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2021 NASCAR Daytona 500 Final Line Up and Prediction

After Wednesday’s qualifying events, the final Daytona 500 lineup 2021 is ready. Out of the 43 drivers, 40 has qualified for the final game “The 63rd Daytona 500“

DAYTONA 500 2021 FINAL LINE UP

Joey Gase, Josh Bilicki and Derrike Cope were failed to qualify. If we consider the qualifying as a showdown of the 2021 Daytona 500, it could be massive on next Sunday.

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

Contents

  • Daytona 500 Lineup 2021
  • Daytona 500 Qualifying Results: Pole Result
  • 2021 Daytona 500 Predictions
  • Conclusion

Daytona 500 Lineup 2021

This is the starting lineup for the daytona 500 for 2021.

Position Driver Car No Best Time Manufacturer Team
1 Alex Bowman 48 47.056 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
2 William Byron 24 47.314 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
3 Aric Almirola 10 47.324 Ford Stewart
4 Bubba Wallace 23 47.474 Toyota 23XI Racing
5 Ricky Stenhouse 47 47.477 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
6 Kevin Harvick 04 47.489 Ford Stewart
7 Christopher Bell  20 47.573 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
8 Ryan Preece 37 47.585 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
9 Austin Dillon 03 47.631 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
10 Daniel Suarez 99 47.636 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing Team
11 Denny Hamlin 11 47.695 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
12 Chase Elliott 9 47.695 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
13 David Ragan 36 47.730 Ford Front Row Motorsports
14 Kurt Busch 1 47.742 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
15 Kyle Larson 5 47.752 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
16 Kyle Busch 18 47.780 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
17 Matt DiBenedetto 21 47.881 Ford Wood Brothers Racing
18 Ryan Blaney 12 47.895 Ford   Team Penske
19 Austin Cindric 33 47.900 Ford Team Penske
20 Kaz Grala 16 47.925 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing
21 Joey Logano  22 47.943 Ford Team Penske
22 Chase Briscoe 14 47.956 Chevrolet Stewart
23 Ryan Newman 6 47.960 Ford Roush Fenway Racing
24 Ross Chastain 42 47.972 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
25 Cole Custer 41 48.060 Ford Stewart
26 Brad Keselowski 2 48.072 Ford Team Penske
27 Michael McDowell 34 48.124 Ford Front Row Motorsports
28 Martin Truex Jr. 19 48.165 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
29 Erik Jones 43 48.189 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports
30 Chris Buescher 17 48.269 Ford Roush Fenway Racing
31 Tyler Reddick 8 48.347 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
32 Anthony Alfredo 38 48.422 Ford Front Row Motorsports
33 Ty Dillon 96 48.440 Toyota Gaunt Brothers Racing
34 Jamie McMurray 77 48.746 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports
35 Corey LaJoie 7 48.767 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports s
36 Quin Houff 00 49.571 Chevrolet StarCom Racing
37 Garrett Smithley 13 49.880 Ford MBM Motorsports
38 B.J. McLeod 78 49.985 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports
39 Timmy Hill 66 50.016 Toyota MBM Motorsports
40 Cody Ware 51 50.074 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing

Daytona 500 Qualifying Results: Pole Result

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. 

2021 Daytona 500 Predictions

Defending Champion Denny Hamlin will start at 11th position as he is one of the contenders, fans will keep an eye on him. Though Alex Bowman 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 2021 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 2020 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 2021 Daytona 500 prediction, the computer model predicts Kyle Larson 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 2021. 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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