The 2022 Bluegreen Vacations Duels were a pair of NASCAR Cup Series stock car races held on February 17, 2022, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the 2022 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 Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.680 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.789 49.680 2 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.870 49.711 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.765 49.765 4 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.946 49.854 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.927 49.913 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.078 49.989 7 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 50.051 50.043 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.152 50.077 9 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 50.157 50.106 10 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.139 50.137 11 16 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.159 — 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 50.160 — 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 50.162 — 14 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.187 — 15 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.191 — 16 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 50.196 — 17 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 50.196 — 18 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.202 — 19 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.203 — 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.204 — 21 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 50.205 — 22 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.209 — 23 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 50.218 — 24 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 50.225 — 25 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 50.285 — 26 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.312 — 27 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.315 — 28 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 50.378 — 29 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.539 — 30 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.550 — 31 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.559 — 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50.639 — 33 62 Noah Gragson (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.689 — 34 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.884 — 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.928 — 36 27 Jacques Villeneuve Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 51.010 — 37 50 Kaz Grala (i) The Money Team Racing Chevrolet 51.094 — 38 44 Greg Biffle (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 51.100 — 39 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 51.153 — 40 15 David Ragan Rick Ware Racing Ford 51.216 — 41 55 J. J. Yeley (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 52.005 — 42 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 52.263 —Official qualifying results
Duels Duel 1 Mainly uneventful, Kyle Larson led through lap 34, when the Fords took charge after green flag stops, leading the remainder of the event. With inside of five to go, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Ryan Blaney and went on to win. Kaz Grala made a final lap pass on J.J. Yeley to make the Daytona 500.
Duel 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 9 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 60 102 11 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 60 93 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 60 84 10 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 60 75 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 66 12 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 60 57 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 48 8 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 39 13 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 60 210 4 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 60 111 5 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 60 012 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 013 14 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 60 014 18 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 60 015 16 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 016 15 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 59 017 6 16 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 59 018 19 50 Kaz Grala (i) The Money Team Racing Chevrolet 58 019 21 55 J. J. Yeley (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 58 020 20 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 58 021 17 62 Noah Gragson (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 57 0Official race results
Duel 2 Also somewhat uneventful, Denny Hamlin spun on pit road while trying to make a green-flag pit stop on lap 27. On the final lap, Joey Logano tried to made a block on the inside on Chris Buescher, but spun himself out and collected Harrison Burton. The only caution of either duel was displayed and Chris Buescher took the win over Michael McDowell, with RFK Racing sweeping the duels. Greg Biffle made the Daytona 500 over Timmy Hill.
Duel 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 60 102 11 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 60 93 5 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 84 9 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 75 7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 66 3 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 57 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 60 48 16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 39 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 59 210 13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 59 111 15 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 59 012 12 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 59 013 19 44 Greg Biffle (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 59 014 1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 59 015 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 59 016 17 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 59 017 20 15 David Ragan Rick Ware Racing Ford 58 018 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 58 019 2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 58 020 21 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 56 021 18 27 Jacques Villeneuve Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 34 0Official race results
Media Television FS1Booth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Larry McReynolds Jamie LittleRegan Smith
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 Coon
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