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Complete news and notes on all 43 drivers in the Coke Zero 400
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Breaking down how the full 43-car field fared at Daytona International Speedway
1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. It was initially a muted celebration for Earnhardt’s second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the year as he watched Austin Dillon‘s horrifying crash from his rear-view mirror after the checkered flag at Daytona International Speedway. His No. 88 ride dominated, leading six times for 96 laps in the 161-lap main event. | WATCH: Dale Jr. on big week, scary crash
2. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Earnhardt’s stablemate was one of few drivers within striking distance at the finish. Johnson paced 35 laps, the only other driver with more than 10 laps led in the Coke Zero 400. | MORE: Johnson pleased with 1-2 Hendrick finish
3. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. The JGR driver landed his first top-five finish since winning at Martinsville Speedway in March, but came across the finish line sideways at the checkered flag after contact with Kevin Harvick ignited the final massive crash of the night. | WATCH: Hamlin reacts to wild wreck
4. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Harvick took the checkered flag at the leading edge of the race-ending melee, making the cool-down lap with heavy front-end damage. He remained the Sprint Cup Series points leader with his fourth top-five finish in the last five races. | MORE: See the updated Chase Grid
5. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Busch held on to avoid the brunt of the damage erupting around him on the final-lap crash to secure his fourth straight top-five finish, moving him to eighth in Sprint Cup Series points despite missing three races to start the season.
6. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Gordon wound up sliding out of control after taking the checkered flag for the final time at the 2.5-mile track, but clinched his ninth top-10 finish of the year. Barring an unexpected return to competition, Gordon’s career will end with six Daytona wins on his resume.
7. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Dillon, the NASCAR XFINITY Series winner the night before, emerged largely unscathed after his No. 3 entry went tumbling into the catch fencing not far from the start-finish line. He walked away from the crash and offered a wave to the crowd with a nod to former professional bull rider Lane Frost. | MORE: Dillon shaken, but OK after massive wreck
8. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Newman caught part of the massive crash at the finish. His RCR entry led its first lap since Martinsville in March as Newman posted his second straight top-10 effort.
9. Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne went skidding as part of the pileup at the checkered flag, but recorded his second top-10 finish of the year in the No. 6.
10. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. The MWR driver eked out his third consecutive top-10 finish in spite of early contact in the first crash of the day and being caught in the midst of the race-ending tangle, with Dillon’s airborne car sailing over his No. 15. Bowyer was among seven drivers credited with leading just one lap. | WATCH: See the contact Bowyer had
11. Casey Mears, No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears’ team recovered from an early pit-road penalty and repairs of a faulty sensor that caused the No. 13 to lose power. He just missed his second top-10 of the season; the first came in the Daytona 500.
12. David Ragan, No. 55 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. Ragan brought out the next-to-last caution period with a long slide on the backstretch and was collected in the major crash as the curtain fell on the Coke Zero 400, but still managed to register his best finish thus far in his seven-race stint with the Michael Waltrip-owned team.
13. Landon Cassill, No. 40 Chevrolet, Hillman Smith Motorsports. Cassill ran with the powerhouse teams in the third restrictor-plate race of the season, emerging with damage but also with his best Sprint Cup finish of 2015.
14. Tony Stewart, No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart had a prime but unfortunate seat for the race-ending crash, watching Austin Dillon‘s car sail into the catch fencing. Smoke matched his car number in the results column for his fourth top-15 performance of the season.
15. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. McMurray was among the drivers wrapped up in the final multicar crash of the day. Though four of his seven Sprint Cup wins have come at either Daytona or Talladega, he’s yet to record a top-10 finish in three races on restrictor-plate tracks this year.
16. Paul Menard, No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Menard’s fourth-place starting spot was his best of the season, awarded based on first practice speeds after Coors Light Pole Qualifying was rained out. He dipped from his position in eighth place on the final restart to miss out on a top-10.
17. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch’s first race back at Daytona was a rocky one. He scraped the wall in the 17th lap and twice received the free pass during caution periods to rally, but his No. 18 suffered further damage in the race-ending wreck. | MORE: How is Busch positioned to make the Chase
18. Justin Allgaier, No. 51 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Allgaier went spinning after the checkered flag, but his best restrictor-plate finish of the year helped him gain two spots in the standings to 29th place.
