• The Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway is the last chance for NASCAR Cup Series drivers to qualify for the playoffs. • The race's unpredictable nature makes it a true "wild card" event.

After a one-year hiatus in 2024, Daytona returns to its new-age role with an age-old (though unofficial) racing label: Last Chance Qualifier.

Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 is the 26th and final race of the regular season for NASCAR’s big-league Cup Series. The playoffs begin next week at Darlington, and this weekend provides one final shot for playoff outsiders to win and earn one final available spot in the 16-driver postseason.

Racing action begins Friday, Aug. 22 afternoon with qualifying, followed that evening (7:30 p.m.) by the Cup Series’ familiar preliminary, the Xfin

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