Noah Gragson, Jacques Villeneuve to race in Daytona 500
Noah Gragson and Jacques Villeneuve are guaranteed starting spots in Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Gragson and Villeneuve, who posted the fastest lap times Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway among drivers not locked into the race (32nd and 36th respectively), will each participate in their first Daytona 500.
For Gragson, Sunday will mark his Cup Series debut and first race for Beard Motorsports since 2020.
Villeneuve will make his first Cup Series start since 2013 and the debut of Team Hezeberg.
Only two more spots remain to be captured for the Daytona 500.
Kaz Grala, Greg Biffle, J.J. Yeley and Timmy Hill will have to race their way into the Daytona 500 via the qualifying races Thursday.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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