Qualifying for the 2025 Daytona 500 is over and Chase Briscoe will be on the pole in his first season with Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing. He'll be joined on the front row by a Ford, as 2022 Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric of Team Penske qualified second. However, the rest of the 2025 Daytona 500 field will be determined by a pair of 150-mile races, and the 2025 Daytona Duels will be held on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. The Duel at Daytona is a tradition that dates back to 1959 and each race will go 60 laps around the 2.5-mile oval at Daytona.

The green flag drops on the first race to determine the inside row at 7 p.m. ET with the second race immediately to follow, determining the outside row. Kyle Busch is the +600 favorite in the first duel according to the latest 2025 Daytona Duels odds while Ryan Blaney is the +600 favorite in the second of the Twin 150s at Daytona. Before making any NASCAR at Daytona predictions, you NEED to see the latest 2025 Daytona Duels picks from SportsLine's proven projection model.

Our proven projection model has simulated the 2025 Daytona 500 10,000 times and come up with a surprising leaderboard. Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary NASCAR prediction model takes into account a slew of factors including track history and recent results.

McClure's model began the 2025 season by calling Chase Elliott's win in the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray on Feb. 2 for a +300 payout. It also called its first victory of the 2024 season with Larson winning in Las Vegas for a 21-5 payout then predicted Denny Hamlin's wins in Bristol at 5-1 and Richmond at 17-4. 

It impressively nailed five of Larson's wins during his historic season in 2021, too. All told, the model has nailed a whopping 19 winners since 2021 and hit nine in 2023 alone! Anyone who followed its lead on those NASCAR picks could have seen HUGE returns.

Now, the model has dialed in on the 2025 Daytona Duels and released its projections.

For the Daytona Duels 2025, we can tell you the model is high on Zane Smith in Duel 1, even though he's a 25-1 longshot in the latest 2025 Daytona Duels odds. He's a target for anyone looking for a HUGE payday. And a massive shocker: Ryan Blaney, the top Vegas favorite in Duel 2, stumbles big time and fails to crack the top five! There are far better values in the 2025 Daytona Duels starting lineup.

The model is also targeting SEVEN OTHER drivers with 2025 NASCAR at Daytona odds of 15-1 or longer to make a serious run at the checkered flag in their Duels, including a stunning 75-1 longshot! Anyone who backs these drivers could hit it BIG. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who they are before locking in any NASCAR picks.

So who wins the 2025 Daytona Duels, and which EPIC longshots are a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the full projected NASCAR at Daytona leaderboards, all from the model that's nailed 19 winners, including predicting Chase Elliott to win the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray!