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Ford teammates Joey Logano and Michael McDowell will lead the field to the green flag in the 66th annual Daytona 500 with a pair of Toyota teammates lined up behind them. The 40-car field was set T…
Ford teammates Joey Logano and Michael McDowell will lead the field in the Daytona 500, followed by two Toyota teammates in the second row. Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell won the Bluegreen Vacations Duel races, securing spots in the second row. Chase Elliott and Austin Cindric will start in row three, with Cindric being a former Daytona 500 champion. Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin make up row four, with Hamlin aiming for his fourth Daytona 500 victory. Carson Hocevar and John Hunter Nemechek will start in row five, with Hocevar as the highest-qualifying rookie. Jimmie Johnson, a two-time Daytona 500 champion, starts 23rd, while Kaz Grala, Anthony Alfredo, and David Ragan round out the drivers who had to earn their spots. Four drivers will start in backup cars due to crashes in the Duel races. Ford has 16 drivers, Chevrolet has 15, and Toyota has nine qualified for the race, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. as the defending champion.
