In a finish that puts even some of the greatest last laps ever at Daytona to shame, Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in incredible fashion, surging ahead on the last lap to beat Daniel Suarez, Justin Haley and Cole Custer as the four leaders crossed the finish line nearly completely four abreast. Blaney, who just nosed ahead as the field entered the trioval for the final time, wound out winning out over Suarez by .031 seconds.

Blaney's win is his second of the 2025 season, his second in Daytona's summertime race after also winning in 2021, and it wound up preserving the status quo of the NASCAR playoffs grid. With Blaney's victory in the regular-season finale denying a potential new winner entry into the playoffs, Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman were able to secure the final two seed

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