David Ragan, Anthony Alfredo, and Beard Motorsports have secured spots in the Daytona 500. Jimmie Johnson, BJ McLeod, JJ Yeley, and Kaz Grala are competing for the final two spots in the Duels. Johnson narrowly qualifies after a dramatic last-lap pass in Duel 1 against JJ Yeley.
Jimmie Johnson admits that earning a spot in this year's #DAYTONA500 with a last-lap pass in Thursday's qualifying race "wasn't in my playbook" ⬇️ https://t.co/0UYz3xzLVf
“I told myself, ‘My opportunity for the #Daytona500 was right here and now.’” It took a last-lap pass, but Jimmie Johnson is in the field. https://t.co/EsTqlIoNKy
He made it in. Hear from @JimmieJohnson right after he qualified for the #DAYTONA500 through Duel 1: https://t.co/Tj1YpJSvXw
The starting lineup for the 66th annual Daytona 500 is set: LINK ⤵️ https://t.co/W5YV7ukOqM
"I’m like, ‘I’m not going to make it. I’m not going to make the Daytona 500. I’m going to have to call all our partners. I’m going to have to stand in the suite and shake hands during the 500 and not drive a car.’ -- Jimmie Johnson LINK ⤵️ https://t.co/WNvo2ZiHc9
ICYMI: Hall of Famer @JimmieJohnson locked in his 2024 Daytona 500 bid following a thrilling last-lap pass in Duel 1 at Daytona International Speedway. More from @zack_albert on last night’s spectacle ⬇️ #NASCAR https://t.co/6qktebrd1u
Jimmie Johnson uses desperate late push to qualify for his 21st Daytona 500 https://t.co/VvtM73MsX5
From yesterday: Jimmie Johnson 1-on-1: On having another chance to win another Daytona 500, his 2024 schedule and why he is continuing to race. @NASCARONFOX https://t.co/XSWV0HWDeU
Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick won their respective Duel races ahead of the #Daytona500, as Jimmie Johnson narrowly qualified for Sunday’s main event Full report ⬇️ https://t.co/Pp4hrCHvM0
How we’ll line up for the #DAYTONA500 👇🏻 4. @CBellRacing 8. @dennyhamlin 15. @TyGibbs 27. @MartinTruex_Jr #TeamToyota https://t.co/G9ZAD51DCr
Daytona 500 lineup: https://t.co/bRtIqbJIFT
Daytona 500 starting lineup set after Daytona Duels go to Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick https://t.co/8jffgjj4Fr
Daytona 500 starting lineup: https://t.co/DmN4DnBYdw https://t.co/eKUcuwXLvX
Starting lineup for Sunday's #Daytona500. #NASCAR https://t.co/Zd1U0924Be
Post-race inspection is complete following the Duels. No issues. Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick are the winners.
Last-ditch pass coming to the checkered flag vaults Jimmie Johnson into the Daytona 500. https://t.co/oG7ZziADHB
Toyota drivers Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell win Duels, as Jimmie Johnson races into DAYTONA 500 https://t.co/TRQXJc7Ws6
Jimmie Johnson Survives Anxiety-Filled Duel to Qualify for DAYTONA 500 https://t.co/pSTwXa6a1U via @Catchfence @JimmieJohnson @LEGACYMotorClub @jjyeley1 @DAYTONA #DAYTONA500 #NASCAR
✅ Tyler Reddick Duel 1 Winner (+2500) ✅ Christopher Bell Duel 2 Winner (+2000) WHAT A NIGHT FOR @RotoDoc AT DAYTONA 🤑 Follow him in the @ActionApp: https://t.co/CkAmJpxDmv https://t.co/QcW9oMdjA8
Two laps to go, McLeod and Grala side by side for the Daytona 500 starting spot!
Sportmanship and elbows up racing between JJ Yeley and Jimmie Johnson decide Daytona 500 transfer spot in dramatic fashion https://t.co/tb6pMGuSJM
Jimmie Johnson recaps his late race back and forth with JJ Yeley. Compared it to a short track. https://t.co/mmsNmjGDxs
Jimmie Johnson went over to high five JJ Yeley after their six-lap scrap fight for the transfer spot in Duel 1. https://t.co/v1lm59HwlV
Jimmie Johnson talks with @JamieLittleTV after racing his way into the 2024 #DAYTONA500. #NASCAR https://t.co/ip2s8AfnL3
Tyler Reddick wins Duel 1 at Daytona! Jimmie Johnson races his way in. #NASCAR #DAYTONA500 https://t.co/t9i2o7igOr
Jimmie Johnson just went up to JJ Yeley’s car and shook hands with his competitor.
