2024 Daytona 500 starting grid: Joey Logano is on pole. See how they'll line up behind him
DAYTONA BEACH — The starting grid for the 66th Daytona 500 was set after Thursday night's Duel at Daytona.
As for when those cars will actually line up on the famed Daytona International Speedway? Well that part, remains to be seen, thanks to a weekend-long, ominous forecast.
But when they do, Joey Logano, the 2015 winner, will lead the field to the green flag and will be flanked by 2021 champion Michael McDowell. Those two locked up an all-Ford front row via single-lap qualifying times on Wednesday.
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The rest of the field sorted itself Thursday with the Toyotas of Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell winning the two BlueGreen Vacation Duel races. They'll start third and fourth respectively with Reddick's race determining the odd-numbered starting spots and Bell's the even-numbered positions.
Here is how they'll lineup on Sunday. Or Monday. Or whenever:
Starting grid for Daytona 500
Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Justin Haley, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Kaz Grala, No. 36 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Core LaJoie, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
David Ragan, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
Ricky Stenhouse, No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Riley Herbst, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford
Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Daytona 500 starting lineup: Logano, McDowell will lead the field