We now have the starting lineup for Sunday’s Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway as the preliminary races are over.
Hendrick Motorsports dominate the starting lineup with Alex Bowman set to start from the front, joined by his HMS teammate William Byron on the front row. Other HMS drivers, Chase Elliott will start on the 12th and new-addition Kyle Larson on the 13th.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Daytona 500
1. Alex Bowman — No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports
2. William Byron — No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports
3. Aric Almirola — No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing
4. Austin Dillon — No. 3 Richard Childress Racing
5. Christopher Bell — No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
6. Bubba Wallace — No. 23 23XI Racing
7. Ryan Newman — No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing
8. Kevin Harvick — No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing
9. Joey Logano — No. 22 Team Penske
10. Kyle Busch — No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
11. Ryan Preece — No. 37 JTG Daugherty Racing*
12. Chase Elliott — No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports
13 Kyle Larson — No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports
14. Ryan Blaney — No. 12 Team Penske
15. Daniel Suarez — No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team
16. Corey LaJoie — No. 7 Spire Motorsports
17. Michael McDowell — No. 34 Front Row Motorsports
18. David Ragan — No. 36 Front Row Motorsports*
19. Jamie McMurray — No. 77 Spire Motorsports
20. Kurt Busch — No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing
22. Chris Buescher — No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing
23. Matt DiBenedetto — No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing
24. Brad Keselowski — No. 2 Team Penske
25. Denny Hamlin — No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
26. Martin Truex Jr. — No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
27. Cole Custer — No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing
28. Joey Gase — No. 53 Rick Ware Racing
29. Tyler Reddick — No. 8 Richard Childress Racing
30. Chase Briscoe — No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing
31. Erik Jones — No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports
32. Derrike Cope — No. 15 Rick Ware Racing
33. Quin Houff — No. 00 StarCom Racing
34. Ross Chastain — No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
35. Cody Ware — No. 51 Rick Ware Racing
36. Anthony Alfredo — No. 38 Front Row Motorsports
37. Josh Bilicki — No. 52 Rick Ware Racing
38. BJ McLeod — No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports
39. Austin Cindric — No. 33 Team Penske
40. Kaz Grala — No. 16 Kaulig Racing
However, the lineup could see some change as Byron was involved in a crash in the qualifying race and might have to go back to the rear of the field on his backup car.
Other drives with similar fate include Chip Ganassi Racing’s Chastain.
Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Anthony Alfredo, Josh Bilicki and Kaz Grala are looking to make their Daytona 500 debut.
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