NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 26 Race Results for the 63rd Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400 - Saturday, August 28, 2021 Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL - 2.5 - Mile Paved Total Race Length - 165 Laps - 412.5 Miles
Stage 1 Stage 2 Playoff Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 6 12 Ryan Blaney BodyArmor Ford 165 6 45 Running 3 7 5 2 13 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 165 10 36 Running 2 8 3 20 23 Bubba Wallace Columbia PFG Toyota 165 9 36 Running 4 8 4 23 6 Ryan Newman Coca Cola Zero Sugar Ford 165 33 Running 2 2 5 24 37 * Ryan Preece Kroger/Coca-Cola Chevrolet 165 9 34 Running 6 17 8 Tyler Reddick Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 165 4 38 Running 7 28 77 Justin Haley(i) FOE Chevrolet 165 0 Running 8 15 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 165 29 Running 9 5 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet 165 1 38 Running 5 36 1 10 30 78 BJ McLeod(i) Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures Ford 165 0 Running 11 36 52 Josh Bilicki Jacob Companies Ford 165 26 Running 12 21 43 Erik Jones Columbia PFG Chevrolet 165 25 Running 13 8 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 165 24 Running 14 3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Shaping Black Futures Toyota 165 2 32 Running 3 7 15 19 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 165 22 Running 16 11 4 Kevin Harvick Unibet Ford 165 21 Running 3 4 17 33 7 Corey LaJoie Built Bar Chevrolet 164 7 24 Accident 1 1 18 27 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevrolet 164 6 2 33 Accident 2 3 19 29 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet 164 4 25 Accident 5 14 20 26 99 Daniel Suarez CommScope Chevrolet 164 17 Accident 21 1 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Instant Oil Change Chevrolet 164 5 22 Accident 22 16 14 Chase Briscoe # Mobil 1 Ford 164 15 Accident 23 12 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Funfetti Chevrolet 164 7 18 Running 24 22 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 164 8 1 26 Running 5 37 1 25 25 41 Cole Custer Autodesk/HaasTooling.com Ford 164 12 Running 26 9 21 Matt DiBenedetto Menards/Dutch Boy Ford 164 11 Running 27 32 38 Anthony Alfredo # Speedy Cash Ford 163 10 Running 28 40 66 * David Starr(i) Midwest Mobile Tech Ford 163 0 Running 29 31 51 Cody Ware(i) Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 163 0 Running 30 7 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 163 5 13 Running 2 13 31 34 53 Garrett Smithley(i) True Brand Chevrolet 163 0 Running 32 37 15 Joey Gase(i) ProMaster Ford 162 0 Running 33 14 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 157 10 5 Accident 2 8 34 10 2 Brad Keselowski Pirtek Ford 156 3 Accident 35 4 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 156 3 8 13 Accident 1 5 36 38 16 * Kaz Grala(i) Goettl Air Conditioning Chevrolet 156 0 Accident 37 39 96 * Landon Cassill(i) Carnomaly Toyota 146 0 Accident 38 2 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 146 3 9 Accident 5 12 39 35 00 Quin Houff UNITS Chevrolet 136 1 Running 40 18 34 Michael McDowell CarParts.com Ford 23 1 Engine Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 54 Mins, 3 Secs. Average Speed: 142.201 MPH Margin of Victory: Under Caution Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 11, 18, 42, 19, 3, 7, 22, 37, 17 Stage 2 Top 10: 22, 3, 24, 8, 5, 12, 47, 18, 23, 20
Race Comments: Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, his seventh victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicles dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 5, 7, 15, 16 (multiple inspection failures), Nos. 34, 38 (inspection violations). Failed to Qualify: None. Caution Flags: 8 for 31 laps; Laps: 22-25 (Competition [66]); 52-55 (Stage 1 Conclusion [52]); 78-81 (#10, 37, 38, 48 Incident Turn 4 [15]); 102-105 (Stage 2 Conclusion [51]); 141-144 (#15, 51, 53 Incident Turn 4 [2]); 147-150 (#19, 96, 14, 8, 24, 99, 38, 2 Incident Backstretch [Red Flag: 00:14:51] [52]); 158-163 (#9, 20, 21, 2, 18, 11, 37, 42, 41, 47, 16 Incident Turn 4 [78]); 165-165 (#4, 3, 99, 1, 5, 42, 7, 48, 43 Incident Turn 3 [None]). Lead Changes: 45 among 15 drivers; K. Larson 0; W. Byron 1-6; K. Harvick 7-8; W. Byron 9; D. Hamlin 10-13; W. Byron 14-15; D. Hamlin 16; W. Byron 17; A. Dillon 18-19; C. Elliott 20-41; J. Logano 42-43; C. Elliott 44-52; R. Newman 53; C. Elliott 54-55; M. Truex Jr. 56; C. LaJoie 57; M. Truex Jr. 58-69; C. Bell 70-76; J. Logano 77-94; R. Blaney 95-96; J. Logano 97-101; A. Dillon 102; R. Newman 103; W. Byron 104-105; D. Hamlin 106-107; K. Harvick 108; C. Elliott 109; K. Harvick 110; J. Logano 111; R. Chastain 112-113; R. Blaney 114-116; R. Chastain 117-123; B. Wallace 124; R. Chastain 125-126; B. Wallace 127-128; R. Chastain 129; B. Wallace 130; R. Chastain 131-132; B. Wallace 133-136; K. Busch 137-141; C. Bell 142; J. Logano 143-153; C. Buescher 154; C. Elliott 155-156; C. Buescher 157-163; R. Blaney 164-165. (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series Next Race: September 5, 2021 - Darlington Raceway NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications @ P.O. Box 2875, Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875