MAIN Sports Race Car Driving NASCAR 2024 Coke Zero Sugar 400

WHEN: Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 7PM ET
WHERE: On NBC live from the Daytona International Speedway

Join millions of other NASCAR fans tuning into the 64th running of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 with TV coverage on NBC beginning at 7:00PM ET on Saturday night, August 24, 2024.

Excitement is high as this is the last race of the regular season, with the winner earning a coveted spot in the NASCAR playoffs.

All about the Coke Zero Sugar 400

Coke Zero Sugar 400 is the only other race besides the Daytona 500 to be held at Daytona International Raceway.

Why all the fuss? Coke Zero's designation as a restrictor-plate Cup Series race means that cars are allowed to race bumper-to-bumper and only inches apart -- at speeds up to 200 mph.

Of course, the need-for-speed means that car wrecks are almost guaranteed!

The race also just happens to be the last of the NASCAR regular season with a final chance for the winner to secure a spot in the NASCAR playoffs.

Competition much? You bet! Stay tuned -- because you never know what's going to happen at the Coke Zero Sugar 400 ...

Coke Zero Sugar 400 fun facts & history

• The very first summer race at Daytona International Speedway was called the Firecracker 250 – the forerunner of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 – and held on July 4, 1959. Broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite helmed the pace car.

• The 1984 race became a standout when President Ronald Reagan became the first sitting President ever to attend a NASCAR race. Ever the showman, he gave the starting command from Air Force One, then arrived at Daytona to watch Richard Petty claim his 200th and final career victory.

• Jamie McMurray clinched a razor-edge win in 2007 with the closest finish ever in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 - at .005 seconds.

• In the 55th annual Coke Zero Sugar 400 in 2013, Jimmie Johnson swept the Daytona 500 AND the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in the same season. He joined Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarborough (1968), LeeRoy Yarbrough (1969) and Bobby Allison (1982) in accomplishing the "Double Daytona" feat.

More about the Coke Zero Sugar 400 around the Web:

Elsewhere on the Web, check out more information on driver profiles, stats & photos ...

Daytona Int'l Speedway - Coke Zero Sugar 400 2024 - The official site with all the latest action, driver profiles, pictures, gallery, complete schedule, track map, 3-D seating charts, online shop and ticket information.

Coke Zero Sugar 400 - Good background on the history of the race & the special lighting used during the nighttime race, a listing of all past winners, and related photos, from Wikipedia.

Coke Zero winners through the years - Take the nostalgia tour, via an historic photo gallery courtesy of the Orlando Sentinal.