NASCAR News: Ryan Preece lucks out to win Coke Zero 400 crapshoot

In overtime on Saturday night, Zane Smith led the white-flag lap of the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Speedway until contact from Tyler Reddick sent him spinning off Turn 2. The resulting pileup down the backstretch froze the field with Preece ahead of Daniel Suárez by 0.024 seconds. Officials scored it under caution. It was Preece’s first points-paying Cup win in his 249th start, RFK Racing’s first victory of 2026, and the result that locked him into the 16-driver Chase. –by Mark Cipolloni– As the old saying goes, it’s better to be lucky than good. Preece isn’t good, but he…