Pre-Race Predictions: Duel 1 at Daytona

 

Hendrick Motorsports

    The First Duel at Daytona will take place tonight at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, on FS1. The lineup will be very interesting for this duel.

This is the complete Duel 1 lineup:

1. Alex Bowman, No. 48
2. Aric Almirola, No. 10
3. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr, No. 47
4. Christopher Bell, No. 20
5. Ryan Preece, No. 37*
6. Daniel Suarez, No. 99
7. Denny Hamlin, No. 11
8. Kyle Larson, No. 5
9. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 21
10. Austin Cindric, No. 33*
11. Joey Logano, No. 22
12. Ryan Newman, No. 6
13. Cole Custer, No. 41
14. Michael McDowell, No. 34
15. Erik Jones, No. 43
16. Tyler Reddick, No. 8
17. Ty Dillon, No. 96*
18. Jamie McMurray, No. 77
19. Quin Houff, No. 00
20. Timmy Hill, No. 66*
21. Cody Ware, No. 51
22. Josh Biliki, No. 52

So out of the above 22 drivers, I think that the ones below have a good chance at winning Duel 1 tonight:

• Ricky Stenhouse, Jr, No. 47 
• Denny Hamlin, No. 11 ( 3x Duel winner)
• Joey Logano, No. 22 (2x Duel winner)
• Ryan Newman, No. 6
• Tyler Redick, No. 8

And now for some drivers that will have a good finishing position, (or maybe win), tonight:

• Aric Almirola, No. 10
• Daniel Suarez, No. 99
• Kyle Larson, No. 5
• Erik Jones, No. 43

We will just have to wait and see how Duel 1 plays out.