For the fourth season in a row, the Coke Zero Sugar 400 race at Daytona International Speedway will determine which 16 drivers will make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, and NBC NASCAR commentator Steve Letarte couldn’t be happier. “Everyone who takes the green flag could win that race,” he says, emphasizing the unpredictable nature of the high-banked oval. “That makes things very dangerous.”Beyond the bubble, Letarte is looking ahead to the slate of drivers who seem more poised to hoist the trophy in Phoenix on November 5. Letarte is backing William Byron, who, at 25, has come into his own. “I don’t see a run without Truex Jr. and Byron going head-to-head deep into the playoffs.”Coke Zero Sugar 400, Saturday, August 26, 7/6c, NBC

Source: The Star August 26, 2023 13:48 UTC