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse surfaced from the carnage to notch his best Sprint Cup finish since a fourth place at Bristol Motor Speedway in April.
20. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle was involved in the first yellow flag of the race, then was sent scraping past the finish line at the checkered flag to end an eventful day in the No. 16.
21. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing. The recent dry spell extended to 14 races without a top-10 finish for the JTG Daugherty crew, which had its No. 47 returned to the Daytona garage by a wrecker after the race-ending crash.
22. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford, Team Penske. The reigning Daytona 500 champion’s chances at a Daytona season sweep fizzled early with involvement in the first large crash of the day and a black flag for racing with a flapping rear fender. Logano rallied with help of the free pass on the next-to-last caution, turning the rough day into a lead-lap finish.
23. Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth was at the center of an 11-car stack-up just past the midway point, spinning in tight racing with Kasey Kahne off Turn 4. | WATCH: See Kenseth and Kahne make contact to trigger wreck
24. Alex Bowman, No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. Bowman, who failed to qualify for the season-opening Daytona 500, converted a lead-lap finish despite his No. 7 ride sustaining damage as he took the checkered flag.
25. Cole Whitt, No. 35 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Whitt described his car’s handling as "darty" in radio communications but held on to end the race as the Front Row team’s top finisher.
26. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing. The former NASCAR Next driver secured his first lead-lap finish since placing a season-best 18th at Talladega Superspeedway in May.
27. Brett Moffitt, No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Though it’s a distant result from his season-best of eighth place, Moffitt’s early morning finish was his best in eight races driving for team owner Bob Jenkins.
28. Brendan Gaughan, No. 62 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. The NASCAR XFINITY Series regular, who has failed to qualify for eight Sprint Cup races this season, secured his first lead-lap finish of the season as the last driver to complete all 161 laps.
29. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. A day that started with radio communications trouble ended with Keselowski’s out-of control No. 2 sliding through fluid and wreckage into the mangled No. 3 of Austin Dillon after the race. Keselowski was also involved in the race’s fifth caution period, just past the halfway point.
30. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 9 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Hornish’s sour luck continued with his involvement in three Daytona crashes, the final of which finally broke the No. 9 with heavy damage after a wild ride through the backstretch grass.
31. Josh Wise, No. 98 Ford, Phil Parsons Racing. Wise finished seven laps off the leader’s pace after a battery cable came unfastened, requiring a tow back to the garage.
32. Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne ran among the top five with his Hendrick teammates in early portions of the race, but was caught up in Matt Kenseth‘s spin that touched off a sizable wreck in Turn 4 on Lap 105. | WATCH: Kahne and Kenseth involved in big wreck
33. J.J. Yeley, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing. Yeley returned from repairs after a Lap 87 pileup collected his No. 23 and six other cars, but finish 22 laps down to the front-runners.
34. Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. A crash in the wake of Matt Kenseth‘s spin in heavy traffic dashed Almirola’s hopes for a Coke Zero 400 repeat, sending the Petty-owned No. 43 to the garage. He was listed as running at the finish after extensive repairs.
35. Danica Patrick, No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick was caught by the race’s first crash, just four laps in, but any dwindling hopes of contending were thwarted by another hit with the outside retaining wall in the 129th lap, sidelining her for the balance of the event. | WATCH: Trouble at Daytona for Danica
36. Jeb Burton, No. 26 Toyota, BK Racing. The Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate lost plenty of ground after the first big wreck of the event, finishing 40 laps off the pace.
37. Michael Annett, No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. A part in the first multicar crash of the day doomed Annett’s effort almost from the outset, relegating the second-year driver to his sixth consecutive finish of 30th or worse.
38. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Chevrolet, Furniture Row Racing. "The weekend didn’t start off well for us and it ended worse," was the sentiment of Truex after a crash in practice and another multicar wreck in the 105th lap. After reeling off top-10 finishes in 14 of the first 15 races of the season, Truex now has back-to-back DNFs related to crashes. | RELATED: Truex among big names taken out in ‘Big One’
39. Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. The 105th-lap crash that snared 11 cars hit Larson’s No. 42 hard with heavy nose-first contact against the Turn 4 inside retaining wall. The second-year driver has three DNFs this season, all at restrictor-plate tracks.
