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1. Christopher Bell: Bell finished third in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.
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With their respective top-10 runs at Daytona, Chris Buescher and Ty Gibbs are currently scored above the top-16 cutline to make the 2024 Cup Series Playoffs while Bubba Wallace is scored below the cutline ahead of next weekend's regular-season finale at Darlington.
The 23-year-old Burton from Huntersville, North Carolina, executed a final lap pass on Kyle Busch amid an overtime shootout to become the 205th competitor to win in NASCAR's premier series, the 13th competitor to claim a 2024 Cup Series Playoff berth by winning a regular-season event and deliver a milestone victory for Wood Brothers at the World Center of Racing.
The 32-year-old Truex from Mayetta, New Jersey, led 28 of 102 over-scheduled laps and survived an overtime shootout to record his second Xfinity Series victory in eight starts in 2024 along with his first at Daytona.
The 2021 Daytona 500 champion from Glendale, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 183.165 mph in 49.136 seconds, which was enough to edge teammate Todd Gilliland by three-tenths of a second for his fourth Cup pole of the 2024 season and set the best qualifying lap in a Next Gen car at Daytona.
The 20-year-old Smith from Johnston, Iowa, will commence this upcoming weekend by competing in Friday's Xfinity Series event at Daytona for JR Motorsports before concluding on Sunday for the Truck Series' Playoff opener with Spire Motorsports at the Milwaukee Mile.
The 29-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, led nine of 120-scheduled laps and rallied from three different circumstances to three-peat the Xfinity Series' season-opening event at Daytona.
The 26-year-old Byron from Charlotte, North Carolina, led the final four of 200 laps and prevailed during a four-lap shootout to become the 43rd competitor to win the Great American Race.
