The 2024 Bluegreen Vacations Duels were a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 15, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both were contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2024 Daytona 500.
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Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of five superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International 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 Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.465 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49.641 49.465 2 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.783 49.536 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.730 49.550 4 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 49.799 49.667 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.782 49.675 6 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.776 49.676 7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.745 49.705 8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.824 49.725 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 49.837 49.756 10 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.903 49.909 11 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.906 — 12 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 49.946 — 13 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 49.952 — 14 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 49.966 — 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 49.978 — 16 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 49.979 — 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.996 — 18 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 50.003 — 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.058 — 20 62 Anthony Alfredo (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.098 — 21 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.101 — 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.101 — 23 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 50.102 — 24 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.133 — 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 50.170 — 26 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.177 — 27 60 David Ragan RFK Racing Ford 50.200 — 28 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 50.208 — 29 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.220 — 30 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.226 — 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50.231 — 32 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.251 — 33 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.261 — 34 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.293 — 35 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.323 — 36 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 50.334 — 37 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.485 — 38 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.589 — 39 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.608 — 40 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 50.749 — 41 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 51.261 — 42 36 Kaz Grala (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Duels Duel 1
Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 19 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 60 102 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 93 9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 84 20 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 75 12 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 60 66 10 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 60 57 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 60 48 15 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 39 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 210 8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 60 111 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 60 012 18 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 60 013 7 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 014 14 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 015 17 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 016 21 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 60 017 6 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 018 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 019 11 62 Anthony Alfredo (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 59 020 16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51 021 13 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49 0Official race results
Duel 2
Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 16 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 102 2 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 60 93 17 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 84 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 60 75 5 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 66 18 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 57 12 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 60 48 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 39 7 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 210 15 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 60 111 14 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 60 012 21 36 Kaz Grala (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 013 10 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 60 014 20 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 60 015 13 60 David Ragan RFK Racing Ford 60 016 1 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 017 11 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 48 018 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 47 019 4 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 47 020 6 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 47 021 8 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 47 0Official race results
Media Television FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick 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: Dillon Welch Steve PostKim CoonJason ToyBrienne Pedigo
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