According to the Start and Park Blog, We now have the starting grids.


For Duel 1, you may select any of the following drivers.


Danica Patrick (#10)
Trevor Bayne (#21)
Tony Stewart (#14)
Denny Hamlin (#11)
Joey Logano (#22)
Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88)
Juan Pablo Montoya (#42)
Casey Mears (#13)
Carl Edwards (#99)
Martin Truex Jr (#56)
Jimmie Johnson (#48)
Brad Keselowski (#2)
Kevin Harvick (#29)
Greg Biffle (#16)
David Gilliland (#38)
Michael Waltrip (#26)
Kurt Busch (#78)
Scott Speed (#95)
Regan Smith (#51)
Bobby Labonte (#47)
David Reutimann (#83)
Joe Nemechek (#87)
Brian Keselowski (#52)



For Duel 2, you may chose any of the following:



Jeff Gordon (#24)
Ryan Newman (#39)
Kasey Kahne (#5)
Kyle Busch (#18)
Matt Kenseth (#20)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#17)
Paul Menard (#27)
Austin Dillon (#33)
Clint Bowyer (#15)
Jeff Burton (#31)
Jamie McMurray (#1)
Marcos Ambrose (#9)
Aric Almirola (#43)
Mark Martin (#55)
David Ragan (#34)
Josh Wise (#35)
Michael McDowell (#98)
Terry Labonte (#32)
Dave Blaney (#7)
J.J Yeley (#36)
Travis Kvapil (#93)
Mike Bliss (#19)


Remember, pick for both duels!!!! You could win them both!!!



Rundown

I could just copy the Daytona thing...

I will point out I think you have to watch out for the pairs that wil lbe in every race. For example, Stewart and Harvick will both be in Duel 1. Matt Kenseth is fast, but doesnt' have many Toyotas to work with in Duel 2.


It seems to me like most of hte fast and competitive cars will be in Duel 1. There are like 5 good restricter plate racers in Duel 2.

In the past few years, people have run these races conservativel yto not ruin their car. Plus, starting line ups don't matter to much in the Daytona 500 with the draft and all. You either run for pride in winning a duel or you try to save the car. I remmeber Mark Martin, who was starting on the front row, moving over with a couple laps to go and just letting everyone go just to make sure he doesn't destroy the car for the race.

When these races are done, we'll have a good idea of who the strong cars for the Daytona 500 will be.

So have fun.... I'm still working on what my gimmic for picking these races will be....

 

Dual 1
Tony Stewart
Brad Keselowski
Greg Biffle

Dual 2
Jeff Gordon
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch

 

Duel #1
HARVICK
DALE JR.
STEWART

DUEL#2
KYLE BUSCH
JEFF GORDON
JIMMIE JOHNSON <------------- error pick Inset kasey kane here

 

My picks for Duel 1:

Kevin Harvick
Tony Stewart
Greg Biffle

My picks for Duel 2:

Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch

 

I'm gonna go out on a limb with danica again and hope she doesn't fail me like last year, better at the duels than the 500.

Duel 1
Danica Patrick
Dale Jr.
Greg Biffle

Duel 2
Jeff Gordon
Matt Kenseth
Kyle Busch

 

Donnie Allison celebrates with Ms. Linda Vaughn (Ms. Hurst Shifter from back in teh day) after his victory in the 1970 Firecracker 400. Donnie won the race after David Pearson blew a right front tire with just a fwe laps to go.


Photo by Smyle Media

 

Have you seen her Lately?
OH ... MY ... GOD!

 

Duel 1:
1)Carl Edwards
2)Greg Biffle
3)Denny Hamlin

Duel 2:
1) Kyle Busch
2) Jeff Gordon
3) Paul Menard

 

I can't tell if STUMPMI just got a stiffi from that picture or can't believe how ugly Linda Vaughn got....

 

Of course its how fugly she is Now!