Alex Bowman spent nearly three hours waiting out his fate in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, doomed to a DNF at Daytona International Speedway after a multicar Stage 1 wreck. He watched the rest of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 from the No.

Just nine laps later, Alex Bowman wrecked at Daytona International Speedway and, with Bowman out of the race, it automatically locked Reddick into the 16-driver field. Reddick and Bowman both started the race trying to claim the final two spots in the playoffs.