Who didn’t qualify for Daytona 500? Explore eliminated drivers

The 2025 Daytona 500 should take place on Sunday February 16 in Daytona International Speedway, which offers a single qualification format which determines which drivers arrive at the starting range for the Mega Event. This year, a total of 45 drivers entered 41 places; Several notable drivers have failed to qualify for the “large American race”.

The qualification process is very competitive, especially for “open” cars, which makes them difficult to secure a place in the prestigious 500 miles race. After the completion of Thursday qualifications on Thursday, JJ Yeley, Chandler Smith, Anthony Alfredo and BJ McLeod are four pilots who did not qualify for the Daytona 500 field of this year.

While only two places were to ensure in the qualifications of the duels, Justin Allgaier and Corey Lajoie were the two highest finisters among the inaccessible teams in their respective duel races and locked their place in the prestigious Nascar season. This brought Yeley, Smith, Alfredo and McLeod from the starting grid out.

36 chartered drivers have already been confirmed in the field of 41 drivers for Daytona 500. Nine open teams were in competition for five places. Among them, Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson locked their places via car qualifications to a single car on Wednesday.

Helio Castroneves, the winner on four times Indy 500, already had a guaranteed place thanks to the Nascar OPEN exemption (EPO) rule, guaranteeing his entry into the race, regardless of qualifying performance. The other two were secured by Lajoie and Allgaier.

Daytona 500 Departure Order, Complete Programming for the opening of the season

Chase Briscoe by Joe Gibbs Racing will run the ground in Green on Sunday after winning pole position for Daytona 500 after publishing the fastest round with a speed of 182.745 MPH.

On this note, take a look at the complete programming of 41 cars for “The Great American Race”:

1. # 19 – Chase Briscoe
2. # 2 – Austin Cindric
3. # 23 – Bubba Wallace
4. # 43 – Erik Jones
5. # 24 – William Byron
6. # 17 – Chris Buescher
7. # 10 – Ty Dillon
8. # 11 – Denny Hamlin
9. # 1 – Ross Chastain
10. # 22 – Joey Logano
11. # 45 – Tyler Reddick
12. # 01 – Corey Lajoie
13. # 16 – AJ ALLMENDINGER
14. # 34 – Todd Gilliland
15. # 3 – Austin Dillon
16. # 12 – Ryan Blaney
17. # 9 – Chase Elliott
18. # 42 – John Hunter Nemechek
19. # 40 – Justin Allgaier (i)
20. # 20 – Christopher Bell
21. # 8 – Kyle Busch
22. # 5 – Kyle Larson
23. # 54 – Ty Gibbs
24. # 35 – Riley Herbst (R)
25. # 71 – Michael McDowell
26. # 88 – Shane Van Gisbergen (R)
27. # 60 – Ryan Preece
28. # 51 – Cody Ware
29. # 21 – Josh Berry
30. # 41 – CUSTER COLE
31. # 47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. # 4 – Noah Gragson
33. # 77 – Carson Hocevar
34. # 6 – Brad Keselowski
35. # 7 – Justin Haley
36. # 99 – Daniel Suárez
37. # 38 – Zane Smith
38. # 48 – Alex Bowman
39. # 56 – Martin Truex Jr.
40. # 84 – Jimmie Johnson
41. # 91 – Helio Castroneves

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Edited by Yash Soni