Replay: JJ Yeley got hung up behind a stalled-out Ross Chastain, went high, Johnson stayed in it and then Yeley lost his spot. Unreal.
And Johnson passes Yeley on the final corner! He winds up making the #Daytona500 by the skin of his teeth. Yeley: "I didn't have any help." Reddick wins the Duel. #NASCAR
Tyler Reddick wins the Duel Jimmie Johnson gets the transfer over JJ Yeley in a really dramatic final lap
Tyler Reddick wins Duel #1! Jimmie Johnson makes the #DAYTONA500 with a last-lap pass on J.J. Yeley! #NASCAR #BluegreenDuel
Tyler Reddick wins the first Duel. Jimmie Johnson gets by JJ Yeley coming out of Turn 4 to get into the Daytona 500. #NASCAR
Duel race 1 is complete. Reddick wins over Elliott Bowman Hocevar and Jones. Johnson gets in the race over Yeley.
JIMMIE JOHNSON RACED HIS WAY IN!
Jimmie Johnson through the middle off Turn 4 and gets into the Daytona 500
Jimmie Johnson sneaks by JJ Yeley coming to the finish lane, securing his spot in the Daytona 500.
Jimmie Johnson made the race! #NASCAR
Johnson with a draft off Truex! To the inside! He and Yeley are side by side! Johnson by a nose with two to go! #NASCAR | #BluegreenDuels
Yeley, Johnson. Side by side for the Daytona 500 starting spot with three laps to go. Wow.
"I need f***ing help!" Jimmie Johnson, who is trailing JJ Yeley for final transfer spot with four laps left.
Wow! Yeley squeezes ahead of Johnson. That was nearly a crash between the two guys battling for a #Daytona500 spot!
Jimmie Johnson has fallen behind JJ Yeley, who also throws a block to keep him there. Johnson: "I need f**king help!"
"I need f*&*ing help!!!" -@JimmieJohnson Has not passed Yeley. #NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson: "I need fucking help!" He has none with four to go!
JJ Yeley cut Jimmie Johnson off in the tri-oval. Big block. #NASCAR
Johnson and Yeley side-by-side for the Daytona 500 transfer spot with five laps to go!
OK, here's the situation: -- Six laps to go in Duel 1 -- JJ Yeley restarts P14, Jimmie Johnson restarts P18 ... whoever finishes higher makes the Daytona 500. -- Larson/Suarez front row
Jimmie Johnson calling for "pushers back here." He's told Truex is with him back there (Toyota teammates). But he and Yeley are going to have to race this out when it goes back to green with single-digit laps remaining. This is way more tense than Johnson anticipated.
"I need somebody behind me, badly," Jimmie Johnson tells team. Johnson is three spots ahead of JJ Yeley.
"I need somebody behind me. Badly!" -@JimmieJohnson who is worried about being at the back of the draft 17th, has a 10-second lead on Yeley, who has fully lost the draft. 12 laps to go. #NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson: "I need somebody behind me...badly!" Earl Barban: "That's all you've got there, man." 12 laps to go. Johnson P17, Yeley P18....
Jimmie Johnson has shuffled to the back of his draft. "Save all the fuel you can" Dave Elenz tells Johnson. "I need somebody behind me, badly" - JJ #NASCAR
Yeley is well behind the draft. Even though JJ has faded in the pack, he's still well in command to make the Daytona 500. 12 to go. #NASCAR | #BluegreenDuels
Yeley now up to 16th, and just a little over 7 tenths behind the lead. He is very much in this lead draft and a factor. #NASCAR
Yeley still running next to last, but he is within 1.1 seconds of the leader. Anything happens, and he is very much still alive. Alfredo is locked in on speed and last in this Duel, so it looks like it'll be a battle between Yeley and Johnson for the #Daytona500 starting spot.
Yeley lost all of his momentum and has dropped to p20, but still in the lead draft. #NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson is currently 10th, and is the best open car currently. JJ Yeley has moved from last and still sits just a second behind the race leader. #NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson says his car is loose. Team tells him to keep the car underneath him, with no need to push as Johnson is well ahead of JJ Yeley for the transfer position.
Yeley is hanging on to the back of the field. @JimmieJohnson p16 #NASCAR
JJ Yeley was more than a second behind the pack at the end of Lap 1. #NASCAR
Coming to the green flag for Duel No. 1. Reminder what is at stake in this one: -- Jimmie Johnson and JJ Yeley trying to race their way in. -- If Anthony Alfredo finishes ahead of them both, Johnson gets the spot (because Alfredo no longer needs to use his qualifying speed).
