NASCAR Cup Series

ScottsMiracle-Gro hosted two-time NASCAR Champion, Greg Biffle and Jack Roush, founder, CEO, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing at its GRO1000 community garden event at Westside Elementary School in Daytona Beach, Fla. today. More than 600 students worked side-by-side with Biffle as they planted vegetables and herbs in six raised beds in the school's Early Act Garden.

With the pressure to qualify their way into the Daytona 500 squarely on their shoulders, rookies Ryan Blaney and his crew chief Jeremy Bullins responded like veterans in Thursday’s Budweiser Duel at Daytona International Speedway and raced their way to a starting spot in the Daytona 500.

The Daytona qualifying pole is finished, but both drivers and fans are distraught about a new rule that NASCAR debuted at the race.

After locking into NASCAR’s biggest race of the year by posting one of four top speeds during Sunday’s qualifying session for the front row, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started the second Duel in the eighth position and ran consistently in the top 10.The two-time XFINITY champion lined up in the 11th position for the final green-white-checkered finish, but the inside lane stalled out causing Stenhouse to settle with a 16th-place finish in Thursday night’s second Duel race.

With all of the qualifying complete, here is the starting line-up for the Daytona 500 on Sunday February 22nd.

After taking the lead after a round of pit stops on lap 26, Jimmie Johnson would hold off all challenges en route to scoring the victory in the second Budweiser Duel at Daytona.

After taking the lead with 17 laps to go, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would not look back as he scored the victory in the first Budweiser Duel at Daytona International Speedway.

“We had an awesome Nationwide Chevrolet. This crew has built an amazing race car. I don’t think I’ve had a car this good since 2004. It’s way better than last year’s car. I’m so excited to get through the dual and put the car on the grid for Sunday.

"That’s as close as we’ve been to winning a speedway race with this format and this big pack drafting, so we’re doing the right things. We’re getting closer. I’m getting more positive about the 500 as we keep going, so that’s good.”

We have had a great car all week. I’m so glad to be able to get through the Duel in one piece because I know how good this race car is. We have a couple more practices to go through and try to stay out of trouble during those and put this thing on the grid.