The two Daytona 500 Duel events have put Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch share the second row of the grid for this Sunday's Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship season opener.

Danica Patrick had previously won pole position in last Sunday's qualifying speed trials, becoming the first female driver to win a pole in Sprint Cup history. Jeff Gordon locked himself into the second place position in the same session.

The order of the rest of the starting grid was formed by the results of the two Thursday afternoon Duel races, with Duel 1 setting the order for the inside line behind Patrick and Duel 2 setting the order of the outside line behind Gordon.

Kevin Harvick won the first Duel putting him into third place on the grid, with Greg Biffle and Juan Montoya earning fifth and seventh place starts with their efforts. In the second Duel, Kyle Busch held off Kasey Kahne and Austin Dillon to the chequered flag, meaning Busch starts from fourth alongside Harvick and Kahne and Dillon take sixth and eight positions respectively.

Irrespective of their grid positions, Carl Edwards and Trevor Bayne will both be sent to the back of the field before the start of the race after Duel crashes sent them to their back-up cars. Brian Keselowski and Mike Bliss failed to qualify for the Daytona 500.

Daytona 500 starting grid

1. #10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing
2. #24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
3. #29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing
4. #18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
5. #16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing
6. #5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports
7. #42 Juan Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
8. #33 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing
9. #48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
10. #15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing
11. #78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing
12. #20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
13. #14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing
14. #55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing
15. #2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing
16. #27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing
17. #13 Casey Mears Germain Racing
18. #31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing
19. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports
20. #1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
21. #22 Joey Logano Penske Racing
22. #34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports
23. #47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing
24. #9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports
25. #38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports
26. #43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports
27. #87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports
28. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway Racing
29. #26 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing
30. #7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing
31. #95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing
32. #35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports
33. #21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing
34. #39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing
35. #11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
36. #99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
37. #56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing
38. #98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing
39. #32 Terry Labonte FAS Lane Racing
40. #51 Regan Smith Finch Racing
41. #36 JJ Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing
42. #83 David Reutimann BK Racing
43. #93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing

Did not qualify

#19 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing
#52 Brian Keselowski Brian Keselowski Racing

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