The biggest issue for us all day was that we just fired off really tight, to start with. I had a really bad chatter in the front end early in the race and then for whatever reason, we started having some brake issues.
With the pressure of an extremely close battle for the final spot in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs squarely on their shoulders in the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, Matt DiBenedetto and the crew of the No. 21 Menards/Dutch Boy Mustang came through when it counted and now head to Darlington Raceway among the elite 16 teams in the sport.
William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 1LE, won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race at Daytona International Speedway in a wild overtime finish, and secured a spot in the upcoming 10-race season-ending Playoffs.
It was pretty wild from my seat. I was surprised it took us as long as it did to wreck, for sure. But I’m really proud of our Hooters team.
William Byron entered Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway – the final regular season race of the NASCAR Cup Series season – four points ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammate and 7-time champion Jimmie Johnson for the 16th and final playoff spot.
Brad Keselowski used a different strategy Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway and was rewarded with a 10th-place finish. The driver of the PIRTEK Ford claimed his 19th top-10 finish of the 2020 season in the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Clint Bowyer and Matt DiBenedetto clinched two of the final playoff spots in the regular season finale at Daytona as Ford put three Mustangs inside the top-10 Saturday night.
Denny Hamlin (third) and Martin Truex Jr. (fourth) drove to top-five finishes to lead Toyota in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at the Daytona International Speedway on Saturday evening.
John Hunter Nemechek took the green flag in the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season on Saturday night in 24th place.
Michael McDowell and his No. 34 CarParts.com | CARDONE Ford Mustang took the green flag from the 26th position on Saturday night, under the lights of Daytona International Speedway.
The 2014 Cup champion was officially awarded the regular-season title as he begins his quest for a second drivers' title.
The seven-time Cup Series champion will not contend for a record-setting eighth title in his final season in NASCAR after missing the Playoffs following a late wreck at Daytona.
The Grass Valley, California, native secured the final spot to the 2020 Cup Playoffs following a 12th-place run at Daytona.
The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet from Charlotte survived a chaotic night and a long regular season to grab his first Cup career win and a spot in the 2020 Playoffs.
As the 21 year old Pato O’Ward continues his inaugural season behind the wheel of his No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet, he also continues to move closer and closer to his first win.
Scott Dixon continues to have what is quite possibly the best season of his career to date, after claiming the fourth victory of the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season.
CarParts.com, the e-commerce auto parts company that recently donated over $40,000 to charity after becoming the owner of the No. 43 bumper off the car driven by Darrell "Bubba" Wallace, Jr., is now hosting a fans-only sweepstakes of the historic memento.