The Coke Zero 400 presented by Coca Cola takes place on Saturday night. The event will run at Daytona International Speedway as the Coke Zero 400 will have a start time of 6:30 p.m. EST and be televised live on TNT. Currently sitting on the pole for the race is Matt Kenseth. The odds for the race currently have Kenseth and Tony Stewart as the co-favorites to win at 9/1. The Coke Zero 400 starting order is listed below as Kenseth, Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne start in the top three.
The Coke Zero 400 starting order:
1. Matt Kenseth, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Greg Biffle, 5. Jeff Gordon, 6. Bill Elliot, 7. Casey Mears, 8. AJ Allmendinger, 9. Brad Keselowski, 10. Marcos Ambrose, 11. Kevin Harvick, 12. Carl Edwards, 13. Paul Menard, 14. Juan Montoya, 15. Trevor Bayne, 16. Jimmie Johnson, 17. Aric Almirola, 18. Martin Truex Jr., 19. Joey Logano, 20. Jeff Burton, 21. Mike Bliss, 22. Kyle Busch, 23. Denny Hamlin, 24. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 25. Regan Smith, 26. David Stremme, 27. David Ragan, 28. Michael Waltrip, 29. Clint Bowyer, 30. Jamie McMurray, 31. Josh Wise, 32. David Gilliland, 33. Dave Blaney, 34. Terry Labonte, 35. Kurt Busch, 36. Joe Nemechek, 37. Stephen Leicht, 38. Landon Cassill, 39. David Reutimann, 40. Travis Kvapil, 41. Bobby Labonte, 42. Tony Stewart, 43. J.J. Yeley, 44. Robert Richardson Jr.
The Coke Zero 400 has been run at Daytona International Speedway every year since 1959. Although the name of the race has changed some times, the race is still 160 laps and 400 miles. It is annually the second major race at Daytona every year after the Daytona 500 to open the NASCAR season. Since 1988, the race has been held on the first Saturday of July. Also in 1998, it became the first restrictor plate and Daytona race to be held at night. In recent years the race was known as the Pepsi 400, the Pepsi Firecracker 400, the Medal of Honor Firecracker 400, the Firecracker 400 and even the Firecracker 250. The "Firecracker" name in the status comes from the race being held annually around the Fourth of July.
There hasn't been a repeat champion at this race since Tony Stewart did it in 2005-06. Since then, winners of the race include Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, David Ragan and even Tony Stewart again. The race in 2010, which was won by Harvick, started late because of rain and ended just before 1 a.m. on July 4. That race featured a green-white-checker finish and was the last race to be run on the old asphalt at Daytona.
The Coke Zero 400 odds:
Matt Kenseth 9/1, Tony Stewart 9/1, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12/1, Jimmie Johnson 12/1, Jeff Gordon 12/1, Greg Biffle 12/1, Brad Keselowski 12/1, Kevin Harvick 12/1, Carl Edwards 12/1, Kyle Busch 12/1, Kasey Kahne 15/1, Denny Hamlin 18/1, Clint Bowyer 18/1, Jeff Burton 25/1, Martin Truex Jr. 25/1, Jamie McMurray 25/1, Marcos Ambrose 30/1, Ryan Newman 30/1, AJ Allmendinger 30/1, Joey Logano 30/1, Kurt Busch 30/1, Juan Montoya 40/1, Paul Menard 40/1, Michael Waltrip 40/1, Field (any other driver) 50/1, Trevor Bayne 50/1, Aric Almirola 60/1, Regan Smith 100/1, Dave Blaney 100/1, Casey Mears 100/1, Landon Cassill 100/1, David Gilliland 100/1, Bobby Labonte 100/1 and David Ragan 100/1
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