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Brennan Poole finished 15th in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday after heading into the race with an average finish position of 30.3 this season.

Poole’s result added 22 points to his season total. Poole is now 32nd in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 193 points.

Poole started in 32nd position. The first-year driver does not have a top-10 finish in his career.

Saturday’s race was the first of Poole’s career at Daytona International Speedway.

The Woodlands, Texas native began the race one spot behind his career mark of 31.2, but finished 15 places ahead of his career average of 30.3.

Poole raced against a field of 40 drivers on the way to his 15th-place finish. The race endured six cautions and 21 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were 35 lead changes.

William Byron brought home the win in the race, and Chase Elliott took second. Denny Hamlin placed third, Martin Truex Jr brought home fourth, and Bubba Wallace finished off the top five.

Joey Logano got off to a great start in the race, winning the first two stages, but couldn’t hold on to end up in Victory Lane.

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Bubba Wallace finished fifth in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

Wallace’s top-five finish, the first time he has achieved that result this year, added 32 points to his season total. Wallace now ranks 22nd in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 470 points.

Wallace started in 21st position. The fourth-year driver has earned three top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his career.

The fifth-place result on Saturday was the first time Wallace has cracked the top five at Daytona International Speedway in the summer race. He previously finished second in the 2018 Daytona 500.

The Mobile, Alabama native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting two spots higher than his career mark of 23.2 and completing the race 17 places ahead of his 21.6 career average finish.

Wallace raced against a field of 40 drivers on the way to his fifth-place finish. The race endured six cautions and 21 caution laps. There were 35 lead changes.

William Byron finished out front in the race, and Chase Elliott finished second. Denny Hamlin placed third, with Martin Truex Jr bringing home fourth place. Wallace rounded out the top five.

Joey Logano got off to a great start in the race, winning both of the first two stages, but couldn’t hang on to secure the race victory.

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Alex Bowman finished seventh in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

The top-10 finish for Bowman, his eighth of the year, added 30 points to his season total. Bowman now ranks eighth in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 2,009 points. A total of 16 drivers qualify for the the playoffs.

Bowman started in eighth position and led one lap in the race. The seventh-year driver has earned two career victories, with 13 top-five finishes and 33 results inside the top 10.

The seventh-place result on Saturday was the first time Bowman has cracked the top 10 at Daytona International Speedway.

The Tucson, Arizona native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting nine spots higher than his career mark of 16.6 and completing the race 12 places ahead of his 18.9 career average finish.

Bowman battled against a field of 40 drivers on the way to his seventh-place finish. The race endured six cautions and 21 caution laps. There were 35 lead changes.

William Byron took the checkered flag in the race, and Chase Elliott followed in second. Denny Hamlin placed third, Martin Truex Jr took fourth, and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five.

Joey Logano got off to a strong start in the race, winning Stages 1 and 2, but couldn’t hang on to secure the race victory.

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Chris Buescher finished ninth in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

The top-10 finish for Buescher, his sixth of the year, added 28 points to his season total. Buescher now sits at No. 21 in the NASCAR Cup Series standings with 477 points. A total of 16 drivers make the playoffs.

Buescher started in 17th position. The sixth-year driver has one career victory, with six top-five finishes and 17 results inside the top 10.

In his career at Daytona International Speedway, Buescher has compiled three top-five finishes and his ninth-place result marks the fourth top-10.

The Prosper, Texas native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting eight spots higher than his career mark of 24.7 and completing the race 13 places ahead of his 22 career average finish.

Buescher took on a field of 40 drivers on the way to his ninth-place finish. The race endured six cautions and 21 caution laps. There were 35 lead changes.

William Byron secured the victory in the race, and Chase Elliott took second. Denny Hamlin placed third, Martin Truex Jr took fourth, and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five.

Joey Logano got off to a strong start in the race, winning the first two stages, but couldn’t hang on to secure the race victory.

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Jesse Little finished 10th in the Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Friday to secure his first career top-10 finish.

The top-10 finish for Little, his second of the year, added 27 points to his season total. Little now sits at No. 16 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings with 384 points.

Little started in 21st position.

Friday’s race was the first of Little’s career at Daytona International Speedway.

The Sherrills Ford, North Carolina native began the race three spots behind his career mark of 17.7, but finished 10 places ahead of his career average of 20.

Little battled against 37 other drivers on the way to his 10th-place finish. The race endured eight cautions and 28 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were nine lead changes.

Justin Haley earned the victory in the race, and Gray Gaulding followed in second. Chase Briscoe placed third, Riley Herbst secured fourth, and Harrison Burton rounded out the top five.

After Haley won Stage 1, AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 16 car to victory in Stage 2.

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Vinnie Miller finished 11th in the Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Friday after heading into the race with an average finish position of 25.8 this season.

Miller’s result added 26 points to his season total. Miller is now No. 25 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings with 249 points.

Miller started in 30th position. The fourth-year driver has no top-10 finishes in his career.

Friday’s race was Miller’s fifth career start at Daytona International Speedway. He’s completed all of those races.

The Metamora, Michigan native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting one spot higher than his career mark of 31.3 and completing the race 16 places ahead of his 27.5 career average finish.

Miller took on a field of 37 drivers on the way to his 11th-place finish. The race endured eight cautions and 28 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were nine lead changes.

Justin Haley took the checkered flag in the race, and Gray Gaulding finished second. Chase Briscoe placed third, Riley Herbst brought home fourth, and Harrison Burton closed out the top five.

