.571	—
18	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	49.573	—
19	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	49.616	—
20	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	49.630	—
21	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.636	—
22	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Tricon Garage	Toyota	49.641	—
23	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.660	—
24	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.695	—
25	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.742	—
26	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.744	—
27	35	Riley Herbst (R)	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.770	—
28	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.783	—
29	84	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	49.783	—
30	88	Shane van Gisbergen (R)	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.789	—
31	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.825	—
32	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Ford	49.830	—
33	40	Justin Allgaier (i)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.863	—
34	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.865	—
35	01	Corey LaJoie	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	49.879	—
36	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	49.912	—
37	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.997	—
38	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	50.025	—
39	91	Hélio Castroneves (i)	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	50.062	—
40	62	Anthony Alfredo (i)	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.090	—
41	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.148	—
42	66	Chandler Smith (i)	Garage 66	Ford	50.351	—
43	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.626	—
44	44	J. J. Yeley (i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	51.055	—
45	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	51.835	—
Official qualifying results

Duels

Duel 1

In the first duel, Justin Allgaier advanced to the race as the top finishing open car (excluding Martin Truex Jr., as the top open car in time trial qualifying), while Hélio Castroneves also advanced as an Open Exemption Provisional (OEP) competitor.

Duel 1 results

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	15	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	60	10
2	11	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	9
3	5	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	60	8
4	19	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	60	7
5	14	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	60	6
6	10	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	60	5
7	4	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	4
8	8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	3
9	17	40	Justin Allgaier (i)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
10	7	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	60	1
11	13	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	0
12	9	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
13	2	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	60	0
14	3	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	60	0
15	12	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Tricon Garage	Toyota	60	0
16	21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
17	23	44	J. J. Yeley (i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	60	0
18	18	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
19	1	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	26	0
20	22	66	Chandler Smith (i)	Garage 66	Ford	13	0
21	16	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	13	0
22	20	91	Hélio Castroneves (i)	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	13	0
23	6	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	6	0
Official race results

Duel 2

Erik Jones appeared to have won the second duel with gap time of 0.004 seconds. However, a caution was called just few feet away from finish line. As NASCAR ruled that Cindric was still in the lead at the time of the caution being called with only few inches gap between him and Jones, Cindric was determined to be the winner. This call did not affect the starting grid, as Cindric was already the outside polesitter.^[12]

Corey LaJoie advanced as the top open car in the second duel, with Jimmie Johnson also advancing as the second-fastest open car during time trial qualifying.

Duel 2 results

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	60	10
2	18	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	60	9
3	9	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	60	8
4	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	7
5	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	60	6
6	17	01	Corey LaJoie	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	60	5
7	7	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	60	4
8	10	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	60	3
9	19	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	60	2
10	4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60	1
11	5	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
12	13	35	Riley Herbst (R)	23XI Racing	Toyota	60	0
13	20	62	Anthony Alfredo (i)	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
14	15	88	Shane van Gisbergen (R)	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	60	0
15	22	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	60	0
16	16	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Ford	60	0
17	21	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	0
18	11	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	60	0
19	14	84	Jimmie Johnson	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	60	0
20	8	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	48	0
21	12	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	47	0
22	6	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	47	0
Official race results

Media

Television

FS1
Booth announcers	Pit reporters	In-race analyst
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer Color-commentator: Kevin Harvick	Jamie Little Regan Smith	Larry McReynolds

Radio

MRN Radio
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden Announcer: Mike Bagley Announcer: Rusty Wallace	Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Backstretch: Kyle Rickey Turns 3 & 4: Tim Catalfamo	Steve Post Chris Wilner Alan Cavanna

References

↑ "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
↑ "Daytona International Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
↑ Sturniolo, Zach (August 29, 2024). "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
↑ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
↑ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
↑ "Duel 1 at Daytona Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
↑ "Duel 2 at Daytona Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
↑ "Starting Lineup". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
↑ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. NASCAR Media Group. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
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↑ DeGroot, Nick (February 12, 2025). "Briscoe clinches history-making Daytona 500 pole for Toyota; Truex, Johnson locked in". Motorsport.com . Daytona Beach, Florida: Motorsport Network . Retrieved February 12, 2025.
↑ Srigley, Joseph (February 14, 2025). "Austin Cindric Given Awkward Victory After Caution-Spoiled Finish in Duel 2". Racing America.

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v t e 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Regular Season Points races	Daytona 500 (The Duel) (Speedweeks) Ambetter Health 400 EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix Shriners Children's 500 Pennzoil 400 Straight Talk Wireless 400 Cook Out 400 (Martinsville) Goodyear 400 Food City 500 Jack Link's 500 Würth 400 AdventHealth 400 Coca-Cola 600 Ally 400 FireKeepers Casino 400 Cup Series race at Mexico City The Great American Getaway 400 Quaker State 400 Grant Park 165 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 Brickyard 400 Iowa Corn 350 Go Bowling at The Glen Cook Out 400 (Richmond) Coke Zero Sugar 400
Playoffs	Cook Out Southern 500 Enjoy Illinois 300 Bass Pro Shops Night Race USA Today 301 Hollywood Casino 400 Bank of America Roval 400 South Point 400 YellaWood 500 Xfinity 500 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
Exhibition races	Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium NASCAR All-Star Race

Race details^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Date	February 13, 2025 (2025-02-13)
Location	Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	Race 1: 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km) Race 2: 60 laps, 150 mi (240 km)
Avg Speed	Race 1: 130.909 miles per hour (210.678 km/h) Race 2: 161.628 miles per hour (260.115 km/h)
Race 1
Pole position	Chase Briscoe
Most laps led	Bubba Wallace (21)
Winner	Bubba Wallace
Race 2
Pole position	Austin Cindric
Most laps led	Erik Jones (16)
Winner	Austin Cindric
Television
Network	FS1 & MRN
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick (Television) Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2), Kyle Rickey (Backstretch), and Tim Catalfamo (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)