Ryan Blaney’s victory at Daytona keeps Alex Bowman in title chase: Not that a rescue mission was top of mind for Ryan Blaney, but his dramatic victory in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway saved Alex Bowman from Playoff oblivion. Blaney rocketed forward from 12th in the running order with three laps left in the final NASCAR Cup Series regular-season race and crossed the finish line 0.031 seconds ahead of runner-up Daniel Suarez.[Read More]
#12-Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The win is his second win of the year, second at Daytona and 15th career win.
#99-Daniel Suarez finished 2nd followed by #7-Justin Haley, #41-Cole Custer, #43-Erik Jones, #17-Chris Buescher, #5-Kyle Larson, #54-Ty Gibbs, #2-Josh Berry, and #9-Chase Elliott.
Blaney started from the pole after qualifying was cancelled yesterday. He lead four times for 27 laps, the most of any driver. He was in 13th with two laps to go, moved up to second at the white flag, and moved to the lead on the final lap to win by .03 second.
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff drivers are: #1-Ross Chastain, #2-Austin Cindric, #3-Austin Dillon, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #11-Denny Hamlin, #12-Ryan Blaney, #19-Chase Briscoe, #20-Christopher Bell, #21-Josh Berry, #22-Joey Logano, #23-Bubba Wallace, #24-William Byron, #45-Tyler Reddick, #48-Alex Bowman, #88-Shane Van Gisbergen.
Stage 1 was won by #5-Kyle Larson. Stage 2 was won by #1-Ross Chastain.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by#16-A.J. Allmendinger
There were 44 lead changes among 19 drivers and 8 cautions for 39 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 130.909mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Driver Points Standings Before Reset, Owner Points Standings, Owner Points Standings Before Reset, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Daytona:
Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400, his 15th victory in 368 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 21 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Daniel Suarez (second) posted his second top-10 finish in 17 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2025.
Justin Haley (third) posted his third top-10 finish in 11 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman earn the final two open spots in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
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Reseeded Cup Series Playoff Standings after Daytona:
(beginning of the playoffs)
1) #5-Kyle Larson, 2032 [32 playoff points], +26
2) #24-William Byron [32 playoff points], 2032, +26
3) #11-Denny Hamlin [29 playoff points], 2029, +23
4) #12-Ryan Blaney [26 playoff points], 2026, +20
5) #20-Christopher Bell [23 playoff points], 2023, +17
6) #88-Shane Van Gisbergen [22 playoff points], 2022, +16
7) #9-Chase Elliott [13 playoff points], 2013, +7
8) #19-Chase Briscoe [10 playoff points],2010, +4
9) #23-Bubba Wallace [8 playoff points], 2008, +2
10) #2-Austin Cindric [8 playoff points], 2008, +2
11) #1-Ross Chastain [7 playoff points], 2007, +1
12) #22-Joey Logano [7 playoff points], 2007, +1
Outside the top 12
13) #21-Josh Berry [6 playoff points], 2006, -1
14) #45-Tyler Reddick [6 playoff points], 2006, -1
15) #3-Austin Dillon [5 playoff points], 2005, -2
16) #48-Alex Bowman [2 playoff points], 2002, -5
See the Reseeded Driver Points Standings and Reseeded Owner Points Standings
Cup Series Playoff Standings after Daytona:
(End of the regular season)
[Playoff points listed are before end of regular season bonus]
1) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4 wins, 779 [24 playoff points]
2) #88-Shane Van Gisbergen, 4 wins, 486 [22 playoff points]
3) #5-Kyle Larson, 3 wins, 801 [23 playoff points]
4) #20-Christopher Bell, 3 wins, 783 [17 playoff points]
5) #24-William Byron, 2 win, 863 [regular season champion] [17 playoff points]
6) #12-Ryan Blaney, 2 wins, 808 [16 playoff points]
7) #9-Chase Elliott, 1 win, 798 [6 playoff points]
8) #19-Chase Briscoe, 1 win, 719 [7 playoff point]
9) #23-Bubba Wallace, 1 win, 640 [8 playoff points]
10) #22-Joey Logano, 1 win, 639 [7 playoff points]
11) #1-Ross Chastain, 1 win, 630 [6 playoff points]
12) #2-Austin Cindric, 1 win, 544 [8 playoff points]
13) #21-Josh Berry, 1 win, 504 [6 playoff points]
14) #3-Austin Dillon, 1 win, 473 [5 playoff points]
15) #45-Tyler Reddick, 730 [2 playoff points], +75 ahead of 17th
16) #48-Alex Bowman, 686,+31 ahead of 17th
Outside the top 16:
17) #16-Chris Buescher, 655 [-3 playoff points], -31 behind 16th
18) #60-Ryan Preece, 620, [2 playoff points], -66 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings Before Reset and Owner Points Standings Before Reset.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Ryan Blaney. He wins over Suarez, Haley, Custer, and Jones.
