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With a push from teammate Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace surged ahead of 2024 Daytona 500 winner William Byron to win Thursday night’s first Duel at Daytona 150-mile qualifying race and earn the thir…
Bubba Wallace won the first Duel at Daytona with a push from teammate Tyler Reddick, edging out William Byron. Wallace earned the third starting position for the Daytona 500. Justin Allgaier secured a place in the race for JR Motorsports with an impressive finish in the first Duel. Austin Cindric won the second Duel, narrowly beating Erik Jones to the finish line. Corey LaJoie clinched a spot in the Daytona 500 with a sixth-place finish in his unchartered No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford. Allgaier’s three-wide move in the last lap earned him a transfer spot into the Daytona 500, starting 17th.