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The post-race loop data for the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR CUP Series race.

Coke Zero Sugar 400

Saturday, August 28th, 2021

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

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  • 14 Ford
  • 7 Toyota
  • 19 Chevrolet

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team: No. 5 - Valvoline Instant Oil Change Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Kyle Larson won the Pole Award for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Sunday, August 29th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Blaney takes the victory, Reddick clinches Playoff spot and Larson wins Regular Season Championship at Daytona

The Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series' regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway unfolded as billed with dramatic action all Saturday night that included 45 lead changes, a 14-minute Red Flag period and a wild final lap of overtime to decide the championship Playoff picture.

Ultimately, Team Penske's Ryan Blaney managed it all and took his second NASCAR Cup Series victory in as many weeks as a huge multi-car accident happened behind him in the last corners of the track on the final lap.

Blaney's No. 12 Team Penske Ford led only seven of the 165 laps, but the 27-year-old North Carolinian took the lead from fellow Ford driver Roush Fenway Racing's Chris Buescher for the two laps of overtime to claim his third win of the season and seventh of his career.

Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick earned the 16th and final Playoff position with a fifth-place finish in a close and suspenseful battle with his own teammate Austin Dillon.

"How about that," Blaney said. "That was a lot of fun. Gosh, we just barely missed that wreck. Got to line up on the front row and got a good push by the 7 (Corey LaJoie). You never know how the end of these things is going to play out. Down the back you don't know what lane is getting a bigger run. I guess someone got tangled up over there, hopefully everyone is okay."

LaJoie was one of the drivers who was collected in that nine-car crash in Turn 3 on the final lap. He was one of four drivers – including Austin Dillon, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez – running among the top-10 on the final restart and needing a victory to qualify for the Playoffs. Instead, all four of them were unfortunately involved in the final incident that eliminated much of the front-running pack.

Kyle Larson, who has a series-best five wins on the season, clinched his first NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship with a 21st-place finish. Both he and Denny Hamlin were in the last lap wreck. Hamlin, who has led the points standings for all but three of the previous 25 race weekends, finished 14th.

Blaney's Daytona wins caps an impressive summer run that is good enough to move him into second place in the Playoff standings – 28 behind Larson – heading into next week's Playoff opener at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch are ranked third and fourth in the Playoff re-set, followed by 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Hamlin and William Byron. Joey Logano, who led a race best 37 laps Saturday but finished 24th, is seeded ninth, followed by his Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell, this year's Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell, Aric Almirola, Reddick and Kevin Harvick.

"Got good momentum," Blaney said smiling. "Nice to make it three in a row. We'll see."

Bubba Wallace, who led eight laps late in the race, finished second – his best result of the 2021 season. Ryan Newman, Ryan Preece and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top five; a season best for Newman and Preece as well.

Haley was sixth, followed by Alex Bowman, who won the Xfinity Series race earlier in the afternoon. Chase Elliott, B.J. McLeod and Josh Bilicki rounded out the top 10. It was McLeod's first top-10 finish in 76 NASCAR Cup Series starts.

The 10-race elimination style NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs begin with next Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway (6 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Kevin Harvick is the defending race winner. Martin Truex Jr. won at Darlington this spring.