40. David Gilliland, No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Gilliland was a focal point of the first large crash of the race, spinning in front of a large pack after contact with the car of Clint Bowyer. He returned to the race, enduring a solo spin just before halfway and taking the checkered flag 65 laps down. | WATCH: Gilliland brings out first caution
41. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Two crashes curbed Edwards’ efforts, the first causing rear-end damage in the 53rd lap and the latter lifting his No. 19 Camry up onto the hood and windshield of Brian Scott‘s No. 33. | WATCH: Hard hit for Edwards
42. Brian Scott, No. 33 Chevrolet, Circle Sport. Scott’s fifth Sprint Cup race of his part-time season ended with a too-close-for-comfort view of Carl Edwards‘ car on top of his. Scott has DNFs in his last three races in NASCAR’s top division.
43. Bobby Labonte, No. 32 Ford, Go FAS Racing. The former series champion’s third race of the season ended early as the Archie St. Hilaire-owned No. 32 completed just two laps before tangling in Sunday’s first multicar shunt.
Driver mostly concerned with those caught up in final lap wreck
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson didn’t get any help, and the only way to beat Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Sunday night’s Coke Zero 400 was to have help. Lots and lots of help.
Johnson, three times a winner at Daytona International Speedway, including once in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ summer stop here, led five times for 35 laps. He lined up for a final, green-white-checkered finish second, on the outside of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate.
The opportunity, he said, was there on more than one occasion in the 161-lap race.
“Yeah, restart‑wise, I was excited to have a front‑row opportunity and just hopeful that the scenario behind me would play out right,” Johnson said.
The excitement was short-lived.
“I don’t know what went on,” he said. “I had two or three shots at it and we just couldn’t get our lane to go.”
And as was the case most of the night in a race that started more than 3 1/2 hours past its scheduled start time of approximately 8 p.m. ET due to inclement weather, Earnhardt was able to deftly switch lanes, picking up the push of the faster line of cars that kept his No. 88 Chevrolet safely out front.
Johnson’s final opportunity came on a green-white-checkered restart that extended the race one lap beyond its scheduled distance.
“The last restart I think the 6 car (of Trevor Bayne) was more focused on setting up a run down the back straightaway and was backing up to the car behind him and I got a great start with Junior and was door to door with him, but didn’t have any help getting through (Turns) 1 and 2,” Johnson sad. “I lost control of my lane, and Junior was so strong all night; you give him control of the race, he’s not going to give that up.”
Earnhardt led seven times for 96 laps.
The race was slowed eight times for accidents on the track, and ended under a hail of smoke and debris after Austin Dillon’s Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was launched into the fencing on the frontstretch.
“Happy to be 1-2,” Johnson said of his runner-up finish to his HMS teammate, “but clearly thinking about the accident that happened and the people in the stands.
“It sounds like things are well out there, which is shocking. I’m shocked that Austin Dillon is even alive, what he went through. Just a frightening moment. I saw it in the mirror, and man, I expected the worst when I came back around.”
Johnson swept both Daytona races in 2013, and scored his first Daytona 500 victory in 2006. He’s seen his share of crashes here, and he’s been involved in his share as well.
“I assumed that the 3 (Dillon) was backwards and it lifted off from that, but it was actually the 11 (of Denny Hamlin) was backwards and the 3 bumped him and got some air under the nose of the car and then it just peeled the car up off the ground,” he said.
“I don’t know how you help the cars in that scenario. Slow us down, certainly. Slow us down, we get further below the lift‑off point, and that could be something to look at. But what I thought happened didn’t happen. I was shocked to see the car get off the ground as it did from that type of contact.”
Chitwood pleased with safety measure, says track will analyze situation
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona International Speedway track president Joie Chitwood III said 13 fans were seen by medical personnel following the last-lap crash at the 2.5-mile superspeedway, with one being transported to a local hospital and later released.
"We assessed 13 individuals in the grandstands," Chitwood said following a vicious crash on the final lap of the Coke Zero 400 that included Austin Dillon going airborne. "Eight declined any medical attention. We had four treated on property in our first aid and care centers, and we had one transported off property to a local hospital. That individual was reported as stable when they were transported off property."
A track spokesman announced at 4:55 a.m. ET that the individual had been released.
Names of those treated were not disclosed.
Dillon’s Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet was launched into the catchfence along the frontstretch following contact between several cars, and then was thrown back onto the racing surface. A section of fencing was destroyed and fans were struck by debris.
Dillon’s car, or what was left of it, had barely come to a stop, on its roof, when it was struck by the No. 2 Ford of Brad Keselowski.