White flag for Cole Custer. He’s ahead of Blaney, Haley, Larson and Suarez.
Lap 159 – Two laps to go. Haley leads Buescher. Preece falls to 7th after getting hung out in the middle
Lap 158 – Still Preece just ahead of Haley by only by .003 second.
Lap 157 – Preece and Haley side by side for the lead and a playoff spot.
Lap 156 – Five to go: Double file through the field. Preece to the lead, then Haley, Larson, Buescher, Elliott.
Lap 155 – Jones just ahead of Haley this time.
Lap 154 – Haley leads Jones at the line.
Lap 153 – Green flag with 8 laps remaining. Jones, Haley, Larson, Preece, Buescher, Elliott, Gibbs, Bell, Byron, McDowell in the top 10. Other than Larson, Elliott, Bell, and Byron anyone in the top 10 make the playoffs with a win tonight.
Lap 150 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out. ADillon, in 10th, is the first to come in. Several others further back do as well.
Lap 149 – CAUTION is out for Logano spinning while leading. He slid across the nose of Buescher, but Buescher continues.
Lap 147 – Logano back out front at the start finish line.
Lap 146 – Fifteen to go: Jones, Logano, Haley, Buescher, Larson, Gibbs, Preece, ADIllon, Elliott, Byron the top 10. Allmendinger slowing on track with an issue.
Lap 144 – Jones leads Logano by .04 second at the line. The field still mostly double wide.
Lap 138 – Logano back to the lead. Jones up to second, then Buescher and Haley. Briscoe falls to fifth. McLeod slows on the backstretch after getting into the wall. No caution.
Lap 136 – Briscoe leads at the line with Logano second. 25 laps to go.
Lap 135 – The field now double wide most of the way through. Logano still out front.
Lap 131 – Thirty laps remaining. The pace is picking up as most drivers have now saved enough fuel for the teams to think they can make it to the end. Logano over Buescher, Larson, Preece and Briscoe. Most of the field is three wide.
Lap 128 -Logano continues to lead with ADillon second and Buescher up to third.
Lap 124 – Most of the field is double file. Logano leads ADillon, Jones, Haley and Preece.
Lap 119 – Logano to the lead over ADillon.
Lap 116 – Green flag with 45 laps remaining. ADillon leads Larson, Logano, Jones, Buescher, Briscoe, Haley, Custer, Preece, and Keselowski.
Lap 115 – One lap until green, several teams come to pit road to top off on fuel. ADillon now the leader.
Lap 114 – Under caution it’s Ware, Allmendinger, Suarez, Chastain, Nemechek (pending penalty), ADillon, Logano, Larson, Jones and Buescher.
Lap 111 – Pit road is open. Most leaders come in. Teams are just on the edge of their fuel window here. Seven drivers stay out. Off pit road first is Nemechek but he gets a penalty for removing equipment.
Lap 110 – NASCAR asking Hamlin to come down pit road or stop on track because he’s dropping debris. He comes into the pits.
Lap 109 – CAUTION now out for Hamlin slowing on the track. Nemechek leads ADillon, Jones, Bell, and Logano.
Lap 108 – Hamlin gets into the wall. No caution.
Lap 104 – Mears has a tire go down but it able to get pit road. No caution.
Lap 103 – Nemechek to the lead for the first time tonight.
Lap 102 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 59 laps remaining.
Lap 101 – On the restart it will be Bell, Buescher, Preece, Nemechek, Jones, Elliott, Berry, ADillon, Ware, SVG.
Lap 98 – Pit road open. Most everyone is in for service and to top off on fuel. Chastain penalized for pitting outside his box. Suarez too fast on pit road.
Lap 96 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Chastain wins it over Bell, Logano, Byron, Nemechek, Briscoe, Blaney, Preece, Gibbs, and Larson.
Lap 95 – Logano back out front.
Lap 92 – Briscoe to the lead.
Lap 91 – Logano back to the lead over Briscoe.