UPDATED: No. 17 Disqualified

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Laps Actual: 165 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 54 Minutes 3 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 142.201
  • Cautions: 8 for 31 laps
  • Lead Changes: 45
  • Green Flag Passes: 9,097 (67.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 63rd Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • Race Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No. 12 - BodyArmor Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Todd Gordon
  • Ryan Blaney won the 63rd Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400, his seventh victory in 224 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 13 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Bubba Wallace (second) posted his third top-10 finish in nine races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Ryan Newman (third) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 40 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Chase Briscoe (21st) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Today's race produced 45 lead changes, the most lead changes in the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona since 2011.
racing during the Coke Zero Sugar 400
Daytona Beach, Florida - August 28, 2021 : A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Ryan Blaney 6 6 2 1 1 28 10.8 5 295 304 -9 221 74.92 1 77.0 7 4.2 165 96.00 45
Chris Buescher 13 3 4 2 1 31 13.5 11 326 338 -12 221 67.79 1 66.7 8 4.9 165 85.80 36
Bubba Wallace 20 12 25 3 1 36 14.0 17 355 347 8 191 53.80 2 52.7 8 4.9 165 96.40 36
Ryan Newman 23 34 26 4 1 36 26.6 19 148 159 -11 9 6.08 4 9.7 2 1.2 165 65.70 33
Ryan Preece 24 24 19 5 1 37 17.9 19 363 326 37 149 41.05 5 31.5 0 0.0 165 84.20 34
Tyler Reddick 17 2 29 6 2 35 16.7 11 266 268 -2 101 37.97 3 31.5 0 0.0 165 88.90 38
Justin Haley 28 25 20 7 3 31 20.7 21 224 241 -17 71 31.70 3 21.8 0 0.0 165 71.10 0
Alex Bowman 15 29 17 8 1 36 15.2 7 373 348 25 210 56.30 3 55.2 0 0.0 165 89.20 29
Chase Elliott 5 16 11 9 1 23 8.0 -4 332 333 -1 273 82.23 4 89.7 36 21.8 165 106.00 38
BJ McLeod 30 30 30 10 10 37 31.0 20 58 81 -23 0 0.00 1 0.6 0 0.0 165 52.00 0
Josh Bilicki 36 32 24 11 11 36 31.6 25 41 65 -24 0 0.00 0 1.2 0 0.0 165 47.80 26
Erik Jones 21 22 9 12 1 36 24.0 9 205 210 -5 38 18.54 8 12.1 0 0.0 165 62.10 25
Kurt Busch 8 36 8 13 4 37 22.1 -5 232 237 -5 104 44.83 7 31.5 0 0.0 165 63.00 24
Denny Hamlin 3 18 14 14 1 33 11.3 -11 311 305 6 200 64.31 5 68.5 7 4.2 165 95.20 32
Aric Almirola 19 35 3 15 2 36 22.1 4 241 217 24 36 14.94 7 12.7 0 0.0 165 64.10 22
Kevin Harvick 11 17 12 16 1 34 16.4 -5 335 346 -11 182 54.33 5 44.2 4 2.4 165 69.70 21
Corey Lajoie 33 4 15 17 1 35 14.7 16 354 309 45 168 47.46 4 53.3 1 0.6 164 78.00 24
Austin Dillon 27 11 21 18 1 28 8.5 9 312 273 39 226 72.44 1 86.7 3 1.8 164 100.40 33
Ross Chastain 29 19 10 19 1 38 11.9 10 339 307 32 247 72.86 5 72.7 14 8.5 164 86.80 25
Daniel Suarez 26 26 28 20 3 36 25.4 6 148 120 28 26 17.57 5 8.5 0 0.0 164 59.40 17
Kyle Larson 1 21 18 21 1 32 18.7 -20 304 299 5 105 34.54 6 30.9 0 0.0 164 73.30 22
Chase Briscoe 16 14 27 22 4 36 19.4 -6 317 325 -8 120 37.85 5 36.4 0 0.0 164 74.40 15
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 12 8 16 23 1 28 9.9 -11 298 293 5 223 74.83 3 80.6 0 0.0 164 95.60 18
Joey Logano 22 1 1 24 1 36 11.9 -2 254 253 1 161 63.39 3 62.4 37 22.6 164 84.20 26
Cole Custer 25 15 5 25 1 33 16.6 0 312 313 -1 126 40.38 3 41.8 0 0.0 164 65.70 12
Matt DiBenedetto 9 23 6 26 1 31 22.1 -17 184 235 -51 87 47.28 4 22.4 0 0.0 164 52.60 11
Anthony Alfredo 32 38 37 27 27 39 37.1 5 8 4 4 0 0.00 1 0.0 0 0.0 163 37.00 10
David Starr 40 37 34 28 28 40 36.4 12 13 19 -6 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 163 32.20 0
Cody Ware 31 27 36 29 2 37 30.5 2 103 136 -33 1 0.97 3 1.2 0 0.0 163 39.80 0
Martin Truex Jr 7 13 35 30 1 35 12.2 -23 275 280 -5 232 84.36 2 77.6 13 8.0 163 85.70 13
Garrett Smithley 34 31 33 31 15 37 31.9 3 51 89 -38 0 0.00 0 0.6 0 0.0 163 36.30 0
Joey Gase 37 33 38 32 10 38 33.6 5 49 75 -26 0 0.00 1 0.6 0 0.0 162 32.50 0
Christopher Bell 14 5 7 33 1 26 10.5 -19 343 330 13 250 72.89 4 78.2 8 5.1 157 81.60 5
Brad Keselowski 10 10 23 34 1 35 16.5 -24 319 322 -3 213 66.77 1 59.4 0 0.0 156 63.30 3
Kyle Busch 4 7 13 35 1 33 8.9 -31 282 277 5 239 84.75 1 89.1 5 3.2 156 94.30 13
Kaz Grala 38 28 22 36 5 38 28.3 2 166 159 7 0 0.00 5 2.4 0 0.0 156 41.40 0
Landon Cassill 39 9 31 37 2 39 22.9 2 255 270 -15 84 32.94 3 20.6 0 0.0 146 66.80 0
William Byron 2 20 32 38 1 29 13.7 -36 263 272 -9 199 75.67 1 67.9 12 8.2 146 86.10 9
Quin Houff 35 39 39 39 35 40 39.3 -4 1 9 -8 0 0.00 2 0.0 0 0.0 136 25.20 1
Michael McDowell 18 40 40 40 16 33 37.6 -22 42 21 21 0 0.00 5 0.0 0 0.0 23 36.10 1