After a crash-filled Busch Clash on Sunday, NASCAR rounded out its 120 laps of qualifying races with nearly all of its cars relatively unharmed.<\/p>\n
Joey Logano\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0William Byron\u00a0<\/strong>each won Duel Races that saw just one caution a piece, with most of the damage from each going to cars that didn’t qualify for the main event.<\/p>\n Both front row starters, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Alex Bowman<\/strong>, chose to race with the pack and not purposefully fall back to avoid potential accidents, like we have seen some drivers do in the past.<\/p>\n With a pair of laps to go, in fact, Stenhouse Jr. was competing for the checkered flag in the first duel, but eased off the throttle a bit when things got dicey near the end.<\/p>\n No harm, no foul. Each driver is going to start Sunday’s race with no damage on their car, and a bit of extra, superspeedway practice ahead of The Great American Race.<\/p>\n Others that were trying to simply qualify for a spot in the lineup, however, were not as lucky.<\/p>\n Daniel Suarez\u00a0<\/strong>had a miscommunication with his spotter and collected\u00a0Ryan Blaney <\/strong>in a wreck as the Ford’s were pitting in the first duel.<\/p>\n J.J. Yeley\u00a0<\/strong>found himself on the wrong end of a small tap from\u00a0Corey LaJoie\u00a0<\/strong>on the backstretch in duel No. 2, ending his night early as well.<\/p>\n Neither Suarez or Yeley will race in the 500 on Sunday.<\/p>\n Blaney, who’s car was the only one locked into the Daytona 500 field with substantial damage, has since requested a waiver from NASCAR to be allowed to run his backup car at Daytona.<\/p>\n Pending #NASCAR<\/a> approval, Ryan @Blaney<\/a> team will go to a backup car, crew chief Todd Gordon says.<\/p>\n — Dustin Long (@dustinlong) February 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nLogano, Byron win Duels, set Daytona 500 Starting Lineup<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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