Crewmen from race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Hendrick Motorsports team, stationed just across the infield from the crash scene, quickly rushed to Dillon’s aid.
Moments later, after rescue personnel had arrived on the scene, Dillon scrambled from his mangled car, and after walking away from the crash, took off his helmet and raised his arms in response to cheers from those in the grandstands.
Chitwood said he was proud of the fact "that the fence worked" and "the additional safety enhancements" performed as anticipated.
"We’ll take this situation, we’ll learn from it, we’ll analyze it, and we’ll round up our engineering team and see if there’s any additional things we can learn to get better the next time," he said.
It was the second time in three years that a car had impacted the fencing that separates the racing surface from the grandstands on the frontstrech at Daytona. In February of 2013, driver Kyle Larson‘s car also struck the fencing. More than a dozen fans were transported to area hospitals after being hit by debris.
"Obviously through the last couple years, we’ve learned a lot, whether it’s fencing or the facility itself in terms of enhancements," Chitwood said. "One of the elements of the project of Daytona Rising was no longer having fans or individuals on Rim Road and closing off the grandstands on the front row, so those were in the new sections, and that was what was in place today, and I think it did a very good job."
Earnhardt: ‘Dad loved this place; I’m still at peace with this place’
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On NBC’s pre-race show, Steve Letarte visited Dale Earnhardt Jr. to watch his emotional Daytona win in July of 2001, which marked the first time that he returned to the track since his father’s tragic death five months prior.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on returning to Daytona after the crash that killed his father: "I could tell my buddies were like, ‘Man, what’s going on? How is it going to be? What’s the deal?’ So, as soon as we got there, we drove around to Turns 3 and 4, right where dad hit the wall and lost his life. And, we stopped, and everybody got out and I just walked around a little bit by myself. I just spent some time there seeing how I would feel. I didn’t want to fall apart in front of all of my guys and everybody in the race and the garage. It was good. I was like, ‘Man, dad loved this place and I’m still at peace with this place. I still love being here and looking forward to racing here many more years."
Steve Letarte: "Have you ever gone back and relived or re-watched that race in July [that you won]?"
Earnhardt Jr.: "Oh yeah, tons of times."
Earnhardt Jr. on his Daytona win: "I was wide open the whole time. Panicking. How many laps are left? Are we going to have enough laps left? Just full-throttle panicking."
Earnhardt Jr.: "I think that win right there made the whole company feel like they could move on and that things were going to be alright. We could be a strong team… you just don’t see victory celebrations like this every week. It was special."
Earnhardt Jr. while watching his first interview after his win: "[Laughs] I sound like an idiot. Once you drive in there and you get out of the car, and you’re in Victory Lane, I think the emotion and everything sort of sucks me in."
Earnhardt Jr.: "I know that a lot of people took pleasure in how that worked out. And if they couldn’t have won the race, I heard that 100 times in the garage the next day. ‘If I couldn’t have won that race, man, I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way."
No. 88 takes the checkered as another ‘Big One’ erupts behind him
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. endured a weekend of rain, a three-hour-plus pre-race delay, and nine caution flags to win the Coke-Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway early Monday morning.
The race ended at 2:41 a.m. ET and concluded with a large crash featuring Austin Dillon‘s No. 3 Chevrolet going airborne and smashing into the catch-fence near Turn 1 after he crossed the start-finish line. Dillon walked away from the wreck, the fourth major crash of the night. After being released from the infield care center, Dillon said he suffered a bruised tailbone and forearm.
Pole-sitter Earnhardt dominated the night, leading 96 laps in his No. 88 Nationwide Stars and Stripes Chevrolet. He also had the convincing support of the fans remaining at the track following the 154-minute rain delay. The delay was a harbinger for the race itself, which included four multi-car crashes and those nine caution flags that covered 43 of the scheduled 160 laps before the green-white checkered finish. It was Earnhardt’s fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup career victory on the 2.5-mile Florida track.
"I had a lot of fun tonight," a somewhat subdued Earnhardt said after the race. "We have such great motors and good cars. We ran very fast. I had to block a lot, get a lot of pushes from everybody. I had to run real hard to win this race here. We got shuffled back a few times."
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Driver Paul Menard could have been speaking for everyone at the speedway when he said on his radio during the race that Earnhardt’s No. 88 was “ridiculously” fast. Earnhardt consistently outran the competition on re-start after re-start.
