Could the 21st time be the charm?
Daytona 500 pole winner Kyle Busch is the odds-on favorite to win the 2026 Daytona 500.
FanDuel has the Richard Childress Racing driver at +1000 to win the race for the first time in his career. Busch won both rounds of single-car qualifying to claim the coveted starting spot.
Ryan Blaney is starting in fifth, but is second to win at +1100 ahead of his Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano at +1200. Logano is starting in third behind Busch, thanks to his win in the first Duel qualifying race, which he got with the help of a push from Blaney.
Chase Elliott won the second Duel and is tied with Logano at +1200 odds ahead of three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin at +1400.
Click here for the full odds from FanDuel.
The Daytona 500 is starting an hour earlier than originally scheduled at 1:30 p.m. ET on Fox due to the weather forecast, which is calling for rain in the early evening.
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Daytona 500 starting lineup:
1 – Kyle Busch
2 – Chase Briscoe
3 – Joey Logano
4 – Chase Elliott
5 – Ryan Blaney
6 – Carson Hocevar
7 – Austin Dillon
8 – Kyle Larson
9 – Brad Keselowski
10 – Michael McDowell
11 – John Hunter Nemechek
12 – Christopher Bell
13 – Shane van Gisbergen
14 – Josh Berry
15 – Daniel Suarez
16 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
17 – Casey Mears
18 – Todd Gilliland
19 – Ryan Preece
20 – Ty Gibbs
21 – Alex Bowman
22 – Denny Hamlin
23 – Cole Custer
24 – Erik Jones
25 – Noah Gragson
26 – Tyler Reddick
27 – Bubba Wallace
28 – Riley Herbst
29 – Corey Heim
30 – Zane Smith
31 – Jimmie Johnson
32 – Connor Zilisch
33 – Cody Ware
34 – Ty Dillon
35 – A.J. Allmendinger
36 – Austin Cindric
37 – Ross Chastain
38 – B.J. McLeod
39 – William Byron
40 – Justin Allgaier
41 – Chris Buescher
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