After nearly a four-hour rain delay at Daytona International Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series took the green flag for the Coke Zero 400 at 11:42 p.m. Eastern Time. The starting order for the 160-lap event was set by first practice speeds in lieu of the NASCAR rule book after qualifying was rained out on Friday afternoon.
On the final green-white-checkered flag attempt of Sunday night’s Coke Zero 400, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lined up in the 17th position but as cars tangled at the front of the field coming to the checkered Stenhouse settled with a 19th-place finish.
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, ran inside the top three for much of the closing stages of the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Daytona International Speedway, ultimately earning a hard-fought ninth-place finish.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE STARS AND STRIPES CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner
YOUR FIRST REACTION WASN’T ‘HEY WE WON’ YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT AUSTIN DILLON AND EVERYONE ELSE: “Yeah that scared the hell out of me, I will be honest with you. I saw the whole thing happen. You are looking in the mirror the whole last lap."
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS CHEVROLET SS – Involved in severe multi-car accident on final lap. Finished 7th: I DON’T THINK I HAVE SEEN MORE HAPPY PEOPLE AFTER A CRASH, HOW ARE YOU? “I am just going to be really sore."
Denny Hamlin was the top-finishing Toyota driver with a third-place result in Sunday’s rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Daytona International Speedway, marking his fourth consecutive top-six finish at the World Center of Racing.
TREVOR BAYNE, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion (Finished 9th) – “I am good to go. It stinks to tear a race car up at the checkers but that is the first time I have gone to the infield care center and not been broken hearted from a bad run. We finished 9th I guess or wherever they line us up at after they look at all of it.
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 COCA-COLA CHEVROLET SS – Involved in a multi-car accident on lap 105
WHAT HAPPENED FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? “The first time we caught the lapper and he was on the bottom and I just got to the middle at the wrong time."
J.J. Yeley and his JGL Racing team had extremely high hopes as they returned to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway with their No. 28 Toyota. Unfortunately the veteran racer suffered through a rough night on his way to a disappointing 20th-place finish in the running of the Subway Firecracker 250 at the "World Center of Speed".
Harrison Rhodes finished ninth in Saturday night’s Subway Firecracker 250 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway, wiping out bad memories from February, when a wreck in qualifying forced Rhodes to miss the race.
World Wide Technology Raceway will unveil a reimagined fan experience showcasing four distinct zones of interactive entertainment and an array of food options during the Sept. 12-13 Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR weekend.
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA head to Circuit of the Americas (COTA) next week for the Lone Star Le Mans, looking to build on the strong result from their last outing in São Paulo.
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