Sunday was a wild day for NASCAR, and a wilder day for Bay Area drivers in particular. AJ Allmendinger failed a pre-race substance abuse test and was pulled from the race. Penske Racing replaced Allmendinger with Sam Hornish Jr. in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
As if that weren't enough, Jeff Burton was running well until being involved in a big wreck on Lap 153 of 160. Denny Hamlin was responsible for the crash and Gordon was unable to finish any better than 12th place. Time is running out for Gordon to hope to make the cutoff for the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Tony Stewart took the checkered flag for his third win of the season, edging out points leader Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle. Stewart crossed the finish line ahead of one final big wreck out of Turn 4 on the final lap.
Here are the results from Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway:
- Tony Stewart
- Jeff Burton
- Matt Kenseth
- Joey Logano
- Ryan Newman
- Carl Edwards
- Kasey Kahne
- Brad Keselowski
- Michael Waltrip
- Bobby Labonte
- David Reutimann
- Jeff Gordon
- Jamie McMurray
- Paul Menard
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Travis Kvapil
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Casey Mears
- Aric Almirola
- Terry Labonte
- Greg Biffle
- Dave Blaney
- Kevin Harvick
- Kyle Busch
- Denny Hamlin
- David Ragan
- Trevor Bayne
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Clint Bowyer
- Marcos Ambrose
- David Gilliland
- Landon Cassill
- Sam Hornish Jr. (subbed for suspended AJ Allmendinger)
- Regan Smith
- Kurt Busch
- Jimmie Johnson
- Bill Elliott
- Josh Wise
- David Stremme
- JJ Yeley
- Joe Nemechek
- Stephen Leicht
- Michael McDowell
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