Lap 88 – Green flag with eight laps remaining in stage 2. Byron leads Elliott, Larson, Blaney, McDowell, TDillon, Allmendinger, Logano, Gilliland and Briscoe.
Lap 85 – Pit road is open. Most drivers up front come down. Byron stays out to take the lead. Elliott, Larson, and Blaney stay out behind him. Logano is first off pit road.
Lap 83 – CAUTION for Hocevar stopped on the backstretch. Hamlin will be the free pass.
Lap 82 – Hocevar off the pace. He says the engine is blowing up. McDowell, TDillon, Allmendinger and Ware pit.
Lap 81 – Custer takes the lead for the first time. The race is now halfway and will be completed tonight. Rain still staying away from the track.
Lap 80 – Briscoe’s turn out front.
Lap 79 – Ware back to the lead. He will need to pit for fuel soon.
Lap 77 – Logano to the lead for the first time tonight.
Lap 75 – Ware moves back out front. Chastain second, then Briscoe.
Lap 74 – McDowell again leading.
Lap 72 – SVG back out front.
Lap 71 – Now McDowell to the lead.
Lap 68 – SVG to the lead.
Lap 66 – Thirty laps remaining in the stage. Most drivers will likely need to stop for fuel before the end of the stage. Some may try to stretch it. Chastain leads Preece, TDillon, SVG, and McDowell.
Lap 69 – Haley up to second.
Lap 57 – TDillon takes the lead.
Lap 56 – Ware continues to lead, TDillon up to second as there are two lines that formed through the field.
Lap 50 – Single file at the front of the pack. Ware still leads and is followed by Keselowski, Berry, Buescher, and TDillon.
Lap 43 – Ware continues to lead. Nemechek to second.
Lap 42 – Green flag for the start of the second stage, Ware leads Keselowski, Suarez, Nemechek and Barry.
Lap 39 – Chastain pits and Ware takes the lead by staying out.
Lap 38 – Pit road is open. Most of the leaders are in. Chastain stays out to take the lead. Off pit road: Keselowski, Suarez, Nemechek, Berry, Byron, Allmendinger, and TDillon.
Lap 36 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Larson wins it over Chastain, Blaney, McDowell, Haley, Logano, Gilliland, Preece, Briscoe, and Bell.
Lap 34 – Green flag for a two lap shootout to the end of stage 1. Hamlin is a lap down. Stenhouse, Bowman, Wallace, Gragson, Busch, Cindric, and Herbst are behind the wall or out of the way.
Lap 33 – On the restart it will be Blaney, Larson, McDowell, Logano, and Cindric up front.
Lap 31 – Pit road is open with 5 laps remaining in stage 1. Again a mix of strategies. Blaney the leader again.
Lap 29 – RED flag lifted after nearly 9 minutes.
Lap 29 – RED flag is out for track cleanup.
Lap 28 – CAUTION – Big crash on the frontstretch: Wallace, Busch, Bowman, Hamlin, Logano, Herbst, Stenhouse, Cindric, Smith, Gragson, and others. At the start of the race Bowman held the last playoff spot. He has heavy damage and will be done for the night. For him to make the playoffs there will have to be a repeat winner tonight.
Lap 26 – Suarez to the lead.
Lap 25 – Wallace took the lead on the restart and holds it.
Lap 24 – Green flag. Blaney leads Logano, Keselowski, Wallace, and Suarez. 12 laps remaining in stage 1.
Lap 21 – Pit road is open. Only a few takers in the back of the field.
Lap 19 – CAUTION for Reddick and Gilliland wrecking near the opening to pit road. Reddick started the night 15th in the playoff standings. Mears is the free pass. He will still be a lap down.
Lap 16 – Back to green. Blaney leads Logano, Suarez, Hamlin and Keselowski.
Lap 14 – Pit road is open. Most drivers near the back of the pack come in. Buescher reports slow breaks. He comes down for the team to work on them.
Lap 12 – CAUTION is out for a spin by Mears. He says a tire went down. Byron is the free pass.
Lap 7 – Byron loses a lap. Everyone else is still in the lead pack.
Lap 6 – Blaney leads Logano, Hamlin, Keselowski and Suarez. They are single file with the rest of the field three wide behind them.
Lap 2 – Blaney leads the first lap. Byron comes to pit road to serve his penalty.
• 6:54pm/et – Green flag for the Coke Zero Sugar 400. In case of rain, the race is official after lap 80.
• 7:44pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 7:31pm/et – A moment of silence for Humpy Wheeler.
• 7:30pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 7:10pm/et – Rain chance continue to dwindle and all precipitation has remained north of Daytona.
• 7:02pm/et – NBC now on the air with pre-race coverage.
• Still only Byron to the rear for the start of the race, barring any last minute adjustments or issues by other teams.
• 6:05pm/et – Rain continues to stay north of the track.
• 4:45pm/et – Famous last words, but the forecast does seem to be improving for this evening. There is a 50% chance of race within the next hour, then the chances continue to drop. However, it’s Daytona and that could change in moments.
• 4:15pm/et – The green flag is scheduled for less than three hours from now. The forecast still shows a decreasing chance of rain throughout the evening. While it’s dry at the track now, it’s unknown how long NASCAR might wait tonight to get the race in.
• The Zilisch announcement is official.
• Trackhouse Racing has a 2:45pm/et announcement today where they are expected to officially name Connor Zilisch as driver of the #99 next year.
• Rain could be an issue tonight, but it’s summer in Daytona so that’s nothing unexpected. The National Weather Service calls for a 60-80% chance of rain throughout the afternoon and evening but the chances decrease as it gets later.
Race details:
Broadcast: NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 160 laps / 400 miles
Stages: 35 / 95 / 160
Average time of race: 2:49:35
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 70 mph
Fuel window: 48 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
Drivers Meeting: 6:35:00 p.m. in the Drivers Meeting Room.
Driver introductions: 7:00:00 p.m.
Invocation: 7:30:45 p.m.
National Anthem: 7:31:35 p.m.
Command: 7:43:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 7:55:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear:#24-William Byron (pre-race inspection penalty), #44-Gase (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #12-Ryan Blaney chose pit stall 2, the first available.
Outside pole sitter #48-Alex Bowman took the 20th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Daytona Pit Stall page.
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection is complete at Daytona International Speedway. Two cars failed inspection twice.
Car #24 – On their second attempt through inspections after passing all stations they were observed making an unapproved adjustment to the splitter. The struts were reinstalled, and the car was rerun over the USS and failed due to the adjustment.
- The 24 Crew Chief Rudy Fugle was ejected from the event.
- Loss of pit selection
- Start at the rear of the field
- The vehicle must perform a stop and go penalty after receiving the green flag
Car #78 – Failed inspections twice.
- The car chief Lee Leslie was ejected from the event
- Loss of pit selection
#12-Ryan Blaney will start from the pole for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway after qualifying was canceled due to lightning in the area and the field was set by the rule book. This is the ninth time qualifying was canceled at Daytona.
#48-Alex Bowman will start second followed by #5-Kyle Larson, #22-Joey Logano, #2-Austin Cindric, #11-Denny Hamlin, #3-Austin Dillon, #24-William Byron, #19-Chase Briscoe, and #6-Brad Keselowski.
See the Coke Zero Sugar 400 Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Order
No practice at Daytona.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is posted, 40 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams are: #4-Noah Gragson, #23-Bubba Wallace, #33-Austin Hill, #34-Todd Gilliland, #35-Riley Herbst, #38-Zane Smith, #44-Joey Gase, #45-Tyler Reddick, #66-Casey Mears, #78-B.J. McLeod.
See the full entry list on the Coke Zero Sugar 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Daytona: Cup Series teams will run the same left and right side superspeedway tires as at Daytona and Talladega earlier this season. The right side tire debuted at Daytona in February, offering an updated construction, and was also chosen for the June race at Michigan International Speedway. The left side tire has been used at Daytona since 2022.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Coke Zero Sugar 400: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida going into the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Daytona International Speedway:
- This weekend marks the 157th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway, the most among all tracks in Cup history.
- The Summer Daytona winner got his first win of the season in five of the last seven years.
- William Byron, with three wins, is the only repeat winner in the last 12 Daytona races.
- Each of the last four races on drafting tracks ended with a last lap pass, the longest ever streak of last lap passes on drafting tracks.
- Tyler Reddick has a 29-point advantage over Alex Bowman as they battle to NOT be 16th in the Playoff Standings, the most points Reddick lost to Bowman in a race this season was 28 points, Richmond last race.
- Only twice in the elimination format has a driver won to make the Playoffs in the final race of the regular season who entered below the cutline (Austin Dillon in 2022 at Daytona and Chase Briscoe in 2024 at Darlington).
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Race rules and information:
