Nascar – The starting grid for the Daytona 500 finalized

If we knew the first row of the starting grid for the Daytona 500 (Florida) after last Sunday's qualifying and the pole position won by Alex Bowman (Chevrolet – Hendrick Motorsports), the remaining positions remained to be defined for the start. sending off the season tomorrow evening.

Determined with the Can-Am Duels, the first determining the inside side of the grid and the second the outside side, the starting order will see Ryan Blaney (Ford – Team Penske) and Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports), winners of the Duels, start from the second row behind the tandem Alex Bowman – Denny Hamlin (Toyota –Joe Gibbs Racing).

Joey Logano (Team Penske) and Kevin Harvick (Ford – Stewart-Haas Racing) will follow on the third row in front of the duo Darrell Wallace Jr (Chevrolet – Richard Petty Motorsports) – Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing). The top 10 will be completed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Ford – Roush Fenway) and Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing).

Winner of the event in 2017, Kurt Busch (Stewart-Haas Racing) will start in eleventh position alongside his brother Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing). For her last Daytona 500, Danica Patrick (Chevrolet – Premium Motorsports) will start from 28th position.

Two big favorites, Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports) and Brad Keselowski (Team Penske) were injured during the first Duel and will start in 31st and 35th positions. The Daytona 500 will be followed live tomorrow evening from 20:30 p.m. on AB Matériaux.

500 Daytona 2018 starting grid