Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric win the Duel qualifying races as Justin Allgaier and Corey LaJoie make the Daytona 500

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A handful of laps later, however, was a different story. Chandler Smith attempted a late block on Lap 15 over Justin Haley, sending his car for a spin into the outside wall. That collected others further back, including other open cars needing to race their way into Sunday’s main event.