Earnhardt’s crew raced onto the track after the last-lap crash to check on Dillon’s condition. The catch fences at Daytona International Speedway were reinforced following an accident in 2013 during a NASCAR XFINITY Series race.
Denny Hamlin finished third, with Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch rounding out the top five. Harvick leads the Sprint Cup points standings by 63 points over Earnhardt.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves to Kentucky Speedway this week where it will debut its new aerodynamic package in the NSCS Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network).
Start of Coke Zero 400 pushed back because of inclement weather
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Intermittent rain showers postponed the start of Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Activities at the track remain on-hold after poor weather pushed back the scheduled 8:08 p.m. ET start.
The fleet of Air Titans were deployed to dry Daytona at approximately 9:23 p.m. ET.
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Light rain began falling about 6 p.m. local time, at times developing into heavier showers and forcing fans to take occasional cover, while drivers waited to participate in the traditional pre-race ceremonies and 20 NASCAR Air Titans and 10 jet dryers ready to dry the 2.5-mile track.
Two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start from the pole position alongside second-year Cup driver Austin Dillon. The 43-car grid was set according to Friday’s first practice sessions speeds — per the NASCAR rule book — after bad weather Saturday evening forced the cancellation of Sprint Cup Series qualifying.
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Drivers seemed to take the situation in stride. Afternoon showers are commonplace in Florida during the summer. Last year’s race was delayed a day and called 48 laps short of completion because of poor weather; however, it marked only the second time in this race’s history the event was rain-shortened.
Competitors this weekend were more concerned with race strategy than radar watching.
"There’s something about this place — every time you come here, the facility — you just get taken in by it," Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer said, addressing media Sunday afternoon.
"Watching the XFINITY race last night, learned a lot of things just watching those guys and kind of what you think is going to play out with our program when you get the Cup boys out there on the race track. Learned a little bit of what not to do. That’s the thing about this weekend and coming to these restrictor plate tracks, you’re constantly learning and you’re being a student of what you see and you don’t really have a lot of practice time anymore, at least you shouldn’t.
"It’s the same plan everybody else has, which is to roll their happy butt into Victory Lane with a big smile on their face."
Vice Chairman: XFINITY race ‘example of unintended consequences’
NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton warned drivers about blocking in Sunday’s Coke Zero 400 (7:45 p.m. ET, NBC, MRN, SiriusXM), addressing the 43 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pilots during the drivers’ meeting at Daytona International Speedway.
Following a video highlighting the rules for the 160-lap, 400-mile race, Helton discussed the evolution of the double yellow stripe, which is in place at Daytona and Talladega Superspeedway.
"The rationale behind that came from the evolution of actions and the equipment on the race track gave you the ability to move around," Helton said. "It got to a point where the drivers, you, were comfortable enough to make moves that ended up putting the rest of the field or many other cars in jeopardy.
"So those actions, over time, we tried to figure out how NASCAR would respond to that, and we created that double yellow line that’s only in Daytona and Talladega.
"And I point to that because blocking is kind of creeping that way here and in Talladega. Last night’s race, I think, was an example of the unintended consequences that can come from a blocking move."
Late in Saturday’s Subway Firecracker 250, leader Brian Scott moved down the track to block Elliott Sadler, sending both cars into the outside wall on the backstretch and leading to a 10-car pileup.
"We were definitely in the catbird seat there going down the back straightaway there; we had Joey Logano pushing us and had a lot of momentum coming off Turn 2 and were making our way to the front," Sadler said.
"I think either Brian or his spotter made the block too late; I was already up to his right rear tire. He made the block to late and wrecked us. It was nothing intentional, it’s just racing."
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Ryan Newman asked Sprint Cup Series Managing Director Richard Buck what constituted going below the double yellow line, and Buck responded left-side tires on the inside of the inside line.
Helton noted he was "not telling you how to drive the race cars … but drivers, be conscious about the moves that you’re making on the race track, particularly when it comes to what we call blocking. So just think about that tonight in the race."
Nine cars caught up in Lap 3 wreck
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The "Big One" hit the Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola on Lap 3 Sunday night, minutes into a race that was delayed by four hours due to rain. David Gilliland‘s move down the track triggered the nine-car incident.
