NASCAR At Daytona: Ratings At 5-Year High For Coke Zero 400

NASCAR continues to grow to impressive levels as a brand year after year and even this weekend's race at Daytona and the running of the Coke Zero 400 offered further proof with some great news in terms of viewers.

Coke Zero 400 at Daytona pulled 3.8 U.S. household rating and 6.184M total viewers. Highest-rated and most-viewed Daytona 400 since 2008

— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) July 9, 2012

NASCAR At Daytona 2012: Tony Stewart Wins Coke Zero 400

Tony Stewart took the lead late and was able to hold off the charging duo of Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth the Coke Zero 400. It was Stewart's fourth win in the last eight July races at Daytona and was the third win this season.

Jeff Burton finished second and was followed by Kenseth, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman. Carl Edwards rallied to his best finish in sometime coming in sixth. Kenseth led a race high 89 laps but had to settle for a third-place finish.

Here is a look at the full results from the 2012 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona:

1. Tony Stewart
2. Jeff Burton
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Joey Logano
5. Ryan Newman
6. Carl Edwards
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Michael Waltrip
10. Bobby Labonte
11. David Reutimann
12. Jeff Gordon
13. Jamie McMurray
14. Paul Menard
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
16. Travis Kvapil
17. Martin Truex Jr.
18. Casey Mears
19. Aric Almirola
20. Terry Labonte
21. Greg Biffle
22. Dave Blaney
23. Kevin Harvick
24. Kyle Busch
25. Denny Hamlin
26. David Ragan
27. Trevor Bayne
28. Juan Pablo Montoya
29. Clint Bowyer
30. Marcos Ambrose
31. David Gilliland
32. Landon Cassill
33. Sam Hornish Jr. (subbed for suspended AJ Allmendinger)
34. Regan Smith
35. Kurt Busch
36. Jimmie Johnson
37. Bill Elliott
38. Josh Wise
39. David Stremme
40. JJ Yeley
41. Joe Nemechek
42. Stephen Leicht
43. Michael McDowell

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NASCAR At Daytona: Coke Zero 400 TV Schedule, Radio Info, Live Stream

Carl Edwards and Clint Bowyer are two local drivers looking for NASCAR glory tonight in the Coke Zero 400 running tonight at Daytona. Unfortunately, neither driver ran well enough during qualifying to make the top ten. Nevertheless, Edwards will be racing from the No. 12 position and holds the best chances tonight while Bowyer will try to do something from No. 29.

Matt Kenseth has the pole position heading into tonight's race, which takes off at 6:41 Central Time. You can check all of the particulars below to check out the race, but also make sure to check out Jeff Gluck's Twitter feed if you want some of the best live racing info as the Coke Zero 400 gets underway. SB Nation's analyst is arguably the best in the business. Here's the info you'll need to check out tonight's race.

WHEN: Saturday, July 7, 6:41pm Central Time

WHERE: Daytona International Speedway

TV: TNT

Live Stream: NASCAR's Race Buddy is available for live streaming

Radio: Kansas City NASCAR fans can tune in 101.7 on KGOZ

NASCAR At Daytona 2012: Coke Zero 400 TV Schedule, Starting Lineup And More

NASCAR returns to Daytona on Saturday night, for the Coke Zero 400.