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Gatorade Duel 1:

#22-Kurt Busch won the Gatorade Duel 1 qualifying race for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, his 2nd win at Daytona after winning the Budweiser Shootout. #78-Smith fininished 2nd. With #09-Elliott making the race via one of the two transfer spots, #15-Waltrip is guaranteed to make the Daytona 500 no matter where he finishes in the 2nd Duel as he had the 4th fastest speed in qualifying. If either #38-Kvapil or #15-Waltrip race into the race via the transfer spot, #36-Blaney could make the race by speed 1) #22-Busch, starts 3rd, moves up to the Daytona 500 pole 2) #78-Smith 3) #29-Harvick 4) #17-Kenseth 5) #4-Kahne 6) #42-Montoya 7) #43-Allmendinger 8) #5-Martin 9) #27-Menard 10) #39-Newman 11) #48-Johnson 12) #14-Stewart 13) #88-Earnhardt Jr. will still start at the rear Daytona 500 14) #83-Vickers 15) #09-Elliott, RACED IN 16) #47-Labonte 17) #46-Yeley, RACED IN 18) #97-Conway, DNQ 19) #87-Nemechek, SPD 20) #36-Blaney, MYB 21) #9-Ambrose 22) #71-Lally, -1 23) #66-McDowell, DNQ 24) #34-Gilliland, 40 laps RACED IN = made race via transfer spot (2) DNQ = did not qualify, will miss race SPD = makes race on speed MYB = can still make race on speed depending on Duel 2 results See results on the Gatorade Duel 150’s Race Results page.(2-17-2011)