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2020 NASCAR Daytona 500 Final Line Up and Prediction

After Sunday’s qualifying events, the final Daytona 500 line up 2020 is ready. Out of the 43 drivers, 40 has qualified for the final game “The 63rd Daytona 500“

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Chad Finchum, Joey Gase, and BJ McLeod were failed to qualify. If we consider the qualifying as a showdown of the 2020 Daytona 500, it could be massive on next week.

Below is the list of the forty drivers who were qualified.

Contents

  • Daytona 500 Line Up 2020
  • Daytona 500 Qualifying Results
  • 2020 Daytona 500 Predictions
  • Conclusion

Daytona 500 Line Up 2020

Position Driver Car No Speed mph Best Time Manufacturer Team
1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 194.582 46.253 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
2 Alex Bowman 88 194.363 46.305 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
3 Chase Elliott 9 194.305 46.319 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
4 Jimmie Johnson 48 193.886. 46.419 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
5 Denny Hamlin 11 193.432 46.528 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
6 Kyle Busch 18 192.876 46.662 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
7 Aric Almirola 10 192.588 46.732 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
8 William Byron 24 192.443 46.767 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
9 Christopher Bell 95 192.234 46.818 Toyota Leavine Family Racing
10 Erik Jones 20 192.066 46.859 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
11 Joey Logano 22 192.033 46.867 Ford Team Penske
12 Kevin Harvick 4 192.025 46.869 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
13 Clint Bowyer 14 191.873 46.906 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
14 Cole Custer 41 191.812 46.921 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
15 Ryan Newman 6 191.693 46.950 Ford Roush Fenway Racing
16 Matt DiBenedetto 21 191.685 46.952 Ford Wood Brothers Racing
17 Ryan Preece 37 191.616 46.969 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
18 Tyler Reddick 8 191.559 46.983 Chevrolet  
19 Chris Buescher 17 191.555 46.984 Ford Roush Fenway Racing
20 Kyle Larson 42 191.542 46.987 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
21 Martin Truex Jr. 19 191.514 46.994 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
22 Kurt Busch 1 191.278 47.052 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
23 Brad Keselowski 2 191.270 47.054 Ford Team Penske
24 Michael McDowell 34 191.205 47.070 Ford Front Row Motorsports
25 John Hunter Nemechek 38 191.180 47.076 Ford Front Row Motorsports
26 David Ragan 36 190.876 47.151 Ford Rick Ware Racing
27 Ryan Blaney 12 190.658 47.205 Ford Team Penske
28 Ross Chastain 77 190.428 47.262 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports
29 Austin Dillon 3 190.384 47.273 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
30 Ty Dillon 13 190.062 47.353 Chevrolet Germain Racing
31 Justin Haley 16 190.018 47.364 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing
32 Bubba Wallace 43 189.510 47.491 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports
33 Brendan Gaughan 62 188.945 47.633 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports
34 Reed Sorenson 27 187.356 48.037 Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
35 Timmy Hill 66 186.625 48.225 Ford MBM Motorsports
36 Daniel Suarez 96 185.479 48.523 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing
37 Corey LaJoie 32 185.166 48.605 Ford Go Fas Racing
38 Quin Houff 00 183.887 49.102 Chevrolet StarCom Racing
39 JJ Yeley 54 183.292 49.102 Ford Rick Ware Racing
40 Brennan Poole 15 181.781 49.510 Chevrolet Premium Motorsports

Daytona 500 Qualifying Results

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Sunday’s qualifying pole at Daytona International Speedway. He finished the 2.5-mile lap in 46.253 seconds at 194.582 mph speed, which was insane. With this result, he fixed the number one spot on Daytona 500. His wins break the domination of Hendrick Motorsports drivers, 

After Ricky, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, and Jimmie Johnson finished the next fastest laps with a close call. 

2020 Daytona 500 Predictions

Defending Champion Denny Hamlin will start at 5th position as he is one of the contenders, fans will keep an eye on him. Though Ricky Stenhouse won the qualifying pole, from the statistics, we can say that pole winner rarely wins the Daytona 500 title.

Also, the prediction is not as easy as it is a long race for a few hours. Since the Daytona NASCAR competition is divided into three segments, the first two segments will be relaxing. Everything will change in the final sections. Drivers will want to beat their competitors in the last parts. As a result, it could produce some crashes.

As we know that, since 1988, there have been restrictor plates on the track, and those plates are coming off on 2020 Daytona. So, the young generation may see a new event. Changing of restrictor plates could change the result.

Considering the statistics and driver’s behavior, the human may not be able to predict the result entirely. That’s why NASCAR has a prediction computer model simulator, which simulates all the races more than 10,000 times and considers all the available factors on the track, including the most recent results to predict the winner. 

This computer model did an excellent job in 2019 Daytona. According to the computer’s top 10 predictions, it predicted eight drivers correctly. The forecast also included Denny Hamlin as the top 4 drivers. 

For the 2020 Daytona 500 prediction, the computer model predicts Clint Bowyer as a top contender. The machine is also targeting Joey Logano. Among 40 players Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, and Brad Keselowski may finish in the top 10 positions. 

Conclusion

As the race day is getting closer, all the fans are making the hype about the prediction. The NASCAR world was waiting for the Daytona 500 line up 2020. Now, they have the line up in their hand; they are ready to calculate the winner.

Though crashes on track can occur anytime, and prediction may go wrong because of that. But, there is the harm in crossing the finger about your favorite driver. We have to wait until Sunday night to get the ultimate result.  

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