We have Jimmie Johnson vs JJ Yeley for a Daytona 500 starting spot in this race. If Alfredo ends up the best open car in this duel, that would secure Johnson's place in the Daytona 500 by speed, as well. #NASCAR
Unchartered teams in this #NASCAR Duel: Anthony Alfredo (No. 62 - Beard), Jimmie Johnson (No. 84 - Legacy) & JJ Yeley (No. 44 - NY Racing). Reminder: Highest finisher of those 3 locks into #Daytona500 field. Alfredo's qualifying speed good enough to lock him in no matter what.
From earlier today: Jimmie Johnson 1-on-1: On having another chance to win another Daytona 500. Why he is even still competing at Daytona and whether the winless streak is pushing him to race. @NASCARONFOX https://t.co/XSWV0HXb4s
Jimmie Johnson just has to beat JJ Yeley. Yeley got a call Monday about driving the NY Racing No. 44 car. It has been on the dyno at Hendrick and does have a Hendrick engine. But obviously it was slow in single-car qualifying yesterday.
Duels day at @DAYTONA! Race #1 - @MartinTruex_Jr starts 14th with @TyGibbs 15th Race #2 - @CBellRacing starts 16th with @dennyhamlin 17th #TeamToyota https://t.co/0cpcComtGc
Jimmie Johnson 1-on-1: On the Daytona 500, co-owning a race team, his schedule and whether a lengthy winless streak is incentive for the seven-time Cup champion to continue to race. @NASCARONFOX https://t.co/XSWV0HWDeU
#NASCAR ... Starting lineup for Thursday night's qualifying races at Daytona https://t.co/yKgYvQZ3y2
Daytona Duel starting lineups https://t.co/MSxXFhqQ6w
STORY: @DavidRagan (@RFKracing) and @anthonyalfredo (@BeardOil62) have locked themselves into the #DAYTONA500 in Wednesday's qualifying! It will be Ragan's 17th start in the 500, and Alfredo's second. Reaction from both 👇 #NASCAR https://t.co/dGszSoLxjP
Jimmie Johnson, via Toyota PR, says he's "much more nervous now" about making the #Daytona500. "I thought we were going to be in a little bit better position than this, but it is what it is. We will go to work."
Jimmie Johnson on not locking into the Daytona 500 field during single-car qualifying with his fate determined by the duels Thursday: “I thought we were going to be in a little better position than this. But it is what it is. We’ll go to work.” https://t.co/XxCG76wXHB
#NASCAR ... Jimmie Johnson will have to wait until Thursday night's qualifying races to secure a spot in the Daytona 500. https://t.co/wS8rzt7Rjh
The shifter doomed the No. 36 Ford for Kaz Grala during his qualifying run. Anthony Alfredo and David Ragan were the two Open cars that locked in tonight. The remaining four will battle for the remaining two spots tomorrow night in the Duels. #NASCAR https://t.co/l3l0gyGidT
David Ragan is locked into the Daytona 500. Jimmie Johnson, B.J. McLeod, Kaz Grala and JJ Yeley are the four drivers who will vie for the two transfer spots in Thursday's Duel qualifiers.
#NASCAR ... Anthony Alfredo and David Ragan lock their way into the Daytona 500 among the non-chartered cars. Jimmie Johnson will have to secure his starting spot for the Daytona 500 through Thursday's qualifying races.
David Ragan and the #60 RFK Racing Ford have also locked themselves into the #DAYTONA500! #NASCAR https://t.co/dPpNLsDVzG
Seven-time #NASCAR Champion @JimmieJohnson will have to race his way into the 2024 @DAYTONA 500. He was .123-second off the time needed to lock-in.
David Ragan locks into the Daytona 500. The four drivers battling for the final two spots tomorrow in the Duels: Jimmie Johnson, BJ McLeod, JJ Yeley and Kaz Grala. #NASCAR
All Open cars have now made their qualifying attempt. Alfredo and Ragan are locked into the Daytona 500. Johnson McLeod Yeley and Grala will have to lock into the race in tomorrow nights duels.
Johnson clocks in 15th. David Ragan is officially LOCKED into the #Daytona500. #NASCAR
Alfredo and Ragan locked into Daytona 500. These four drivers vying for final two spots: Johnson McLeod Yeley Grala
Jimmie Johnson is on track now. He's the final Open car to take a time. #NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson is a couple of cars away. He is the last threat to David Ragan's hopes of locking into the #Daytona500 field tonight. #NASCAR
Anthony Alfredo and Beard Motorsports are locked into the Daytona 500 via their qualifying lap.
three of the six open cars have gone out: Alfredo fastest, then Ragan and McLeod (Yeley, Grala and Johnson still to go). Top-2 of these six lock themselves in.