After Haley won Stage 1, AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 16 car to victory in Stage 2.

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Gray Gaulding finished second in the Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Friday to earn his second career top-five finish.

Gaulding was unable to add to his season point total. Gaulding has no points in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings.

Gaulding started in 28th position and led two laps in the race. The fifth-year driver has picked up one top-five and five top-10 finishes in his career.

The second-place result on Friday was the first time Gaulding has cracked the top 10 at Daytona International Speedway.

The Colonial Heights, Virginia native began the race three spots behind his career mark of 25.2, but finished 20 places ahead of his career average of 22.4.

Gaulding raced against 37 other drivers on the way to his second-place finish. The race endured eight cautions and 28 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were nine lead changes.

Justin Haley earned the victory in the race, followed by Gaulding’s second-place finish. Chase Briscoe crossed in third, Riley Herbst secured fourth place, and Harrison Burton took the No. 5 spot.

After Haley won the first stage, AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 16 car to victory in Stage 2.

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Harrison Burton finished fifth in the Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Friday.

Burton’s top-five finish, the 10th time he has achieved that result this year, added 36 points to his season total. Burton is now sixth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings with 752 points.

Burton started in 11th position. The second-year driver has tallied two career victories, with 11 top-five finishes and 19 results inside the top 10.

Burton had his career debut at Daytona International Speedway in Friday’s race.

The Huntersville, North Carolina native began the race three spots behind his career mark of 8.2, but finished eight places ahead of his career average of 13.4.

Burton’s fifth-place finish was against a field of 37 drivers. The race endured eight cautions and 28 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were nine lead changes.

Justin Haley brought home the win in the race, and Gray Gaulding followed in second. Chase Briscoe placed third, with Riley Herbst taking fourth place. Burton rounded out the top five.

After Haley won Stage 1, AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 16 car to the win in Stage 2.

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Michael Annett finished seventh in the Wawa 250 Powered By Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on Friday.

The top-10 finish for Annett, his 12th of the year, added 36 points to his season total. He has 663 total points, good enough for eighth place in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Annett started in eighth position. The 10th-year driver has one career victory, with 17 top-five finishes and 75 results inside the top 10.

Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway is a familiar place for Annett, who has one career win at the track. He has also compiled two top-five finishes at Daytona and his seventh-place result marks the third top-10.

The Des Moines, Iowa native’s starting and finishing positions compared favorably to his career averages, starting 12 spots higher than his career mark of 19.5 and completing the race 11 places ahead of his 17.7 career average finish.

Annett took on 37 other drivers on the way to his seventh-place finish. The race endured eight cautions and 28 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag there were nine lead changes.

Justin Haley secured the victory in the race, and Gray Gaulding finished second. Chase Briscoe placed third, Riley Herbst brought home fourth, and Harrison Burton grabbed the No. 5 spot.

After Haley won the first stage, AJ Allmendinger drove the No. 16 car to victory in Stage 2.

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Off the track, Sheldon Creed and Todd Gilliland are friends, but on the track, they may have to settle for “frenemies” for the time being. Creed expects payback might be headed his way after an incident between the two in Sunday’s Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.

With 38 laps to go in the CarShield 200 Presented by CK Power, Creed door-slammed Gilliland while trying to pass him on the inside for the lead. The contact from Creed’s No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet sent Gilliland’s No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford up the track and into the outside wall. Meanwhile, Sam Mayer, in the No. 24 GMS Racing Chevrolet, went past both of them to take over the lead. Creed eventually went on to win the race after he overmatched Mayer on a restart with 13 laps to go.

“Yeah I mean I hate racing like that,” Creed said in post-race interviews. “It’s so hard to pass here, and the 24 (Mayer) came with a run and pushed me and I figured I’ll have a good shot here. I was doing passes like that all day, I’d get clear to the inside and go to the rumble strips and slide up the race track. We both drove it in there really tight and he held it on me really tight and I was just really free and couldn’t turn the wheel.”

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After the contact, Gilliland headed to pit road for repairs and fell off the lead lap, ending with a 24th-place finish. And although Gilliland actually gained points against the playoff cutline thanks in large part to winning the first two stages, he was left to think about what could’ve been. Gilliland had the dominant truck while leading 76 of 160 laps and seemed to be heading toward a playoff-clinching and redemptive win for the driver who switched from Kyle Busch Motorsports last year.

Instead, Gilliland will continue his battle just above the playoff cutline and now sits 13 points in front of Derek Kraus with five races left in the regular season.

“I think he knows what happened, and I think I know what happened, and he just drove in over his head there and got us,” Gilliland said. “But that’s racing. Gosh, I just hate it man. … We just had such a good truck to go from sixth to first under green and to win both stages. I felt like this was such a good day. It was one of the more dominant truck races I’ve ever ran.”

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Now the question becomes whether Gilliland will enact payback in one of the final regular-season races, or even worse, in the NASCAR Playoffs. Creed now has three victories this season, including two of the last three coming during the Triple Truck Challenge for a total of $150,000 in bonuses. The California-born driver is getting hot at just the right time, and his wins have come on a variety of track types with Kentucky and the Daytona Road Course also on his list.

“Obviously you don’t want to get wrecked in the playoffs, but who knows, he could not, he could, it’s up to him,” Creed said. “Who knows? I’ll talk to him. He has every right to not be happy with me right now.”

Creed said he planned to reach out to Gilliland this week. We’ll see if friends can forgive and forget.