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2011 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	David Ragan	5	6	Jeff Gordon	4
2	Matt Kenseth	16	7	Kevin Harvick	31
3	Joey Logano	37	8	Paul Menard	10
4	Kasey Kahne	13	9	Juan Pablo Montoya	30
5	Kyle Busch	38	10	A.J. Allmendinger	9

2011 Coke Zero 400 Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 159.491 m.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 39 minutes, 53 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution
CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 21 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 57 among 25 drivers
POLE WINNER: Mark Martin (182.065 m.p.h.)

Past Coke Zero 400 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2011 -- David Ragan (5th) -- Ford -- 159.491 m.p.h.

2010 -- Kevin Harvick (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 135.719 m.p.h.

2009 -- Tony Stewart (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 142.461 m.p.h.

2008 -- Kyle Busch (9th) -- Toyota -- 138.554 m.p.h.

2007 -- Jamie McMurray (15th) -- Ford -- 138.983 m.p.h.

2006 -- Tony Stewart (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 153.143 m.p.h.

2005 -- Tony Stewart (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 131.016 m.p.h.

2004 -- Jeff Gordon (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 145.117 m.p.h.

2003 -- Greg Biffle (30th) -- Ford -- 166.109 m.p.h.

2002 -- Michael Waltrip (17th) -- Chevrolet -- 135.952 m.p.h.

2001 -- Dale Earnhardt Jr (13th) -- Chevrolet -- 157.601 m.p.h.

2000 -- Jeff Burton (9th) -- Ford -- 148.576 m.p.h.

1999 -- Dale Jarrett (12th) -- Ford -- 169.213 m.p.h.

1998 -- Jeff Gordon (8th) -- Chevrolet -- 144.549 m.p.h.

1997 -- John Andretti (3rd) -- Ford -- 157.791 m.p.h.

1996 -- Sterling Marlin (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 161.602 m.p.h.

1995 -- Jeff Gordon (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 166.976 m.p.h.

1994 -- Jimmy Spencer (3rd) -- Ford -- 155.558 m.p.h.

1993 -- Dale Earnhardt (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 151.755 m.p.h.

1992 -- Ernie Irvan (6th) -- Chevrolet -- 170.457 m.p.h.

1991 -- Bill Elliott (10th) -- Ford -- 159.116 m.p.h.

1990 -- Dale Earnhardt (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 160.894 m.p.h.

1989 -- Davey Allison (8th) -- Ford -- 132.207 m.p.h.

1988 -- Bill Elliott (38th) -- Ford-- 163.302 m.p.h.

1987 -- Bobby Allison (11th) -- Buick -- 161.074 m.p.h.

1986 -- Tim Richmond (9th) -- Chevrolet -- 131.916 m.p.h.

1985 -- Greg Sacks (9th) -- Chevrolet -- 158.730 m.p.h.

1984 -- Richard Petty (6th) -- Pontiac -- 171.204 m.p.h.

1983 -- Buddy Baker (8th) -- Ford -- 167.442 m.p.h.

1982 -- Bobby Allison (9th) -- Buick -- 163.099 m.p.h.

1981 -- Cale Yarborough (1st) -- Buick -- 142.588 m.p.h.

1980 -- Bobby Allison (14th) -- Buick -- 173.473 m.p.h. (race record)

1979 -- Neil Bonnett (2nd) -- Mercury -- 172.890 m.p.h.

1978 -- David Pearson (3rd) -- Mercury -- 154.340 m.p.h.

1977 -- Richard Petty (5th) -- Dodge -- 142.716 m.p.h.

1976 -- Cale Yarborough (2nd) -- Chevrolet -- 160.966 m.p.h.

1975 -- Richard Petty (13th) -- Dodge -- 158.381 m.p.h.

1974 -- David Pearson (1st) -- Mercury -- 138.301 m.p.h.

1973 -- David Pearson (6th) -- Mercury -- 158.468 m.p.h.

1972 -- David Pearson (2nd) -- Mercury -- 160.821 m.p.h.

1971 -- Bobby Isaac (21st) -- Dodge -- 161.947 m.p.h.

1970 -- Donnie Allison (15th) -- Ford -- 162.235 m.p.h.

