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Check out the Fanduel DFS driver scoring results for the 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Daytona International Speedway race.

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Saturday, August 26th, 2023

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No. 14 - Magical Vacation Planner Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Richard Boswell, II
  • Chase Briscoe won the Pole Award for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 with a lap of 49.499 seconds, 181.822 mph.
  • This is his second pole in 98 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Aric Almirola (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2023 and his sixth in 24 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Harrison Burton (third) posted his second top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his second in 26 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, August 26th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Buescher leads 1-2 finish for RFK Racing, Wallace clinches Playoff berth in Daytona cutoff race

When owner/driver Brad Keselowski pushed Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing teammate Chris Buescher to victory in overtime on Sunday night, it was ecstasy for Bubba Wallace and the epitome of frustration for Chase Elliott.

Buescher picked up his third victory of the season in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, the regular-season finale for the NASCAR Cup Series, but not until Ryan Preece’s horrific barrel-roll wreck on the backstretch forced three extra laps.

With Buescher’s repeat win, Wallace clinched the 16th and final spot in the series Playoffs on points. Hemmed in by an armada of Fords after the overtime restart on Lap 162, Elliott—whose only path to the Playoffs was victory on Sunday—couldn’t move forward.

Kevin Harvick blocked Elliott in the bottom lane, and Aric Almirola and Joey Logano on the outside prevented Elliott from making a move to the top. Elliott came home fourth behind Buescher, Keselowski and Almirola, but NASCAR’s most popular driver and 2020 series champion will miss the Playoffs for the first time in his Cup career.

Buescher restarted second and Keselowski third on Lap 162. Keselowski quickly locked onto Buescher’s bumper and pushed him to the lead. A lap later Buescher secured his fifth career victory and first at Daytona by .098 seconds over his teammate.

“That's as much Brad's win as ours right there,” Buescher said. “That was the right help, aggressive, sticking with us. I was waiting for him to do something there coming to the finish. I figured we'd be side by side. Looked like it stalled out a little behind there.

“Just so thankful for Brad for all those pushes at the right time. Found each other here and there throughout the race, lost each other, and got back on it when it counted.”

The 1-2 finish was the first for RFK Racing since Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. claimed the top two spots for owner Jack Roush at Bristol in 2014.

Wallace claimed his Playoff spot with a 12th-place finish, because—thankfully from his point of view—no winless driver below him in the standings was able to knock him out of the top 16 by winning.

“That was the most stressed, but also the most locked in I've ever been,” said Wallace, who entered the race with a 32-point edge over Ty Gibbs for the final Playoff berth. “Knowing that this place is mostly out of your control, I just tried to focus on doing the things that I could do. Missing that wreck (a pileup in Turn 4 on Lap 95) was massive.

“Proud to be locked into the Playoffs. 23XI Racing, third year in, getting both cars in the Playoffs. We've gone through a lot of trials and tribulations. So proud of the effort we put in.”

Elliott, who missed seven races during the regular season—six with injury and one on suspension—took his failure to make the postseason with grace.

“Yeah, I really liked where we were before the caution (for Preece’s accident),” he said. “Honestly, after the restart there, we had the bottom lane that we wanted. I knew the 6 (Keselowski) was going to go with the 17 (Buescher). I thought the 4 (Harvick) was going to take the bottom, and they did. We really had all the help we could ask for behind.

“I couldn't stay locked onto Kevin like I needed to to surge the bottom lane forward. Brad and Chris were there. Just had a good enough hold on that top lane, and they could kind of control each of them. Yeah, it's a bummer, for sure. Hate the season has worked out like it has. The good news is the car got in in the owners’ points. That's a big deal.”

The wreck that forced the overtime was breathtaking in its magnitude. As the pack of cars cleared Turn 2 on Lap 156, Preece’s Ford turned sideways on the backstretch and slammed into Stewart-Haas Racing teammate and pole winner Chase Briscoe’s Mustang in the bottom lane.

The contact launched Preece’s car high into the air, and it barrel-rolled more than a half-dozen times before it landed on its roof and bounced upright. Preece got out of his car and stood talking to medical personnel before being placed on a stretcher and taken to a local medical facility for further evaluation.

If Preece’s accident was a lasting image from the race, so was the action that preceded it.

Despite rapid-fire exchanges of the lead throughout the second stage, the race ran caution-free except for the Stage 1 break—until the final corner of the final lap of Stage 2.

That’s when the No. 54 Toyota of Ty Gibbs, fighting for the stage win, broke loose after a bump from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell as the cars raced through Turn 4, turned down into the No. 12 Ford of Ryan Blaney and ignited a wreck that involved 16 of the 39 cars that started the race.

Blaney and Gibbs shot side-by-side into the outside wall, and the cars behind them were helpless to avoid the melee. Gibbs’ Camry was eliminated, ruining any outside chance he had of overtaking Bubba Wallace for a Playoff spot.

Gibbs took the disappointment philosophically.

“I felt like I was getting a great push,” Gibbs said. “I feel like all of our teammates were working really well together tonight. I may have got a push in a bad spot, but we were going for the stage win. I want to thank Christopher for all of the pushes he gave me—I really do.”

Other casualties of the wreck included AJ Allmendinger, defending race winner Austin Dillon, Austin Cindric and Harrison Burton, all of whom were trying to force their way into the Playoffs with a victory.

