Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Daytona International Speedway

August 26th, 2023

Race #26 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 160
    • Extended to 163 laps
  • Miles Raced : 407.5
  • Time of Race : 02 Hours 34 minutes 22 seconds
  • Average Speed: 158.389 mph
  • Margin of Victory : 00.098 seconds
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 18
  • Lead Changes: 22
  • Cars in Race : 39
  • Finished On Lead Lap: 25 (64%)
Chris Buescher and crew celebrate in victory lane
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 26th, 2023: Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 Fifth Third Bank Ford, and crew celebrate in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS PO PTS Laps Led x Led S1 S2 STUS
1 11 17 Chris Buescher Ford 40 40 0 5 163 2 1 0 0 Running
2 12 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 45 35 10 1 163 6 1 0 1 Running
3 2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 34 34 0 0 163 3 1 0 0 Running
4 23 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 37 33 4 0 163 2 1 0 7 Running
5 14 22 Joey Logano Ford 39 32 7 0 163 9 1 5 10 Running
6 31 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 38 31 7 0 163 0 0 0 4 Running
7 18 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 39 30 9 0 163 5 1 0 2 Running
8 27 24 William Byron Chevrolet 35 29 6 0 163 1 1 0 5 Running
9 10 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 36 28 8 0 163 14 1 3 0 Running
10 37 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 27 27 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
11 30 77 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 26 26 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
12 4 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 30 25 5 0 163 0 0 6 0 Running
13 39 34 Michael McDowell Ford 24 24 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
14 26 62 Austin Hill Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
15 36 13 Chandler Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
16 15 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 30 21 9 0 163 0 0 2 0 Running
17 25 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 22 20 2 0 163 19 2 0 9 Running
18 24 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 19 19 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
19 33 51 JJ Yeley Ford 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
20 22 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 26 17 9 0 163 1 1 10 3 Running
21 28 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
22 29 42 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
23 38 78 BJ McLeod Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 Running
24 13 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 23 13 10 1 163 4 2 1 0 Running
25 20 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 17 12 5 0 163 0 0 0 6 Running
26 19 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 14 11 3 0 162 12 1 8 0 Running
27 7 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 10 10 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 Running
28 3 21 Harrison Burton Ford 9 9 0 0 160 5 2 0 0 Running
29 17 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 160 8 3 0 0 Running
30 1 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 9 7 2 0 156 67 2 9 0 Accident
31 9 41 Ryan Preece Ford 6 6 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 Accident
32 35 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 5 5 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 Overheating
33 21 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 7 4 3 0 102 0 0 0 8 Accident
34 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 96 1 1 0 0 Accident
35 5 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 9 2 7 0 94 0 0 4 0 Accident
36 8 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 1 0 0 94 4 1 0 0 Accident
37 16 2 Austin Cindric Ford 5 1 4 0 94 0 0 7 0 Accident
38 6 36 Riley Herbst Ford 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 Accident
39 34 15 Brennan Poole Ford 0 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Ryan Preece Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustment Tail End 0 1 White
Kyle Busch Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 36 38 Yellow
Michael McDowell Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 36 38 Yellow
Justin Haley Equipment Interference Tail End 36 38 Yellow
JJ Yeley Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 39 41 Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 39 41 Yellow
Corey Lajoie Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 39 41 Yellow
Ty Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 39 41 Yellow
Todd Gilliland Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 39 41 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Pass Thru 81 83 Green
Brennan Poole Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 82 84 Green
Riley Herbst Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Pass Thru 84 86 Green