The NASCAR Cup Collection takes one other step towards the playoffs with Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.

There are two races remaining within the Cup Collection common season. It may be the most effective probability for many outdoors the playoff image to earn a season-changing victory.

Michael McDowell is on the pole, with Todd Gilliland on the surface of the entrance row in Entrance Row Motorsports sweep on the entrance row.

Comply with together with our reside race updates, with inexperienced flag set for after 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday.

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BIG ONE NO. 1: Corey LaJoie shoves Noah Gragson, creating ‘the large one’ — a 17-car crash at Daytona

BIG ONE NO. 2: Michael McDowell goes airborne in second ‘large one’ crash in Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

BIG ONE NO. 3:Josh Berry flips over in harrowing crash late in NASCAR Daytona race

FIRE:Daniel Suarez’s automobile bursts into hearth at NASCAR Cup Collection Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona

What Harrison Burton’s win at Daytona means

There’s a lot to say following Harrison Burton’s win at Daytona tonight. Amongst them:

• Harrison Burton is within the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs in his remaining 12 months with the Wooden Brothers.
• That was win No. 100 within the Cup Collection for Wooden Brothers Racing.
• It’s the first win for the Wooden Brothers since Ryan Blaney’s win in 2017.
• Bubba Wallace (21 factors behind) and Ross Chastain (27 factors behind) at the moment are nicely off sixteenth place Chris Buescher within the playoff image.
• Kyle Busch might be disillusioned, however he information back-to-back top-5 finishes for the primary time this season.
• The thirty fourth place driver within the factors standings coming into this weekend is now within the playoffs, the bottom standing amongst full-time drivers.
• Burton’s win is his first profession Cup victory and solely the second profession top-5 end (2022 Indy highway course).
• The Southern 500 is troublesome sufficient when not underneath strain to make the playoffs. It is going to be a tall activity for Ty Gibbs, Martin Truex Jr., Buescher, Wallace and Chastain subsequent Sunday.

HARRISON BURTON wins at Daytona!

Parker Retzlaff (!!!) pushes Harrison Burton (!!!!!) to the lead down the backstretch on the ultimate lap previous Kyle Busch, then blocks Busch by the tri-oval to win at Daytona and get into the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs. Wow. The Wooden Brothers are within the playoffs with Cup win No. 100!

Kyle Busch misses out on a large alternative. He’ll be fairly crushed by that end, one would assume.

Josh Berry flips over in harrowing crash

Josh Berry and Austin Cindric get collectively down the backstretch, and Berry finally ends up flipping as soon as, then spinning on his roof as he hits the within wall. William Byron, Austin Hill amongst these additionally concerned.

Berry is out of his automobile underneath his personal energy and is OK. He provides a thumbs up. Kyle Busch is the chief. OT upcoming.

Restart with 3 laps to go

Josh Berry and Austin Cindric will lead the 2 strains to inexperienced with 3 laps to go.

Lap 152: Wreck within the entrance of the sphere!

Michael McDowell is airborne by turns 1 and a couple of after getting turned by Austin Cindric whereas main, gathering a number of extra vehicles.

Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Justin Haley, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ryan Blaney and Chris Buescher are additionally concerned.

Logano and Haley are for certain completed for the day, and one would assume McDowell too.

Cindric brushed the wall and must be OK. Josh Berry and Kyle Busch are additionally OK amongst these within the lead 10-12 vehicles. Christopher Bell and Austin Dillon could have slipped by too.

Lap 150: 3-wide for the lead

Austin Cindric, Kyle Larson and Michael McDowell are side-by-side from backside to prime with 10 laps to go. Depth is raised.

Lap 145: Brad Keselowski pass-through penalty for leaping restart

Brad Keselowski leads on the underside lane, however he’s penalized by NASCAR for leaping the restart. Appeared like Austin Cindric struggled to go within the outdoors lane.

“Needs to be one of many worst penalties I’ve ever seen,” somebody says on the No. 6 radio.

Barring a warning (really fairly doubtless), Keselowski’s probabilities at a win are completed.

Lap 140: John Hunter Nemechek spins simply earlier than pit stops start

Simply earlier than vehicles are available in to pit, John Hunter Nemechek spins off the bumper of Justin Haley to carry out the warning. Now everybody will pit underneath yellow.

Lap 125: Justin Haley leads Josh Berry as remaining pit window opens

Justin Haley leads Josh Berry and John Hunter Nemechek as the sphere calms earlier than the ultimate pit cease.

Kyle Busch is in fifth and has been lingering all evening.

Lap 110: Michael McDowell leads with 50 to go

Michael McDowell leads a line of 4 vehicles single file, together with Justin Haley, John Hunter Nemechek and Josh Berry.

50 laps to go.

Joey Logano wins Stage 2

Joey Logano vaults to the lead, then throws a block on Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski to carry on to the stage win. That is a key playoff level.

The highest 10:

1. Joey Logano
2. Ryan Blaney
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Kyle Larson
5. Todd Gilliland
6. Justin Haley
7. Kyle Busch
8. William Byron
9. Chris Buescher
10. Bubba Wallace

Lap 82: SVG engine expires as Erik Jones has a simultaneous problem

Shane van Gisbergen’s automobile is up in smoke by turns 3 and 4 as he has a terminal problem. He’ll be completed for the day. Shut by, Erik Jones has an obvious tire problem on the right-rear. Warning is out.

