There’s sure to be high drama at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night. Maybe even more than usual.
Wallace has a tenuous hold on the 16th and final playoff spot, carrying a 32-point advantage over Ty Gibbs into Daytona. Daniel Suárez is 43 points behind Wallace. The three Toyota drivers are the only ones who can get in on points.
Fourteen others can knock out the Toyota trio by winning the Coke Zero Sugar 400. No one would be surprised to see it happen because the all-or-nothing group includes Elliott and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman, two guys who usually have speed at superspeedways, as well as former Daytona winners Cindric, Austin Dillon, Aric Almirola, Erik Jones and Justin Haley.
“I think I would be devastated if we didn’t make the playoffs,” Wallace said. “I hate that we haven’t had a win this year to lock ourselves in yet. … We’re still missing the fourth quarter, the final stage of the race, like getting that dialed in. Truex and Hamlin are the only ones who can win the regular-season championship Saturday. Byron has a series-leading five victories in 2023 and likely will enter the playoffs as the points leader.Along with Wallace, Gibbs, Suárez, Elliott, Bowman, Cindric, Almirola, Jones, Haley and Austin Dillon, AJ Allmendinger, Ryan Preece, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland, Corey LaJoie and Ty Dillon can sneak into the playoffs with a win at Daytona.
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