Other cars involved were Clint Bowyer, Danica Patrick, Jeb Burton, Joey Logano, Bobby Labonte, Sam Hornish Jr., Greg Biffle and Michael Annett.
Burton, Labonte, Gilliland and Annett’s damaged cars all went to the garage. Logano didn’t go behind the wall, but he was scored four laps down through 20 laps.
The green flag fell at 11:42 p.m. ET.
Get on-track times for everything at Kentucky
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will race at Kentucky Speedway this week. Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races can be watched on NBC Sports Live Extra.The Camping World Truck Series events will be on FOX Sports 1. Check out the full schedule below.
All times are ET
SATURDAY, JULY 11:
RACE-DAY RUNDOWN
5:30 p.m.: NSCS Driver/Crew Chief Meeting
6:45 p.m.: Official Welcome by Tim Bray, Director of Communications, Kentucky Speedway
6:46:30 p.m.: Delivery of Green Flag by Kentucky Speedway Mascot, Horsepower
6:47 p.m.: Intro of Mark Simendinger, General Manager, Kentucky Speedway
6:49:30 p.m.: Intro Honorary Pace Car Driver: Jimmy Houston, America’s Favorite Fisherman
6:52:30 p.m.: Intro of Honorary Starter: Tim Sifford, Product Director, Batteries, Oil, Filter & Performance Chemicals, Advance Auto Parts
6:53 p.m.: Intro of Grand Marshal: George Sherman, President of Advance Auto Parts
6:53:30 p.m.: National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation Presentation
6:54:30 p.m.: Intro of Miss Sprint Cup: Madison Martin
6:55 p.m.: Driver Introductions
7:15 p.m.: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Trucks make one lap.
7:28 p.m.: Moment of Silence (in recognition of Fallen Cincinnati Police Officer Sonny Kim and fallen Cincinnati Firefighter FAO Daryl Gordon)
7:28:15 p.m.: Introduction of God Bless America
7:28:30 p.m.: God Bless America performed by: Leo Welsh, National Anthem Singer for the Columbus Blue Jackets
7:30 p.m.: Presentation of Colors by: Boone County Sheriff’s Department
7:30:20 p.m.: Invocation by: Larry Campbell, Kentucky Raceway Ministries
7:30:45 p.m.: Introduction of National Anthem
7:31 p.m.: National Anthem by: 113th Army Band from Fort Knox, Kentucky
7:32:30 p.m.: Flyover TOT by: AeroShell Aerobatic Team (4 aircrafts)
7:37:30 p.m.: "Drivers, Start Your Engines" by: George Sherman, President of Advance Auto Parts
7:45:30 p.m.: Start of the Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts (267 laps/400.5 miles)
ON TRACK
— 7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400 Presented by Advance Auto Parts (267 laps, 400.5 miles), NBC Sports Network (Get results)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 10:45 p.m.: Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race press conferences
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8:
ON TRACK
— 5-8 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice (POSTPONED)
THURSDAY, JULY 9:
ON TRACK
— 8-10:55 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FOX Sports 1 coverage starts at 9 a.m. CANCELED
— 11 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice CANCELED
— 2-3:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, NBC Sports Network CANCELED
— 5:10 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 2 CANCELED | (Get results)
— 5:15-6:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBC Sports Network (Get results)
— 7:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 225 (150 laps, 225 miles), FOX Sports 1 (Get results)
GARAGECAM (Watch live)
— 1:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series CANCELED
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 11:45 a.m.: Jamie McMurray and Greg Biffle
— 1 p.m.: Erik Jones and Matt Crafton
— 3:15 p.m.: Brendan Gaughan
— 3:30 p.m.: Brad Keselowski
— 9:15 p.m.: Post-NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race press conferences
FRIDAY, JULY 10:
ON TRACK
— 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, NBC Sports Network (Get results)
— 3:45 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualiyfing, NBC Sports Network CANCELED (Get results)
— 4:25-6 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice (Get results)
— 5:45 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBC Sports Network CANCELED (Get results)
— 7:30 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Kentucky race (200 laps, 300 miles), NBC Sports Network (Get results)
GARAGECAM (Watch live)
— 12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CANCELED
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
— 10 a.m.: Kyle Busch
— 2:30 p.m.: Chase Elliott
— 6:45 p.m.: Post-NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying press conferences
— 9:45 p.m.: Post-NASCAR XFINITY Series race press conferences