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Darlington Raceway
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: Ryan Preece, driver of the #60 Kroger/OIKOS Ford, takes the checkered flag under caution ahead of Daniel Suarez, driver of the #7 Coke Zero Sugar Chevrolet, to win the NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 29, 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images) | Getty Images

#60-Ryan Preece won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The win is his first career win and was enough to lock him into the final spot on the Chase.
#7-Daniel Suarez finished 2nd followed by #45-Tyler Reddick, #71-Michael McDowell, #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., #2-Austin Cindric, #3-Austin Dillon, #48-Alex Bowman, #21-Josh Berry, and #41-Cole Custer.
Pole sitter #1-Ross Chastain finished 28th after being caught in the final accident.
The race was calm for a majority of the time with only the stage breaks bringing out cautions until lap 156 when #77-Carson Hocevar spun and collected #43-Erik Jones. Due to track cleanup the race did not restart until overtime. #38-Zane Smith led on the restart and at the white flag, but on the final lap he tried to put a block on #45-Tyler Reddick and wrecked.  Several other cars wrecked in the back of the pack and NASCAR was forced to throw the caution. Preece clearly led at the time of caution to get the win and secure a Chase position by 17 points.
Stage 1 was won by #97-Shane van Gisbergen. Stage 2 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #4-Noah Gragson
There were 41 lead changes among 22 drivers and 4 cautions for 21 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 154.690mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Driver Points Standings before reset, Owner Points Standings, Owner Points Standings before reset, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.

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Cook Out Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
Sunday, Sept. 6, 5:00pm/et
TV: USA
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM
Stage Laps: 115/230/367
Practice/Qualifying: Sat. Sept. 5, 4:30-6:30pm/et. TV: truTV & HBO Max

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Points Standings
Driver Points / Chase Standings after Daytona:
Start of the Chase:
1) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2100, Leader
2) #12-Ryan Blaney, 2075, -25
3) #45-Tyler Reddick, 2065, -35
4) #54-Ty Gibbs, 2060, -40
5) #19-Chase Briscoe, 2055, -45
6) #20-Christopher Bell, 2050, -50
7) #5-Kyle Larson, 2045, -55
8) #9-Chase Elliott, 2040, -60
9) #22-Joey Logano, 2035, -65
10) #17-Chris Buescher, 2030, -70
11) #7-Daniel Suarez, 2025, -75
12) #77-Carson Hocevar, 2020, -80
13) #24-William Byron, 2015, -85
14) #23-Bubba Wallace, 2010, -90
15) #2-Austin Cindric, 2005, -95
16) #60-Ryan Preece, 2000, -100
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

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