The Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola is a 160-lap, 400-mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on the fist Saturday night of July, typically around 4th of July weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The Coke Zero 400 has a unique history: it was formerly known as the Firecracker 250 from 1959-1962, then the Firecracker 400 until 1985 when Pepsi-Cola became the sponsor, which added the Pepsi name to the race’s title. “Firecracker” was dropped from the name in 1989 and the race became the Pepsi 400. Coca-Cola became the official soda company of all ISC tracks starting in 2008. The race’s name was, therefore, changed from Pepsi 400 to Coke Zero 400.

Check out these comSome past winners of the race are: Jamie McMurray (2007), Tony Stewart (2005 and 2006), Jeff Gordon (1995, 1998 and 2004), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (2001), Jeff Burton (2000), John Andretti (1997), Dale Earnhardt (1990 and 1993). McMurray won last year’s race in the 2nd closest margin of victory since the beginning of electronic scoring in NASCAR; he won by 0.005 seconds. The 1998 race was changed to a night race and postponed until October of that year because of wildfires. The 1997 race was Andretti’s first Cup victory in his career.ments about Pepsi 400: