Race Lineup
The official 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Daytona International Speedway.
Coke Zero Sugar 400
Saturday, August 29th, 2020
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
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- Due to no practice and qualifying for the remaining 2020 season, NASCAR uses three weighted and averaged competition-based performance metrics from the most recently completed race to determine the Starting lineup and Pit selection order for each race:
- * Owner points position (weighted at 35%)
- * Finish position (weighted at 50%)
- * Fastest lap rank (weighted at 15%)
- Drivers Entered: 40
- Laps Scheduled: 160
- Laps Actual: 164 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.119 Seconds
- Time of Race: 2 Hours 39 Minutes 59 Seconds
- Average Speed: 153.766
- Cautions: 6 for 21 laps
- Lead Changes: 35
- Green Flag Passes: 7,842 (54.8 passes per green flag lap)
- Daytona International Speedway
- 62nd Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400
- Race Winner: William Byron
- Age: 22
- Team : No. 24 - Liberty University Chevrolet
- Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
- Crew Chief: Chad Knaus
- William Byron won the 62nd Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400, his first victory in 98 NASCAR Cup Series races.
- This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2020.
- This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway.
- Chase Elliott (second) posted his first top-10 finish in 10 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 15th top-10 finish in 2020.
- Denny Hamlin (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 30 races at Daytona International Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (11th) was the highest finishing rookie.
- William Byron and Matt DiBenedetto clinch the final two spots in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
- Byron becomes the 21st different driver to win his first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway and the 11th to do it in the summer race.
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Mobil 1 | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 2 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bass Pro Shops | Joe Gibbs Racing | James Small |
| 3 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Shell Pennzoil | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 4 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | PIRTEK | Team Penske | Jeremy Bullins |
| 5 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Smithfield Hometown Original | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Bugarewicz |
| 6 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Liberty University | Hendrick Motorsports | Chad Knaus |
| 7 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ally | Hendrick Motorsports | Cliff Daniels |
| 8 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Axalta | Hendrick Motorsports | Greg Ives |
| 9 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Body Armor | Team Penske | Todd Gordon |
| 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gabehart |
| 11 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Adam Stevens |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Dow VORASURF | Richard Childress Racing | Justin Alexander |
| 13 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Monster Energy | Chip Ganassi Racing | Matt McCall |
| 14 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Haas Automation | Stewart-haas Racing | Johnny Klausmeier |
| 15 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards / Dutch Boy | Wood Brothers Racing | Greg Erwin |
| 16 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | HaasTooling.com / Autodesk | Stewart-haas Racing | Mike Shiplett |
| 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fifth Third Bank | Rfk Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 18 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | KCMG | Richard Childress Racing | Randall Burnett |
| 19 | 42 | Matt Kenseth | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Credit One Bank | Chip Ganassi Racing | Phil Surgen |
| 20 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Auto-Owners Insurance | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
| 21 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | World Wide Technology | Richard Petty Motorsports | Jerry Baxter |
| 22 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Guranteed Rate | Rfk Racing | Scott Graves |
| 23 | 95 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Rheem / Johns Manville | Leavine Family Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
| 24 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Fire Alarm Services | Front Row Motorsports | Seth Barbour |
| 25 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Trump 2020 | Go Fas Racing | Ryan Sparks |
| 26 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CarParts.com | Front Row Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 27 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hooters | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 28 | 37 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Bush's Beans | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Trent Owens |
| 29 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Matt Borland |
| 30 | 96 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | CommScope | Gaunt Brothers Racing | Dave Winston |
| 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Kroger | Jtg Daugherty Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 32 | 15 | Brennan Poole | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Remember Everyone Deployed | Premium Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
| 33 | 27 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | America Strong | Rick Ware Racing | Todd Parrott |
| 34 | 00 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Good Greek Movers | Starcom Racing | George Church |
| 35 | 66 | Timmy Hill | Toyota | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | RoofClaim.com | Motorsports Business Management | Clinton Cram |
| 36 | 77 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Spire Motorsports | Spire Motorsports | Peter Sospenzo |
| 37 | 53 | Joey Gase | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Sparks | Rick Ware Racing | Jason Houghtaling |
| 38 | 51 | James Davison | Ford | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Signing Day | Petty Ware Racing | Michael Hillman |
| 39 | 7 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Ariens | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Patrick Donahue |
| 40 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Beard Motorsports / South Point Cas… | Beard Motorsports | Darren Shaw |