The next Coke Zero Sugar 400 is on Saturday, August 28, 2027, at Daytona International Speedway, on NASCAR’s 2027 schedule. Ryan Preece won the 2026 race in overtime on August 29, his first Cup Series win, and took the last place in the Chase with it.
No price on the 2027 race is quoted here, and this page names no bet. The field is not set this far out, and no market for it was posted that we can source and date.
The 2027 race at a glance
- Race day: Saturday, August 28, 2027
- Track: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
- Distance: 160 laps, 400 miles
- Place on the schedule: a week after World Wide Technology Raceway on August 22, and eight days before the Southern 500 at Darlington on September 5
NASCAR’s list gives no start time or television partner for the race yet. In 2026 it was the last race of the regular season, and the Chase opened at Darlington eight days later.
How the 2026 race was won
The race went to 166 laps, six past its scheduled 160. Zane Smith was leading on the last lap of overtime when he was bumped from behind and spun, and Preece took the checkered flag under caution, ESPN reported. Preece led three times for five laps in all, in the No. 60 Ford for RFK Racing.
| Finish | Driver | Started | Laps led |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Preece | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Daniel Suarez | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 17 | 5 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 32 | 1 |
| 6 | Austin Cindric | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 29 | 0 |
| 8 | Alex Bowman | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | Josh Berry | 24 | 1 |
| 10 | Cole Custer | 16 | 0 |
The win put Preece in the 16-driver Chase ahead of Shane van Gisbergen, who won the first stage and finished 28th. Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric took the other two open places. Nine of the 10 Chase races later, Preece is 14th, 255 points behind leader Kyle Larson, in NASCAR’s points read at 00:40 UTC on November 2.
Recent winners at Daytona in August
| Date | Winner | Second | Third | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 29, 2026 | Ryan Preece | Daniel Suarez | Tyler Reddick | 166 |
| August 23, 2025 | Ryan Blaney | Daniel Suarez | Justin Haley | 160 |
| August 24, 2024 | Harrison Burton | Kyle Busch | Christopher Bell | 164 |
| August 26, 2023 | Chris Buescher | Brad Keselowski | Aric Almirola | 163 |
| August 28, 2022 | Austin Dillon | Tyler Reddick | Austin Cindric | 160 |
Five races, five different winners, and three of them went past 160 laps. The four that finished under green were decided by 0.128 seconds or less. Of the 22 drivers who started all five, none averaged better than 15th: Brad Keselowski’s 15.4 is the best, and it includes a 35th.
What the record says about betting it
A drafting race at Daytona is hard to call, and 2026 shows why. Smith led the overtime restart and was classified 32nd. Ryan Blaney won the second stage and was classified 33rd after a crash. Carson Hocevar spun while moving toward the lead with six laps to go, Erik Jones ran into him, and Hocevar finished 38th.
So the outright market is only one way in. A driver at +2000 is priced at about 4.8%, and at a track where none of those 22 drivers has averaged inside the top 15, long prices are where most of the field belongs. Top-10 finishes, head-to-head matchups and the winning manufacturer each pay on something other than being in front on the last lap. Compare those prices across books with our sportsbook reviews.
Daytona’s February race has its own page, Daytona 500 odds, and the race that follows is on NASCAR Darlington odds. Our NASCAR picks this week page covers the next race each week, our NASCAR betting guide explains each market, and records of the handicappers we list are on the best handicappers page.