Elliott, on the other hand, was masterful in weaving his way through the chaos unscathed, finishing the stage seventh behind winner Keselowski. Elliott, however, couldn’t parlay that adroit driving into the victory he needed.

Joey Logano finished fifth, followed by Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Harvick and Corey LaJoie.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Laps Actual: 163 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.098 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 34 Minutes 22 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 158.389
  • Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
  • Lead Changes: 22
  • Green Flag Passes: 9,686 (66.8 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Race Winner: Chris Buescher
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 17 - Fifth Third Bank Ford
  • Owner: John Henry
  • Crew Chief: Scott Graves
  • Chris Buescher won the Coke Zero Sugar 400, his fifth victory in 283 Cup Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 16 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Brad Keselowski (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 29 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 11th top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Aric Almirola (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 24 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (35th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 48 points over Denny Hamlin.
Ryan Blaney, Ty Gibbs and Christopher Bell spin
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 26, 2023 : Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Advance Auto Parts Ford, Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, and Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 Yahoo! Toyota, spin after an on-track incident during the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway Fanduel results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS LAPS POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS LAPS LAP PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
5 10,500 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 112.10 11 1 43 10.0 163 16.30 2 1.2 0.20 69.50
7 11,000 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing 6 Ford 81.70 12 2 40 10.0 163 16.30 6 3.7 0.60 66.90
13 8,000 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 100.10 2 3 38 -1.0 163 16.30 3 1.8 0.30 53.60
3 12,500 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 97.60 23 4 37 19.0 163 16.30 2 1.2 0.20 72.50
10 13,500 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 104.10 14 5 36 9.0 163 16.30 9 5.5 0.90 62.20
1 9,000 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 67.50 31 6 35 25.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 76.30
11 11,500 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 83.00 18 7 34 11.0 163 16.30 5 3.1 0.50 61.80
6 12,000 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 65.00 27 8 33 19.0 163 16.30 1 0.6 0.10 68.40
15 7,200 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 99.50 10 9 32 1.0 163 16.30 14 8.6 1.40 50.70
2 5,000 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 51.50 37 10 31 27.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 74.30
8 4,000 Ty Dillon Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 62.40 30 11 30 19.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 65.30
23 8,500 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 74.90 4 12 29 -8.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 37.30
4 6,200 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 62.90 39 13 28 26.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 70.30
12 4,500 Austin Hill Beard Motorsports 62 Chevrolet 60.90 26 14 27 12.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 55.30
9 4,800 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 13 Chevrolet 52.00 36 15 26 21.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 63.30
21 7,800 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 79.10 15 16 25 -1.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 40.30
16 5,800 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing 1 Chevrolet 71.20 25 17 24 8.0 163 16.30 19 11.7 1.90 50.20
18 5,500 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club 43 Chevrolet 65.50 24 18 23 6.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 45.30
14 4,000 JJ Yeley Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford 52.00 33 19 22 14.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 52.30
22 6,500 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 59.70 22 20 21 2.0 163 16.30 1 0.6 0.10 39.40
19 5,000 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 31 Chevrolet 60.10 28 21 20 7.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 43.30
20 5,200 Josh Berry Legacy Motor Club 42 Chevrolet 55.40 29 22 19 7.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 42.30
17 4,000 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 49.30 38 23 18 15.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 49.30
27 10,000 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 80.00 13 24 17 -11.0 163 16.30 4 2.5 0.40 22.70
24 6,800 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing 45 Toyota 39.20 20 25 16 -5.0 163 16.30 0 0.0 0.00 27.30
25 13,000 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 43.00 19 26 15 -7.0 162 16.20 12 7.4 1.20 25.40
30 9,500 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 76.80 7 27 14 -20.0 161 16.10 0 0.0 0.00 10.10
33 4,000 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 77.40 3 28 13 -25.0 160 16.00 5 3.1 0.50 4.50
28 5,200 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 78.50 17 29 12 -12.0 160 16.00 8 5.0 0.80 16.80
34 5,800 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 83.10 1 30 11 -29.0 156 15.60 67 43.0 6.70 4.30
35 5,500 Ryan Preece Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 60.60 9 31 10 -22.0 155 15.50 0 0.0 0.00 3.50
26 4,800 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 38.40 35 32 9 3.0 131 13.10 0 0.0 0.00 25.10
32 6,000 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 49.30 21 33 8 -12.0 102 10.20 0 0.0 0.00 6.20
29 7,500 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 64.70 32 34 7 -2.0 96 9.60 1 1.0 0.10 14.70
38 7,000 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota 86.40 5 35 6 -30.0 94 9.40 0 0.0 0.00 -14.60
37 14,000 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 74.70 8 36 5 -28.0 94 9.40 4 4.3 0.40 -13.20
36 8,200 Austin Cindric Team Penske 2 Ford 68.00 16 37 4 -21.0 94 9.40 0 0.0 0.00 -7.60
39 4,500 Riley Herbst Front Row Motorsports 36 Ford 68.50 6 38 3 -32.0 94 9.40 0 0.0 0.00 -19.60
31 4,000 Brennan Poole Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford 40.00 34 39 2 -5.0 93 9.30 0 0.0 0.00 6.30