Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Daytona International Speedway

August 24th, 2024

Race #25 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

Previous Race
Coke Zero Sugar 400
Next Race

Laps Scheduled: 160
- Extended to 164 laps
Miles Raced : 410.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 01 minutes 40 seconds
Average Speed: 135.413 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.047 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 34
Lead Changes: 40
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (50%)

Harrison Burton celebrates in victory lane — Daytona Beach, Florida - August 24th, 2024: Harrison Burton, driver of the #21 DEX Imaging Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	20	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	40	40	0	5	164	1	1	0	0	Running
2	11	8	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	39	35	4	0	164	8	2	0	7	Running
3	27	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	34	34	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
4	33	15	Cody Ware	Ford	33	33	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
5	26	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	32	32	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
6	18	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	32	31	1	0	164	16	4	0	10	Running
7	29	62	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
8	12	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	41	29	12	0	164	8	3	7	3	Running
9	28	31	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
10	13	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	37	27	10	0	164	10	2	3	9	Running
11	37	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	164	1	1	0	0	Running
12	24	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
13	30	71	Zane Smith	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
14	6	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	23	23	0	0	164	2	1	0	0	Running
15	31	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	22	22	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
16	21	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
17	40	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	20	20	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
18	8	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	26	19	7	0	164	15	2	4	0	Running
19	38	78	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
20	39	44	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	164	0	0	0	0	Running
21	9	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	24	16	8	0	163	5	3	10	4	Running
22	16	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	Running
23	2	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	25	14	11	0	162	5	2	6	5	Running
24	17	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	13	13	0	0	161	0	0	0	0	Running
25	23	33	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	Accident
26	5	4	Josh Berry	Ford	21	11	10	1	158	9	5	1	0	Accident
27	7	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	15	10	5	0	158	1	1	9	8	Accident
28	25	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	9	9	0	0	156	0	0	0	0	Accident
29	14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	23	8	15	0	154	0	0	5	2	Accident
30	1	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	10	7	3	0	151	26	3	8	0	Accident
31	3	22	Joey Logano	Ford	25	6	19	1	151	34	9	2	1	Accident
32	36	51	Justin Haley	Ford	10	5	5	0	151	21	1	0	6	Accident
33	35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	151	2	1	0	0	Accident
34	34	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	Running
35	32	16	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	Engine
36	10	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	61	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	15	10	Noah Gragson	Ford	1	1	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	19	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	1	1	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	4	41	Ryan Preece	Ford	1	1	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	DVP
40	22	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	Fire

Race Infractions

Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Noah Gragson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Carson Hocevar	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	40	41	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Chase Elliott	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	60	0	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
William Byron	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	60	66	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	61	66	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	66	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	66	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	66	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Carson Hocevar	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	66	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	81	88	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	81	88	Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	81	0	Yellow
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	83	88	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	85	0	Yellow
Erik Jones	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	85	88	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	88	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	88	Yellow
Parker Retzlaff	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	88	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	100	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	98	100	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	98	100	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Joey Gase	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
William Byron	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
Carson Hocevar	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	100	Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	140	144	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Jumping the restart	Pass Thru	144	148	Green
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	152	0	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	157	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	157	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	157	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	153	157	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	153	0	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	153	157	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	162	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	162	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open Parked	NASCAR Discretion	159	0	Red
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	162	Yellow
Zane Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	162	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	162	Yellow

Dabble in Draftkings or Fan Duel?

My OWNER Subscription has these DFS tools:
Dominator Points Cheatsheet.
Salary Cap Calculator.
Season Salary Trends.
Points by Track.
Points by Start Position.
Season Points Trend.
Points by Race.
Season Boxscore.

Race Weekend Links

New links are added as the race weekend progresses.

Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
Coke Zero Sugar 400
Race Winner: Harrison Burton
Age: 23
Team : No. 21 - DEX Imaging Ford
Owner: Eddie Wood
Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Harrison Burton won the Coke Zero Sugar 400, his first victory in 98 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
Kyle Busch (second) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 39 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2024.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his third top-10 finish in ten races at Daytona International Speedway.
Carson Hocevar (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 17 points over Kyle Larson.

Race Recap

Harrison Burton posts first Cup Series victory at Daytona

August 24th, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

In one of the most dramatic races of the season, 23-year-old second-generation driver Harrison Burton made a last lap pass on two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch in overtime at Daytona International Speedway to earn his first career NASCAR Cup Series win and deliver his legendary Wood Brothers Racing team its historic 100^thvictory.

Big wrecks, amazing passes, and ultimately one of the most memorable and popular victories of the year characterized a busy, busy Coke Zero Sugar 400 on the Daytona high banks that had tremendous effect on the NASCAR Playoff outlook now with only a single race left to decide which 16 drivers will advance to championship contention.

