BJ McLeod initially missed the Daytona 500 after ending nineteenth in his duel race on Thursday night. The Wauchula, Florida, native was set to go house after 18th-place finisher Anthony Alfredo beat him and JJ Yeley to take the ultimate spot on the grid.
However Alfredo’s end was disallowed by NASCAR after it was present in post-race inspection that two hoses weren’t correctly put in. After McLeod’s No. 78 Chevrolet handed post-race inspection, he was formally within the discipline for the 68th Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, Fox, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
BJ McLeod grateful to make Daytona 500
“Clearly, it feels superior,” McLeod advised SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “I need to race my manner in, three-wide coming to the checkered or one thing. I am going to take it nonetheless we will get it. Finally, we needed to put together to be right here and that is what our guys have carried out. We’ll get to go be part of the very best inventory automobile race on the earth on Sunday, and I could not be extra excited.”
