Cup - 2023 - Coke Zero Sugar 400

Date: 2023-08-26 | Track: Daytona International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Chris Buescher (#17) Aric Almirola (#10) Aric Almirola (#10)
Finish P1 P3 P3
TLS points 4793 5298 5298
ARP 10.77 7.70 7.70
Laps led 2 3 3

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Chris Buescher (#17): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 2 laps with 10.77 average running position and 4,793 TLS points.

TLS leader — Aric Almirola (#10): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,298 points). Finished P3 with 3 laps led and 7.70 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (7.70). The official winner ran a worse average position (10.77).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 5 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 11 2 10.77 4793
2 10 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 12 6 15.35 4043
3 1 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 2 3 7.70 5298
4 3 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 23 2 10.50 4838
5 2 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 14 9 9.34 5028
6 16 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 31 0 18.70 3493
7 7 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 18 5 12.60 4493
8 17 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 27 1 19.18 3415
9 4 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 10 14 10.60 4821
10 29 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 37 0 26.65 2190
11 23 Ty Dillon 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 30 0 22.93 2800
12 11 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 4 0 15.38 4038
13 20 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 39 0 20.35 3223
14 34 * Austin Hill(i) 62 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports 26 0 0.00 0
15 34 * Chandler Smith(i) 13 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 0.00 0
16 8 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 15 0 13.03 4423
17 12 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 25 19 16.86 3795
18 13 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 24 0 17.54 3684
19 34 JJ Yeley(i) 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 33 0 0.00 0
20 15 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 22 1 18.62 3507
21 21 Justin Haley 31 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 28 0 21.73 2997
22 34 Josh Berry(i) 42 Chevrolet Legacy Motor Club 29 0 0.00 0
23 32 BJ McLeod 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 38 0 29.54 1716
24 9 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 13 4 13.10 4412
25 25 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 20 0 23.33 2734
26 26 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 19 12 24.27 2564
27 19 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 7 0 19.86 3242
28 18 Harrison Burton 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 3 5 19.45 3309
29 22 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 17 8 21.94 2907
30 6 Chase Briscoe 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 1 67 10.08 4698
31 14 Ryan Preece 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 9 0 16.42 3678
32 33 Todd Gilliland 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 35 0 32.18 1032
33 30 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 21 0 20.35 2024
34 31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 32 1 20.41 1900
35 24 Ty Gibbs # 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 5 0 11.01 2754
36 27 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 8 4 15.44 2333
37 28 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 16 0 16.51 2255
38 34 * Riley Herbst(i) 36 Ford Front Row Motorsports 6 0 0.00 0
39 34 Brennan Poole(i) 15 Ford Rick Ware Racing 34 0 0.00 0

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Denny Hamlin 11 173628 9.67 389 2564
2 Martin Truex Jr. 19 172684 10.15 832 4412
3 William Byron 24 168179 10.39 877 3415
4 Christopher Bell 20 157150 11.44 259 4423
5 Kyle Larson 5 155708 11.92 624 3242
6 Kevin Harvick 4 155669 14.00 122 4821
7 Tyler Reddick 45 154917 12.20 312 2734
8 Ryan Blaney 12 153874 13.56 348 2333
9 Ross Chastain 1 152551 13.59 482 3795
10 Brad Keselowski 6 149837 15.38 259 4043
11 Bubba Wallace 23 142289 14.70 159 4038
12 Joey Logano 22 141736 13.50 260 5028
13 Kyle Busch 8 139960 13.46 233 4493
14 Chris Buescher 17 137198 14.85 231 4793
15 Ty Gibbs # 54 135236 14.82 10 2754
16 Alex Bowman 48 126153 13.49 75 3493
17 Aric Almirola 10 121137 17.83 97 5298
18 Daniel Suarez 99 120096 15.86 36 3507
19 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 113473 19.42 25 1900
20 Michael McDowell 34 112812 17.89 92 3223
21 Ryan Preece 41 111102 19.79 141 3678
22 AJ Allmendinger 16 106247 18.55 17 2907
23 Austin Dillon 3 106113 19.08 18 2024
24 Chase Briscoe 14 103860 20.86 182 4698
25 Austin Cindric 2 100958 19.65 17 2255
26 Erik Jones 43 97914 21.33 17 3684
27 Chase Elliott 9 96723 12.74 41 4838
28 Justin Haley 31 93072 22.72 23 2997
29 Corey LaJoie 9 84622 23.76 12 2190
30 Todd Gilliland 51 82352 24.13 0 1032
31 Harrison Burton 21 81835 24.33 25 3309
32 Noah Gragson # 42 60330 24.85 2 0
33 Ty Dillon 77 46791 28.75 6 2800
34 BJ McLeod 78 20409 32.22 2 1716
35 Cody Ware 51 9230 31.69 1 0
36 Ryan Newman 51 6095 31.00 0 0
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 5389 28.08 0 0
38 Jenson Button 15 3342 25.19 0 0
39 JJ Yeley(i) 51 3120 29.87 0 0
40 Andy Lally 51 3033 29.09 0 0
41 * Shane Van Gisbergen(i) 91 2619 4.85 10 0
42 * Travis Pastrana 67 2103 31.13 2 0
43 * Jonathan Davenport 13 2078 26.26 0 0
44 Mike Rockenfeller 42 1793 28.28 0 0
45 Jordan Taylor 9 1723 17.33 0 0
46 * Brodie Kostecki 33 1339 23.87 0 0
47 * Kimi Raikkonen 91 1225 23.88 0 0
48 Josh Bilicki(i) 78 786 33.99 1 0
49 * Conor Daly(i) 50 109 33.59 0 0