NASCAR Cup Series preview

Coke Zero Sugar 400, 6 p.m., Daytona International, NBCSN

What: Race 18 of 36

Track: 2.5-mile oval

Race distance: 400 miles, 160 laps

Last race: Kyle Busch won at Chicagoland, his fifth victory of 2018.

Fast facts: Busch and Kevin Harvick each have five wins in their first 17 starts of the season. That has happened one other time since 1977, when Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson each had five by this point in 2010. ...The past six races at Daytona have been determined by less than a half-second, and a 2007 race was the third closest since the inception of electronic timing. Jamie McMurray beat Kyle Busch by 0.005 seconds 11 years ago.

Next race: Quaker State 400, next Saturday, Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.

LINEUP

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 194.045 mph

2. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 193.046

3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 192.802

5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 192.345

6. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 192.164

7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 191.812

8. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 191.669

9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 191.445

11. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 191.152

12. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 190.981

13. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 191.209

14. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 191.140

15. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.913

17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.876

18. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 190.868

19. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 190.832

20. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 190.819

21. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 190.634

23. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 190.396

24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 190.339

25. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 190.042

26. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 190.034

27. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.777

29. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 189.434

30. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 189.203

31. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 188.336

32. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 188.001

33. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 187.371

35. (96) DJ Kennington, Toyota, 186.312

36. (00) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 185.361

37. (99) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 185.033

38. (72) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 184.976

39. (51) Ray Black II, Chevrolet, 183.146

Failed to qualify

41. (92) Timothy Peters, Ford, 181.068

DRIVER STANDINGS

1. Ky. Busch—

2. Harvick-72

4. Truex Jr.-142

5. Keselowski-144

6. Bowyer-157

7. Ku. Busch-176

8. Hamlin-199

10. Blaney-241

11. Almirola-243

12. Johnson-294

13. Elliott-301

14. Jones-328

16. Stenhouse Jr.-369

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