The 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 7, 2018, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 168 laps â extended from 160 laps due to two overtime finish attempts â on the superspeedway, it was the 18th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Erik Jones scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win, taking the first win for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing in a July Daytona race since 2008.
It was the first race in NASCAR Cup Series history to have two female pit members.
Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 44.821 seconds and a speed of .
Final practice session for Thursday was cancelled due to rain.
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 46.381 and a speed of .
Stage 1 Laps: 40
Stage 2 Laps: 40
Stage 3 Laps: 80
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2000 Coke Zero 400 winner Jeff Burton and two-time Coke Zero 400 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth, while Mike Tirico and Steve Letarte called from the NBC Peacock Pit Box on pit road. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane.
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on SiriusXM's NASCAR Radio channel.