Cup - 2026 - Coke Zero Sugar 400

Date: 2026-08-29 | Track: Daytona International Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Ryan Preece (#60) Chris Buescher (#17) Chris Buescher (#17)
Finish P1 P40 P40
TLS points 632 658 658
ARP 3.82 2.29 2.29
Laps led 5 6 6

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

Official winner — Ryan Preece (#60): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 5 laps with 3.82 average running position and 632 TLS points.

TLS leader — Chris Buescher (#17): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (658 points). Finished P40 with 6 laps led and 2.29 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (2.29). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.82).

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 4 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 4 5 3.82 632
2 23 Daniel Suarez 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 23 0 24.35 283
3 19 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 17 5 21.59 330
4 10 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 18 0 12.94 477
5 30 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 32 1 32.71 141
6 8 Austin Cindric 2 Ford Team Penske 8 6 10.18 524
7 25 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 29 0 26.65 244
8 16 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 20 0 18.29 386
9 32 Josh Berry 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 24 1 35.00 102
10 33 Cole Custer 41 Chevrolet Haas Factory Team 16 0 37.41 61
11 21 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 30 0 24.00 289
12 36 Harrison Burton(i) 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 5 0 0.00 0
13 5 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 12 10 6.76 582
14 17 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 21 10 19.35 368
15 14 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 27 2 15.76 429
16 36 * Corey Heim(i) 67 Toyota 23XI Racing 11 0 0.00 0
17 21 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 35 0 24.00 289
18 13 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 9 2 14.65 448
19 28 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 33 8 31.53 161
20 12 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 26 0 13.35 470
21 27 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 31 0 28.59 211
22 11 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 13 14 13.12 474
23 20 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 22 19 22.29 318
24 3 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 1 12 3.65 635
25 7 Connor Zilisch # 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 7 0 7.94 562
26 29 Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 37 0 32.00 153
27 36 Austin Hill(i) 33 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 3 27 0.00 0
28 6 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 6 6 7.24 574
29 36 * Daniel Dye(i) 78 Chevrolet Live Fast Motorsports 39 0 0.00 0
30 34 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 36 0 37.59 58
31 2 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 10 2 3.18 643
32 24 Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 15 25.94 256
33 26 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 19 5 27.47 230
34 9 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 14 1 10.24 523
35 18 Cody Ware 51 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 25 8 21.24 336
36 36 * Joey Gase(i) 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 40 0 0.00 0
37 35 * Casey Mears 62 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports 38 0 38.00 51
38 31 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 28 1 33.00 136
39 15 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 15 0 17.41 401
40 1 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 2 6 2.29 658

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 141462 10.96 880 289
2 Tyler Reddick 45 135377 10.18 449 330
3 Kyle Larson 5 135324 10.19 659 643
4 Ryan Blaney 12 135238 10.81 828 230
5 Ty Gibbs 54 126873 10.32 280 523
6 Christopher Bell 20 121942 12.63 559 289
7 Chris Buescher 17 119961 13.41 81 658
8 Chase Briscoe 19 119857 12.03 359 582
9 Chase Elliott 9 117167 14.86 317 318
10 Bubba Wallace 23 114147 14.59 214 470
11 William Byron 24 113263 13.29 176 474
12 Carson Hocevar 77 109060 16.19 157 136
13 Joey Logano 22 107599 15.01 536 448
14 Austin Cindric 2 107575 15.62 51 524
15 Daniel Suarez 7 101387 17.81 40 283
16 Ryan Preece 60 98222 18.37 55 632
17 Ross Chastain 1 96490 17.29 118 635
18 Brad Keselowski 6 95805 19.36 177 368
19 Erik Jones 43 92379 18.24 17 401
20 Shane Van Gisbergen 97 87736 17.19 269 574
21 Zane Smith 38 86370 20.71 77 256
22 Michael McDowell 71 84722 17.95 24 477
23 Austin Dillon 3 83287 20.57 5 244
24 Riley Herbst 35 82955 20.95 5 0
25 Josh Berry 21 80638 21.27 92 102
26 AJ Allmendinger 16 76620 21.55 9 58
27 John Hunter Nemechek 42 73421 20.96 64 429
28 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 71331 24.60 7 141
29 Todd Gilliland 34 67084 24.15 16 161
30 Noah Gragson 4 61507 26.73 2 153
31 Alex Bowman 48 56793 19.29 0 386
32 Ty Dillon 10 53378 26.97 3 211
33 Cole Custer 41 53002 26.24 3 61
34 Connor Zilisch # 88 52399 23.00 8 562
35 Kyle Busch 8 51197 19.72 19 0
36 Cody Ware 51 35006 31.31 10 336
37 * Jimmie Johnson 84 2420 34.13 0 0
38 * Katherine Legge 78 1917 35.70 0 0
39 * Casey Mears 66 1800 36.32 0 51
40 * BJ McLeod 78 995 32.24 0 0
41 * Kevin Magnussen 91 187 25.62 0 0