Martin Truex Jr. additionally had a tire problem nicely again within the pack. Bizarre sequence altogether.

Lap 78: Austin Cindric saves his automobile from second

Kyle Larson shoves Austin Cindric from the facet down the backstretch, and Cindric saves the sphere from one other large one by re-collecting the automobile on the apron. He was in second behind Joey Logano on the underside lane earlier than that shunt. What a save.

Lap 75: No relaxation for the remaining drivers

They’re 3-wide fairly shortly after the inexperienced flag flies once more. Todd Gilliland makes a transfer to go Bubba Wallace for the lead, however Joey Logano surges by the center by way of Austin Cindric’s push to take the lead.

Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott are out for the race

Not less than 5 vehicles are completed for the day because of the wreck, together with Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott.

These drivers out:

• Chase Elliott
• Denny Hamlin
• Corey Lajoie
• Ryan Preece
• Noah Gragson

Lap 60: Huge one!

Hassle down the backstretch, as a Corey Lajoie bump of Noah Gragson goes poorly and causes a multi-car crash.

A number of vehicles concerned. It seems Noah Gragson and Corey Lajoie could also be completed for the day. Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman, Ross Chastain, Ryan Preece and Daniel Hemric are all concerned. There are others. Could possibly be 15-20 vehicles, although a handful did not hit a lot.

Hamlin and Elliott are completed for the day.

The official record of drivers concerned, per NASCAR:

• Ross Chastain
• Austin Dillon
• Kyle Larson
• Corey Lajoie
• Chase Elliott
• Noah Gragson
• Denny Hamlin
• Ryan Blaney
• Martin Truex Jr.
• Christopher Bell
• William Byron
• Daniel Hemric
• Ryan Preece
• John Hunter Nemechek
• Erik Jones
• Tyler Reddick

Unsure that Dillon or Blaney hit a lot of something, however they had been among the many spinning race vehicles.

Lap 45: Bubba Wallace to the lead because the tempo slows to avoid wasting gasoline

Bubba Wallace leads the sphere, with Chris Buescher main the underside lane. The tempo is about 1.5-2 seconds slower than the primary stage as the sphere makes an attempt to avoid wasting gasoline. It is a 60-lap stage, so that will be fairly the stretch on a tank of gasoline.

Daniel Suarez day ends in flames

Daniel Suarez’s race is completed after the rear finish of his automobile catches on hearth on his preliminary cease, then finally overtakes the again of the automobile by the point he returns down pit highway. Wow. Suarez is out of the automobile and OK, however the rear of the automobile is singed.

It seems the exhaust of Denny Hamlin’s automobile helped catch Suarez’s automobile on hearth initially. That’s uncommon.

Josh Berry wins Stage 1

Hendersonville’s Josh Berry wins Stage 1 with a superb push from Chris Buescher on the ultimate lap of the stage.

The highest 10:

1. Josh Berry
2. Joey Logano
3. Chris Buescher
4. Austin Cindric
5. Ryan Blaney
6. Todd Gilliland
7. Michael McDowell
8. Brad Keselowski
9. William Byron
10. Kyle Larson

The highest eight vehicles had been Fords.

Whew. That was intense within the remaining few laps of the stage.

Lap 25: Entrance Row Motorsports persevering with to guide the pack

The storm within the lead pack has calmed a bit with 10 laps to go in Stage 1, with Todd Gilliland main on the highline.

A brief Stage 1 means the depth might improve momentarily.

Lap 7: 3-wide all through as Josh Berry and Michael McDowell commerce the lead

No gasoline saving in Stage 1, not like the five hundred in February. There are three sturdy lanes all through. with Josh Berry and Michael McDowell buying and selling the lead.

Lap 1: Inexperienced flag!

The inexperienced flag is out, and off they go at Daytona. Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland are side-by-side all through the primary couple laps.

Tempo laps underway

The Petty household says the command, led by Richard and Kyle Petty, so the engines have fired. Inexperienced flag coming quickly at Daytona.

Michael McDowell on the pole; full NASCAR Cup Collection in Daytona beginning lineup

Michael McDowell received his third pole of the season in Friday’s qualifying session, with teammate Todd Gilliland in second.

The highest 10:

1. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
2. Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford 
3. Joey Logano, No. 22 Crew Penske Ford
4. Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
5. Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
6. Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
7. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Crew Penske Ford
9. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Discover the full beginning lineup right here.

NASCAR race radio protection: Learn how to hearken to NASCAR Cup race at Daytona

The Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway might be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Community. MRN has associates all throughout the nation, and their feed can be streamed on NASCAR.com in addition to the NASCAR app. The race can be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

NASCAR Cup Collection Daytona race TV schedule, begin time

• Inexperienced Flag Time:  Approx. 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, August 24
• TV protection: NBC (watch FREE on Fubo)
• Radio:  Motor Racing Community (102.5 FM in Nashville)
• Streaming: FUBO (free trial obtainable); Peacock and the NBC Sports activities app (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM for audio (subscription required).

The Coke Zero Sugar 400 might be broadcast nationally on NBC. Streaming choices for the race embody the NBC Sports activities app and FUBO, which affords a free trial to potential subscribers.

Latest NASCAR Cup Collection winners at Daytona

• 2024 Daytona 500: William Byron
• 2023 summer time: Chris Buescher
• 2023 Daytona 500: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
• 2022 summer time: Austin Dillon
• 2022 Daytona 500: Austin Cindric

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