NASCAR Announces Eligible Drivers for 2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona

Joey Logano won last years Advanced Auto Parts Clash
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NASCAR announced on Monday the drivers who will be eligible to compete in the season-opening race at Daytona. A lineup that consists of 2017 pole winners, former Daytona 500 pole winners, former winners of "The Clash", and drivers who qualified for the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

The stipulation to be eligible for this race is the same as last season. The stipulations were changed last year after it seemed that NASCAR was letting just about anyone race in "The Clash". Now it is more important to earn a pole during the regular season, win the Daytona 500 pole, or qualify for the playoffs the previous year. If you can win "The Clash" a drivers ticket will be punched for this event every year.

20 drivers earned eligibility but with Dale Earnhardt Jr. announcing his retirement and Matt Kenseth and Danica Patrick not having a ride for the 2018 season, those three drivers will be left out of the list below because we don't believe they will compete in this race.

For the first time the event is planned on the same Sunday as Daytona 500 Qualifying. Last seasons was ran on Sunday after heavy rains forced NASCAR to postpone the event from Saturday Night. The event will be on Sunday February 11th, 2018.

Eligible Drivers for The Advanced Auto Parts Clash 

  1. Brad Keselowski - Pole Winner - No. 2 - Team Penske
  2. Ryan Blaney - Pole Winner - No. 12 - Team Penske
  3. Joey Logano - Pole Winner - No. 22 - Team Penske
  4. Kevin Harvick - Pole Winner - No. 4 - Stewart Haas Racing
  5. Kurt Busch - Pole Winner - No. 41 - Stewart Haas Racing
  6. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - Pole Winner - No. 17 - Roush Fenway Racing
  7. Denny Hamlin - Pole Winner - No. 11 - Joe Gibbs Racing
  8. Kyle Busch - Pole Winner - No. 18 - Joe Gibbs Racing
  9. Erik Jones - Pole Winner - No. 20 - Joe Gibbs Racing
  10. Martin Truex Jr. - Pole Winner - No. 78 - Furniture Row Racing
  11. Chase Elliott - Pole Winner - No. 24 - Hendrick Motorsports
  12. Kyle Larson - Pole Winner - No. 42 - Chip Ganassi Racing
  13. Austin Dillon - Former Daytona 500 Pole Winner - No. 3 - Richard Childress Racing
  14. Jimmie Johnson - Former Daytona 500 Pole Winner - No. 48 - Hendrick Motorsports 
  15. Kasey Kahne - 2017 Playoff Driver - No. 95 - Leavine Family Racing
  16. Jamie McMurray - 2017 Playoff Driver - No. 1 - Chip Ganassi Racing
  17. Ryan Newman - 2017 Playoff Driver - No. 31 - Richard Childress Racing

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