1969 -- LeeRoy Yarborough (9th) -- Ford)-- 160.875 m.p.h.

1968 -- Cale Yarborough (4th) -- Mercury -- 167.247 m.p.h.

1967 -- Cale Yarborough (2nd) -- Ford -- 143.583 m.p.h.

1966 -- Sam McQuagg (4th) -- Dodge -- 153.813 m.p.h.

1965 -- A.J. Foyt (11th) -- Ford -- 150.046 m.p.h.

1964 -- A.J. Foyt (19th) -- Dodge -- 151.451 m.p.h.

1963 -- Fireball Roberts (3rd) -- Ford -- 150.927 m.p.h.

1962 -- Fireball Roberts (4th) -- Pontiac -- 153.688 m.p.h.

1961 -- David Pearson (2nd) -- Pontiac -- 154.294 m.p.h.

1960 -- Jack Smith (1st) -- Pontiac -- 146.842 m.p.h.

1959 -- Fireball Roberts (1st) -- Pontiac -- 140.581 m.p.h.

NOTE: Formerly called Firecracker 250 (1959-1962), Firecracker 400 (1963-83),

Pepsi Firecracker 400 (1984-88), Pepsi 400 (1989-2007). Race changed

from 250 miles to 400 (1963).

Past Coke Zero 400 Pole Winners (Finish)

