Ryan Blaney puts the no. 12 Ford out in front pf the pack, Saturday night August 23, 2025 to win the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

The NASCAR Cup Series competed at Daytona International Speedway with everything on the line. Daytona represented the final race of the 2025 Cup Series regular season, as Tyler Reddick and Alex Bowman battled for the last two playoff spots. Thankfully for Bowman, a Team Penske driver saved the day.

Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 team for Team Penske won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, earning their second victory of the 2025 Cup Series season. Blaney won in a four-wide finish that featured three drivers who needed a win to make the playoffs. The driver of the No. 12 car's victory means Bowman made the playoffs in the 16th spot.

Blaney has been strong throughout the 2025 NASCAR season, but several DNFs took him out of contention to win the Cup Series regular-season championship. With the Round of 16 up next, Blaney hopes to take this momentum and start the journey toward his second Cup Series title in November.

NASCAR results: Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway (August 2025)

  1. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
  2. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
  3. No. 7 Justin Haley
  4. No. 41 Cole Custer
  5. No. 43 Erik Jones
  6. No. 5 Kyle Larson
  7. No. 17 Chris Buescher
  8. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
  9. No. 21 Josh Berry
  10. No. 9 Chase Elliott
  11. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
  12. No. 71 Michael McDowell
  13. No. 20 Christopher Bell
  14. No. 60 Ryan Preece
  15. No. 1 Ross Chastain
  16. No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
  17. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
  18. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
  19. No. 24 William Byron
  20. No. 51 Cody Ware
  21. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
  22. No. 10 Ty Dillon
  23. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
  24. No. 3 Austin Dillon
  25. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
  26. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
  27. No. 22 Joey Logano
  28. No. 44 Joey Gase
  29. No. 66 Casey Mears
  30. No. 33 Austin Hill
  31. No. 38 Zane Smith
  32. No. 78 B.J. McLeod
  33. No. 8 Kyle Busch
  34. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
  35. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  36. No. 48 Alex Bowman
  37. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
  38. No. 4 Noah Gragson
  39. No. 2 Austin Cindric
  40. No. 35 Riley Herbst

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Reporting by Austin Konenski, Motorsports Wire / Motorsports Wire

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