NASCAR: Daytona qualifying – Full Coke Zero Sugar 400 lineup
By Asher Fair
Keep tabs on Friday’s qualifying session for Saturday night’s 2023 NASCAR Cup Series regular season-ending Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 is set to conclude the 26-race 2023 NASCAR Cup Series regular season at Daytona Internatioanl Speedway.
Drivers are not split up into two groups for qualifying at superspeedway races like they are for other oval races. The qualifying order for Saturday’s 160-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona Beach, Florida was determined by the metric.
The metric takes into account four variables: the driver’s finish in the most recent race (25%), the car owner’s finish in the most recent race (25%), the car owner’s rank in the owner standings (35%), and the rank of the driver’s fastest lap in the most recent race (15%).
The first two categories are combined into one category weighted at 50% for drivers who drive the same car in each race.
All drivers on the entry list are set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt, and the fastest 10 drivers in the opening round are set to advance to the second round shootout for the pole position.
Who will take the pole position for Saturday night’s race? Keep tabs on our live qualifying updates from Friday’s session.
NASCAR qualifying – Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Chase Briscoe – No. 14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 181.822
2nd – Aric Almirola – No. 10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 181.693
3rd – Harrison Burton – No. 21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 181.404
4th – Bubba Wallace – No. 23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 181.309
5th – Ty Gibbs – No. 54, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.298
6th – Riley Herbst – No. 36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 181.276
7th – Kyle Larson – No. 5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.254
8th – Ryan Blaney – No. 12, Team Penske, Ford – 181.054
9th – Ryan Preece – No. 41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 180.937
10th – Kevin Harvick – No. 4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 180.825
11th – Chris Buescher – No. 17, RFK Racing, Ford – 180.534
12th – Brad Keselowski – No. 6, RFK Racing, Ford – 180.448
13th – Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 180.39
14th – Joey Logano – No. 22, Team Penske, Ford – 180.281
15th – Christopher Bell – No. 20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 180.26
16th – Austin Cindric – No. 2, Team Penske, Ford – 180.205
17th – A.J. Allmendinger – No. 16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 180.177
18th – Kyle Busch – No. 8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 180.169
19th – Denny Hamlin – No. 11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 180.137
20th – Tyler Reddick – No. 45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 180.047
21st – Austin Dillon – No. 3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 179.809
22nd – Daniel Suarez – No. 99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 179.802
23rd – Chase Elliott – No. 9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.716
24th – Erik Jones – No. 43, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet – 179.634
25th – Ross Chastain – No. 1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 179.612
26th – Austin Hill – No. 62, Beard Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.261
27th – William Byron – No. 24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.172
28th – Justin Haley – No. 31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 179.094
29th – Josh Berry – No. 42, Legacy Motor Club, Chevrolet – 179.026
30th – Ty Dillon – No. 77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 178.855
31st – Alex Bowman – No. 48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 178.731
32nd – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 178.635
33rd – J.J. Yeley – No. 51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 178.532
34th – Brennan Poole – No. 15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 178.518
35th – Todd Gilliland – No. 38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.497
36th – Chandler Smith – No. 13, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 178.458
37th – Corey LaJoie – No. 7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 178.31
38th – B.J. McLeod – No. 78, Live Fast Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.876
39th – Michael McDowell – No. 34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 177.473
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The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Daytona International Speedway beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET this Saturday, August 26. Be sure to take advantage of FuboTV’s free trial offer today and don’t miss it!