2011 -- Mark Martin -- 33rd

2010 -- None -- Weather

2009 -- None -- Weather

2008 -- Paul Menard -- 15th

2007 -- None -- Weather

2006 -- Boris Said -- 4th

2005 -- Tony Stewart -- 1st

2004 -- Jeff Gordon -- 1st

2003 -- Steve Park -- 39th

2002 -- Kevin Harvick -- 11th

2001 -- Sterling Marlin -- 39th

2000 -- Dale Jarrett -- 2nd

1999 -- Joe Nemechek -- 16th

1998 -- Bobby Labonte -- 2nd

1997 -- Mike Skinner -- 41st

1996 -- Jeff Gordon -- 3rd

1995 -- Dale Earnhardt -- 3rd

1994 -- Dale Earnhardt -- 3rd

1993 -- Ernie Irvan -- 7th

1992 -- Sterling Marlin -- 2nd

1991 -- Sterling Marlin -- 8th

1990 -- Greg Sacks -- 37th

1989 -- Mark Martin -- 16th

1988 -- Darrell Waltrip -- 5th

1987 -- Davey Allison -- 20th

1986 -- Cale Yarborough -- 17th

1985 -- Bill Elliott -- 2nd

1984 -- Cale Yarborough -- 3rd

1983 -- Cale Yarborough -- 40th

1982 -- Geoffrey Bodine -- 6th

1981 -- Cale Yarborough -- 1st

1980 -- Cale Yarborough -- 40th

1979 -- Buddy Baker -- 34th

1978 -- Cale Yarborough -- 2nd

1977 -- Neil Bonnett -- 8th

1976 -- A.J. Foyt -- 4th

1975 -- Donnie Allison -- 5th

1974 -- David Pearson -- 1st

1973 -- Bobby Allison -- 30th

1972 -- Bobby Isaac -- 27th

1971 -- Donnie Allison -- 5th

1970 -- Cale Yarborough -- 35th

1969 -- Cale Yarborough -- 37th

1968 -- Charlie Glotzbach -- 9th

1967 -- Darel Dieringer -- 3rd

1966 -- LeeRoy Yarbrough -- 24th

1965 -- Marvin Panch -- 12th

1964 -- Darel Dieringer -- 9th

1963 -- Junior Johnson -- 17th

1962 -- Banjo Matthews -- 21st

1961 -- Fireball Roberts -- 5th

1960 -- Jack Smith -- 1st

1959 -- Fireball Roberts -- 1st

Last Race Results
RACE: Quaker State 400 (June 30th)
SITE: Kentucky Speedway -- Sparta, Kentucky
MILES: 400.5
LAPS: 267
WINNER: Brad Keselowski
RUNNER-UP: Kasey Kahne
THIRD: Denny Hamlin
FOURTH: Dale Earnhardt Jr
FIFTH: Jeff Gordon
POLE WINNER: Jimmie Johnson (Finished 6th)
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 2 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 145.607 m.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 4.399 seconds
CAUTION FLAGS: 4 for 24 laps
LEAD CHANGES: 17 among 6 drivers
LAP LEADERS: J. Johnson - pole; Kyle Busch 1-33; B. Keselowski 34-43; Kyle
	Busch 44; T. Kvapil 45; Kyle Busch 46-96; J. Johnson 97-98; Kyle
	Busch 99-129; D. Hamlin 130-149; J. Johnson 150; C. Mears 151; D.
	Hamlin 152-187; J. Johnson 188-203; D. Hamlin 204-205; B.
	Keselowski 206-207; Kyle Busch 208-209; J. Johnson 210-211; B.
	Keselowski 212-267.

Coke Zero 400 Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
1	Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO)	Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
2	Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI)	Dodge/Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA)	Chevrolet/hendrickcars.com
9	Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia)	Ford/DeWalt
10	David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL)	Chevrolet/Tommy Baldwin Racing
11	Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA)	Toyota/FedEx Office
13	Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA)	Ford/Geico
14	Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN)	Chevrolet/Mobil 1
15	Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS)	Toyota/5-Hour Energy
16	Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA)	Ford/3M
17	Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI)	Ford/Zest
18	Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Toyota/Interstate Batteries
20	Joey Logano (Middletown, CT)	Toyota/Dollar General
21	Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN)	Ford/Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire
22	A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA)	Dodge/Shell/Pennzoil
23	Robert Richardson Jr. (McKinney, TX)	Chevrolet/TBA
24	Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA)	Chevrolet/Pepsi Max
26	Josh Wise (Riverside, CA)	Ford/MDS Transport
27	Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI)	Chevrolet/Menards/Quaker State
29	Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA)	Chevrolet/Budweiser/Rheem
30	David Stremme (South Bend, IN)	Toyota/Inception Motorsports
31	Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA)	Chevrolet/Wheaties
32	Terry Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Ford/C&J Energy
33	Stephen Leicht (Asheville, NC)	Chevrolet/littlejoesautos.com
34 *	David Ragan (Unadilla, GA)	Ford/MHP-8 Hour Alert
36	Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH)	Chevrolet/Golden Corral
38	David Gilliland (Riverside, CA)	Ford/Glory Foods
39	Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN)	Chevrolet/Aspen Dental
42	Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia)	Chevrolet/Target
43	Aric Almirola (Tampa, FL)	Ford/Eckrich
47	Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX)	Toyota/Kingsford Charcoal
48	Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA)	Chevrolet/Lowe's
49	J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ)	Toyota/JPO Absorbents
50	Bill Elliott (Dawsonville, GA)	Chevrolet/Walmart
51	Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV)	Chevrolet/Phoenix Construction
55	Michael Waltrip (Owensboro, KY)	Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine
56	Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ)	Toyota/NAPA Batteries
78	Regan Smith (Cato, NY)	Chevrolet/Furniture Row
83	Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA)	Toyota/Burger King
87	Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL)	Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood&Pellet
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC)	Chevrolet/Mtn. Dew/Nat'l Guard
93	Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI)	Toyota/Burger King
98	Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR)	Ford/Phil Parsons Racing
99	Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO)	Ford/Subway

* - defending champion.

Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years)
Driver	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
David Ragan	---	---	---	---	12th	5th	13th	28th	Won
Matt Kenseth	6th	39th	9th	5th	8th	3rd	8th	15th	2nd
Joey Logano	---	---	---	---	---	---	19th	29th	3rd
Kasey Kahne	---	25th	16th	25th	9th	7th	15th	2nd	4th
Kyle Busch	---	---	31st	2nd	2nd	Won	14th	40th	5th
Jeff Gordon	14th	Won	7th	40th	5th	30th	28th	3rd	6th
Kevin Harvick	9th	14th	24th	9th	34th	12th	26th	Won	7th
Paul Menard	---	---	---	---	21st	15th	23rd	18th	8th
Juan Pablo Montoya	---	---	---	---	32nd	38th	9th	27th	9th
A.J. Allmendinger	---	---	---	---	---	42nd	17th	36th	10th
Tony Stewart	21st	5th	Won	Won	38th	20th	Won	25th	11th
Denny Hamlin	---	---	---	17th	43rd	26th	3rd	24th	13th
Kurt Busch	36th	4th	37th	3rd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	14th
Brad Keselowski	---	---	---	---	---	---	24th	30th	15th
Marcos Ambrose	---	---	---	---	---	---	6th	32nd	17th
Greg Biffle	Won	31st	36th	31st	6th	43rd	18th	20th	18th
Dale Earnhardt Jr	7th	3rd	3rd	13th	36th	8th	39th	4th	19th
Jimmie Johnson	18th	2nd	6th	32nd	10th	23rd	2nd	31st	20th
Jeff Burton	2nd	23rd	11th	15th	16th	37th	16th	5th	21st
Jamie McMurray	37th	37th	2nd	8th	Won	32nd	11th	39th	22nd
Ryan Newman	22nd	12th	14th	11th	14th	36th	20th	26th	23rd
Regan Smith	---	---	---	---	---	24th	12th	33rd	24th
David Reutimann	---	---	---	---	26th	21st	36th	11th	25th
Martin Truex Jr	---	---	---	29th	13th	17th	25th	35th	35th
Clint Bowyer	---	---	---	10th	7th	9th	29th	17th	36th
Carl Edwards	---	---	33rd	39th	4th	2nd	4th	6th	37th
Trevor Bayne	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	41st

Mover of the Week

Kasey Kahne - Started in the 19th position and finished 2nd

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Kyle Busch

Darkhorse - Jamie McMurray

Last Week's Pick to Win (Kyle Busch) - Finished 10th

Last Week's Darkhorse (Jeff Gordon) - Finished 5th

NOTES:

As we reach the halfway point of the 2012 Sprint Cup Series season, Matt Kenseth owns a slim 11-point margin over Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Junior could be the man to beat this week, as he has steadily climbed the standings to second. Back in February, he finished second in the Daytona 500, and since the middle of May, he has posted five top-10 finishes in six starts, including a victory at Michigan.

Last season, it was David Ragan who rebounded from an earlier season disappointment to capture the checkered flag in the Coke Zero 400.

Ragan took the lead from Ryan Newman just before a 15-car pileup occurred during the first green-white-checkered attempt. Mark Martin, the pole sitter, and Joey Logano made contact, with Martin bumping into Brian Vickers and then triggering the big one.

After the second and final two-lap overtime restart, Ragan stayed in front with pushing help from his Roush Fenway Racing teammate Matt Kenseth. The Roush Fenway duo held off Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch before another big crash -- this one also involving 15 cars -- occurred coming out of the final turn of the last lap.

The race ended under caution, with Ragan picking up his first Sprint Cup Series win in his 163rd start.

Back in February of 2011, Ragan held the lead in the closing laps of the Daytona 500, but prior to the restart for a green-white-checkered attempt in that race, Ragan was penalized by NASCAR for illegally changing his lane position for the restart. He wound up finishing 14th.

In 2010, Kevin Harvick avoided a rash of accidents, including the "big one" that involved 19 drivers, and then held off Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon in a green-white-checkered finish to win at Daytona International Speedway.

Harvick, currently fifth on the points list, won his second points-paying race at Daytona. His first win here came in the 2007 Daytona 500. He also won the pre-season Budweiser Shootout at Daytona earlier that year.

It was a wild night of racing at Daytona that year, as the 400-mile event featured 47 lead changes among a record 18 different leaders. Seven of the nine cautions were for multi-car crashes, including the major pileup that occurred with 13 laps remaining. The start of the race was delayed by rain for one and a half hours, and it ended in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Sam Hornish Jr. triggered a three-car wreck in the final laps, which set up the two-lap overtime finish. Harvick's Richard Childress Racing teammate, Clint Bowyer, grabbed the lead from Gordon prior to the caution. After the final restart, Harvick moved around Bowyer and took the top position between turns one and two. Kahne and Gordon also passed Bowyer, who got shuffled back in the field and spun around before finishing 17th. Harvick beat Kahne by 0.09 seconds to claim his second win of that season and the 13th of 18 career Sprint Cup titles.

