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- Qualifying for the Daytona 500 Wednesday night set the starting grids for tonight's Bluegreen Vacations Duels. They can be seen below:

Bluegreen Vacations Duel No. 1

Bluegreen Vacations Duel No. 2
 

Remember that two open drivers from each race will lock into the Daytona 500. They can be either of the drivers (Anthony Alfredo and David Ragan) who locked themselves into the race on speed Wednesday night. 

Frontstretch Line of the Week

From Connor Zilisch on Trackhouse, Era Motorsport & MX-5 Cup

"In MX-5 Cup, the biggest thing that I learned was awareness. Just knowing what’s going on around you. You’re never going to be alone in that series; there’s always cars around you. Just being around so many cars and being able to manage that is what I’ve learned there.

"That helps me everywhere, whether I’m racing a late model or Trans-Am. The MX-5 Cup experience has definitely helped me in late models. [MX-5 Cup] is where I first got into pro racing, and I’ll forever be grateful to Mazda and everything they did for me." - Connor Zilisch on what drivers learn in Mazda MX-5 Cup.