The 2020 Bluegreen Vacations Duels were a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 13, 2020, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2020 Daytona 500.
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Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
Qualifying Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.253 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 147 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 46.253 288 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.305 39 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.319 448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.419 511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.528 618 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.662 710 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 46.732 824 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 46.767 995 Christopher Bell (R) Leavine Family Racing Toyota 46.818 1020 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.859 1122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 46.867 124 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 46.869 1314 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 46.906 1441 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 46.921 156 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 46.950 1621 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing Ford 46.952 1737 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 46.969 188 Tyler Reddick (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 46.983 1917 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 46.984 2042 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46.987 2119 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 46.994 221 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 47.052 232 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 47.054 2434 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.070 2538 John Hunter Nemechek (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 47.076 2636 David Ragan Rick Ware Racing Ford 47.151 2712 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 47.205 2877 Ross Chastain (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 47.262 293 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47.273 3013 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 47.353 3116 Justin Haley (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 47.364 3243 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 47.491 3362 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 47.633 3427 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 48.037 3566 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 48.225 3696 Daniel Suárez Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 48.523 3732 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 48.605 3800 Quin Houff (R) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 48.943 3954 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 49.102 4015 Brennan Poole (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 49.510 4149 Chad Finchum (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 49.515 4251 Joey Gase (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 50.068 4352 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 0.000Official qualifying results
Duels Duel 1
Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 60 102 4 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 93 8 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 84 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 60 75 17 43 Bubba Wallace Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 60 66 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 57 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 48 1 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 39 5 95 Christopher Bell (R) Leavine Family Racing Toyota 60 210 10 17 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 111 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 012 13 38 John Hunter Nemechek (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 013 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 014 14 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 60 015 7 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 016 9 37 Ryan Preece JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 017 16 16 Justin Haley (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 60 018 18 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 59 019 20 00 Quin Houff (R) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 58 020 21 49 Chad Finchum (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 57 021 22 51 Joey Gase (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 57 022 19 96 Daniel Suárez Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 28 0Official race results
Duel 2
Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 102 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 93 10 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 84 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 75 7 41 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 66 5 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 57 8 21 Matt DiBenedetto Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 48 11 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 39 14 77 Ross Chastain (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 010 9 8 Tyler Reddick (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 111 15 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 60 012 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 013 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 014 13 36 David Ragan Rick Ware Racing Ford 60 015 1 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 016 17 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 60 017 16 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 60 018 20 15 Brennan Poole (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 59 019 18 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 59 020 21 52 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 58 021 19 54 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 41 0Official race results
Media Television FS1Booth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff Gordon Jamie LittleRegan SmithVince WelchMatt Yocum
Radio MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyBackstretch: Mike BagleyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Winston KelleySteve PostDillon WelchKim Coon
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