Tony Stewart regained his winning form at Daytona, as he raced to victory in 2009 on the Fourth of July. Kyle Busch passed Stewart for the lead with less than two laps to go, but Stewart caught his former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate as they came out of the final turn on the last lap. As Stewart attempted to make a pass on the outside, Busch tried to block him, but his rear bumper hit Stewart's front end, as Busch spun around and slammed hard into the wall.

Several other cars crashed in reaction to the incident, while Stewart crossed the finish line for the 35th of 46 Sprint Cup Series titles. With the win, Stewart became the first driver/owner to win multiple races in a season since Ricky Rudd in 1997.

Stewart has won this race three times in the last seven years. In 27 Sprint Cup races at Daytona International Speedway, Stewart has recorded 12 top-10 finishes. In the Nationwide Series, Stewart has added six titles and nine top-10's.

After back-to-back runner-up finishes, Kyle Busch captured the Coke Zero 400 in 2008, as he defeated Carl Edwards under the caution. Busch led the final seven laps for the 10th of 24 Sprint Cup titles. Pole sitter Paul Menard led the first 19 laps, but finished 15th.

In 2007, Jamie McMurray snapped Stewart's two-year run, as he defeated Kyle Busch by less than a second for his second career Sprint Cup title. McMurray reclaimed the lead on the final lap to post a 0.005 second victory. The final margin is tied for the second closest finish since NASCAR went to electronic timing. The closest finish was 0.002 seconds between Ricky Craven and Kurt Busch in March 2003 at Darlington.

Pole sitter Stewart dominated this race in 2005, leading a whopping 151 of the 160 laps, as he defeated Jamie McMurray by less than a second. Stewart led for the first 103 laps, reclaimed the lead on lap 110 and after a brief respite by Kasey Kahne on lap 142, took the lead for good on lap 145 en route to his 21st career title.

Jeff Gordon, who started on the pole in 2004, became a three-time Coke Zero 400 race winner, as he clipped teammate Jimmie Johnson by less than a second. Gordon is a three-time winner and pole sitter at this race, with his victory total now standing at 85. Gordon has posted six Sprint Cup wins at Daytona, but none since 2005. In fact, he has recorded just two top-10s at Daytona in his last nine starts.

In July 2001, Dale Earnhardt Jr won this race in "Hollywood fashion" in his first return to Daytona after the tragic death of his father at the Daytona 500 in February of the same year.

Prior to Stewart, David Pearson was the last driver to win back-to-back Coke Zero 400s (1972-74) and was a five-time winner of this race. Cale Yarborough leads all drivers with eight pole positions in the Coke Zero 400. Richard Petty was a 10-time winner at Daytona while among active drivers Jeff Gordon has six wins. Bill Elliott is also a five-time pole-sitter at Daytona. Petty recorded his 200th and final Sprint Cup title at Daytona, July 4, 1984.

TRACK FACTS: Groundbreaking for Daytona International Speedway was on November 25, 1957, with the first Sprint Cup Series race, a 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 1959. Lights were installed in the spring of 1998. However, the race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires. The second Daytona race has been held under lights ever since. There have been 130 Sprint Cup races at the Daytona International Speedway since the track hosted its first race in 1959: 54 have been 500 miles, 49 were 400 miles and four 250 miles. There were also 23 qualifier races that were point races (one in 1959; two from 1960-1971). A driver has swept both races at Daytona only four times, most recently by Bobby Allison in 1982. Bill Elliott won the 1988 summer race from 38th, the deepest in the field that a Daytona race winner has started. Tony Stewart has led 643 laps in 27 races at Daytona, placing him 1st on the active all-time laps led list and eighth overall. Dale Earnhardt is first with 1,286 laps led. Starting from the top-10 certainly has its rewards at this track, as only 28 races have been won from outside this number and 17 from the pole. The last 11 Daytona races that finished under green have had a margin of victory under a half second - this event last season ended under caution.

Former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden will serve as the Grand Marshal for this week's race.

The next Sprint Cup Series race is the July 15 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman won last year's race there.

07/03 13:22:09 ET

As of July 3, 2012, at 01:22 PM ET

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