2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 26 of 36 in the2021 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	August 28, 2021 (2021-08-28)
Location	Daytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4.023 km)
Distance	165 laps, 412.5 mi (663.854 km)
Scheduled distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km)
Average speed	142.201 miles per hour (228.850 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Laps	37
Winner
No. 12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen,Jeff Burton,Steve Letarte andDale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle
Turn announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2),Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 was aNASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on August 28, 2021, atDaytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 165 laps—extended from 160 laps due to anovertime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway, it was the 26th race of the2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.

Ryan Blaney won an incident-filled race in overtime, whileTyler Reddick, who finished in fifth place, secured the final spot in the playoffs.

The race was held atDaytona International Speedway, arace track located inDaytona Beach, Florida,United States. Since its opening in 1959, the track has been the home of theDaytona 500, the most prestigious race inNASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hostsARCA,AMA Superbike,USCC,SCCA, andMotocross races. It features multiple layouts including the primary 2.5 miles (4.0 km) high speedtri-oval, a 3.56 miles (5.73 km)sports car course, a 2.95 miles (4.75 km) motorcycle course, and a .25 miles (0.40 km) karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hostedpowerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated byInternational Speedway Corporation.

The track was built in 1959 by NASCAR founderWilliam "Bill" France, Sr. to host racing held at the formerDaytona Beach Road Course. His banked design permitted higher speeds and gave fans a better view of the cars. Lights were installed around the track in 1998 and today, it is the third-largest single lit outdoor sports facility. The speedway has been renovated three times, with the infield renovated in 2004 and the track repaved twice — in 1978 and in 2010.

On January 22, 2013, the track unveiled artist depictions of a renovated speedway. On July 5 of that year, ground was broken for a project that would remove the backstretch seating and completely redevelop the frontstretch seating. The renovation to the speedway was done by Rossetti Architects. The project, named "Daytona Rising", was completed in January 2016, at a cost ofUS $400 million, placing emphasis on improving fan experience with five expanded and redesigned fan entrances (called "injectors") as well as wider and more comfortable seating with more restrooms and concession stands. After the renovations, the track's grandstands included 101,000 permanent seats with the ability to increase permanent seating to 125,000.^[7][8] The project was completed before the start ofSpeedweeks.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.

Kyle Larson was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula.^[4]

Stage OneLaps: 50

Stage TwoLaps: 50

Stage ThreeLaps: 60

• Lead changes: 45 among 15 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 31
• Red flags: 1 for 14 minutes and 51 seconds
• Time of race: 2 hours, 54 minutes and 3 seconds
• Average speed: 142.201 miles per hour (228.850 km/h)

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.Rick Allen, 2000 Coke Zero 400 winnerJeff Burton,Steve Letarte and two-time Coke Zero 400 winnerDale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth.Dave Burns,Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XMNASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings after Playoffs reset Pos Driver Points 1 Kyle Larson 2,052 5 2 Ryan Blaney 2,024 (–28) 3 3 Martin Truex Jr. 2,024 (–28) 1 4 Kyle Busch 2,022 (–30) 5 Chase Elliott 2,021 (–31) 6 6 Alex Bowman 2,015 (–37) 5 7 Denny Hamlin 2,015 (–37) 4 8 William Byron 2,014 (–38) 1 9 Joey Logano 2,013 (–39) 10 Brad Keselowski 2,008 (–44) 3 11 Kurt Busch 2,008 (–44) 3 12 Christopher Bell 2,005 (–47) 6 13 Michael McDowell 2,005 (–47) 9 14 Aric Almirola 2,005 (–47) 4 15 Tyler Reddick 2,003 (–49) 7 16 Kevin Harvick 2,002 (–50) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 960 2 Ford 902 (–58) 3 Toyota 880 (–80) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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