The 2021 Bluegreen Vacations Duels were a pair of

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races held on February 11, 2021, at

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. Both contested over 60 laps, they were the qualifying races for the

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Report

Background

Daytona International Speedway on the day of the Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway is one of six

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s to hold

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races, the others being

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and

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. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four–turn superspeedway that is long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Qualifying

Alex Bowman Alex Michael Bowman (born April 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Seri ...

scored the pole for the race with a time of 47.056 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Duels

Duel 1

Duel 1 results

''NOTE: Points in italics are owner points only. The driver is ineligible because he declared points in another national series. Owner points, not driver points, will be used by NASCAR in calculating points for purposes of setting fields for the majority of Cup Series races in 2021.''

Duel 2

Duel 2 results

Media

Television

Radio

References

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