Burton got a huge push on the backstretch from a first-time NASCAR Cup Series starter, Parker Retzlaff, allowing Burton’s No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford to pull alongside and ultimatelybyrace leader Busch who stayed on Burton’s bumper to the finish line, but was unable to pass him back.

The win is an automatic ticket for Burton into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs after not even being among the top-20 in points coming into the race. It was a hugely popular victory for the young driver with many of his competitors coming by to congratulate him on pit road and in victory lane.

“That is what the sport is about,’’ Burton’s father, NBC Sports broadcaster and former NASCAR Cup Series standout Jeff Burton said after high-fiving his colleagues in the television booth, overcome with emotion watching his son claim his first major race victory.

Harrison Burton was equally as emotional – claiming his win by a fraction of a second – .047-second – over the two-time series champion Busch.

“I cried the whole victory lap,” Burton said. “I obviously got fired from this job and wanted to do everything for the Wood Brothers I could, they’ve given me an amazing opportunity in life and to give the 100^th[win] on my way out is amazing. We’re in the Playoffs now. Let’s go to Darlington and see what happens.’’

On Saturday night, the question, was “what didn’t happen?” The race featured 16 leaders and 40 lead changes. The winner only led a single lap. There were two versions of the Daytona “Big One” – multi-car accidents that on this night, eliminated one race leader after another. Only five cars took the checkered flag without being involved in some sort of incident.

Burton and Busch got the chance to settle the trophy after an accident at the front of the field with only two laps of regulation remaining forced the overtime period.

Late race leader, Team Penske’s Austin Cindric was pushed from behind causing his No. 2 Ford to move into Josh Berry’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford alongside him. The side impact launched Berry’s Mustang airward sending it on a wild ride on the backstretch.

Berry, who led eight laps, earned his first stage win of the season and contended for the victory all night, climbed out of the upside down car on the backstraight with the help of the safety team, then waved to the crowd and received a huge round of applause.

“I’m all good, actually it probably wasn’t as bad as it looked,’’ Berry said after being checked in the infield medical center. “But man, I’m bummed. We had a helluva night going. We were in position and really proud of the job I did tonight and the team did tonight. We were in contention.’’

Only seven laps earlier there was a 14-car crash at the front of the field that eliminated another race leader – pole winner Michael McDowell, whose No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford launched airborne, turned sideways and came back down on all four tires, the melee collecting frontrunners Joey Logano – who led a race best 34 of the 164 laps on the night, Justin Haley, Kyle Larson and championship points leader Tyler Reddick among others.

Bubba Wallace, who is in a tight three-car battle for the final Playoff points position was involved too, but his 23XI Racing team was able to make quick repairs and return to the track. He finished sixth but is still on the outside looking in for a Playoff position.

With Burton’s win, Wallace now finds himself ranked 17^thin the standings – 21 points off the pace of Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s Chris Buescher, who is holding down that 16^thand final Playoff position after earning a 10^thplace finish Saturday.

Ross Chastain, the third driver in tight contention for the final Playoff position based on points, rallied to finish 12^th. He is ranked 18^th, 27 points behind Buescher.

Busch, who now has top-five finishes in the last three races, is essentially in need of a victory next weekend in the regular season finale at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. He is 106 points below the cutoff line despite his recent string of strong finishes.

“Just frustrating you know,’’ the Richard Childress Racing driver Busch said of just missing out on the win, which would not only have punched his Playoff ticket but also extended his streak of 19 seasons with at least one victory.

“We win races here in Daytona going into the last restart but haven’t been able to pull off the victory, not sure what I’m doing wrong or missing,’’ Busch said, explaining, “I wanted to get up in front of the 21 [Burton] because I knew the momentum was coming there but I knew the 20 [former teammate Christopher Bell] was a better friend [behind], just didn’t work out. As usual.’’

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bell finished third, followed by Rick Ware Racing’s Cody Ware, and JGR’s Ty Gibbs. Wallace was sixth. Brad Keselowski was seventh, followed by Retzlaff in his series debut, Daniel Hemric and Buescher.

The first round of drama – the opening “Big One” as the large wrecks at Daytona International Speedway are called – happened on Lap 61 when 17 cars were involved in an accident exiting Turn 4.

Corey LaJoie’s No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet triggered the accident in tight-quarter racing. It collected Chastain and forcing numerous pit stops for the Floridian who is trying to earn one of the last points positions in the Playoffs.

It also involved championship frontrunners Tyler Reddick, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson in varying degrees.

Elliott and Hamlin had to retire their cars with the damage and were scored 36^thand 38^threspectively. Reddick still managed to finish 28^th. Larson, who was involved in multiple incidents on the night, finished 21^st.

Heading to the regular season finale next weekend, Reddick maintains a 17-point edge atop the standings over Larson. Elliott is now 18 points back. The regular season champion earns a valuable 15-point bonus to carry with him through the 10-race Playoffs.