The 2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels was a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 16, 2023, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both were contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2023 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 Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.536 and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.717 49.536 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.870 49.708 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.926 49.799 4 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.903 49.800 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49.881 49.803 6 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.869 49.817 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 49.965 49.985 8 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 49.927 49.996 9 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.996 50.070 10 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.920 0.000 11 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 49.997 — 12 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.022 — 13 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 50.031 — 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.033 — 15 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.038 — 16 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.042 — 17 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.088 — 18 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 50.091 — 19 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.107 — 20 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 50.108 — 21 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.140 — 22 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.182 — 23 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 50.202 — 24 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.205 — 25 67 Travis Pastrana 23XI Racing Toyota 50.208 — 26 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.236 — 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 50.280 — 28 42 Noah Gragson (R) Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 50.296 — 29 36 Zane Smith (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.318 — 30 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.332 — 31 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.346 — 32 62 Austin Hill (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.375 — 33 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.473 — 34 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.504 — 35 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50.583 — 36 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 50.609 — 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.799 — 38 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.891 — 39 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 51.045 — 40 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 51.053 — 41 13 Chandler Smith (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 51.422 — 42 50 Conor Daly (i) The Money Team Racing Chevrolet 0.000 —Official qualifying results

Duels Duel 1

Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 60 102 11 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 93 4 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 60 84 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 60 75 13 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 66 9 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 57 6 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 60 48 15 36 Zane Smith (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 09 5 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 210 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 111 8 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 60 012 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 60 013 17 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 014 12 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 60 015 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 60 016 18 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 59 017 1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 59 018 21 13 Chandler Smith (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 59 019 10 54 Ty Gibbs (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 59 020 19 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 59 021 20 77 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 59 0Official race results

Duel 2

Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 102 4 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 60 93 7 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 84 9 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 60 75 20 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 66 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 57 17 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 48 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 39 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 210 8 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 111 14 42 Noah Gragson (R) Legacy Motor Club Chevrolet 60 012 6 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 60 013 10 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 60 014 15 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 60 015 3 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 016 18 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 60 017 21 50 Conor Daly (i) The Money Team Racing Chevrolet 59 018 16 62 Austin Hill (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 41 019 5 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 40 020 19 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 40 021 12 67 Travis Pastrana 23XI Racing Toyota 40 0Official race results

Media Television FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Tony Stewart Jamie LittleRegan SmithJosh Sims Larry McReynolds

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 Steve PostKim CoonBrienne Pedigo

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