Daytona International Speedway, 2026 NASCAR DFS results
Sunday, February 15, 2026 · Winner: Tyler Reddick · 200 laps
Race report
Tyler Reddick won the Daytona International Speedway from P26 and led 1 lap but had to earn it in a race that stayed up for grabs. Bubba Wallace actually paced the field with 40 laps led but couldn't close it out.
For DFS, Chris Buescher was the top DraftKings score at 73.4 points, while Tyler Reddick led FanDuel (75.6). Biggest mover: Chris Buescher, P41 to P7 (+34).
The model's pre-race top five (built lookahead-free) was led this week by William Byron, who finished P12 for 60.7 DK. 1 of the five finished top ten.
The result ran loose against the market (correlation 0.15); the chalk wasn't safe and contrarian builds had real upside. Expected for a superspeedway/road-course slate, where variance runs high.
Auto-generated from the official results and the model’s pre-race projection.
- 1. Chris Buescher73.4
- 2. Tyler Reddick71.6
- 3. Zane Smith64.3
- 1. Tyler Reddick75.6
- 2. Chris Buescher71.4
- 3. Zane Smith67.9
Biggest mover: Chris Buescher started 41, finished 7 (+34 positions).
How the model did
Its projected top 5 for Daytona International Speedway and the DraftKings points each actually scored:
| 1 | Ryan BlaneyWrecked | P27 | -5.6 DK |
| 2 | William Byron | P12 | 60.7 DK |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | P4 | 41.4 DK |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | P16 | 21.7 DK |
| 5 | Alex BowmanWrecked | P40 | -16.6 DK |
Full results & DFS scoring
| Pos | Driver | Start | Led | Fast | DK | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 26 | 1 | 3 | 71.6 | 75.6 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 16 | 4 | 9 | 61.1 | 67.4 |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 3 | 9 | 7 | 46.4 | 58.9 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 2 | 2 | 41.4 | 57.2 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | 0 | 2 | 43.9 | 58 |
| 6 | Zane Smith | 30 | 9 | 0 | 64.3 | 67.9 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 41 | 4 | 3 | 73.4 | 71.4 |
| 8 | Riley Herbst | 28 | 0 | 4 | 57.8 | 63 |
| 9 | Josh Berry | 14 | 0 | 2 | 40.9 | 54.5 |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 27 | 40 | 2 | 61.9 | 63.5 |
| 11 | Noah Gragson | 25 | 0 | 7 | 49.2 | 57 |
| 12 | William Byron | 39 | 0 | 6 | 60.7 | 62.5 |
| 13 | Daniel Suárez | 15 | 0 | 9 | 36.1 | 49 |
| 14 | Ty Dillon | 34 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 57.3 |
| 15 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 19 | 4 | 20.6 | 40.9 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 7 | 2 | 21.7 | 41.7 |
| 17 | Cody Ware | 33 | 2 | 3 | 43.9 | 52.2 |
| 18 | Carson Hocevar | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15.1 | 37.1 |
| 19 | AJ Allmendinger | 35 | 1 | 12 | 45.7 | 50.1 |
| 20 | Ross Chastain | 37 | 12 | 5 | 45.3 | 50.7 |
| 21 | Erik Jones | 24 | 0 | 7 | 27.2 | 41.5 |
| 22 | Michael McDowell | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12.8 | 34 |
| 23 | Ty Gibbs | 20 | 0 | 7 | 19.2 | 36.5 |
| 24 | Cole Custer | 23 | 0 | 4 | 18.8 | 36.5 |
| 25 | Ryan Preece | 19 | 0 | 7 | 14.2 | 33 |
| 26 | John H. NemechekWrecked | 11 | 19 | 2 | 6.7 | 29.3 |
| 27 | Ryan BlaneyWrecked | 5 | 2 | 2 | -5.6 | 23.1 |
| 28 | Corey Heim | 29 | 8 | 4 | 18.8 | 34.2 |
| 29 | Jimmie JohnsonWrecked | 31 | 0 | 2 | 15.9 | 32.9 |
| 30 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 13 | 3 | 4 | -2.4 | 22.7 |
| 31 | Denny Hamlin | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2.7 | 25.6 |
| 32 | Casey Mears | 17 | 0 | 3 | -4.6 | 21 |
| 33 | Connor Zilisch | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| 34 | Austin Cindric | 36 | 5 | 1 | 10.7 | 27.8 |
| 35 | Christopher BellWrecked | 12 | 9 | 3 | -13.4 | 14.5 |
| 36 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 23 | 10 | -18.7 | 9.1 |
| 37 | Austin DillonWrecked | 7 | 0 | 1 | -25.5 | 2.7 |
| 38 | Justin AllgaierWrecked | 40 | 3 | 2 | 6.7 | 16.6 |
| 39 | Todd GillilandWrecked | 18 | 1 | 1 | -18.3 | 3.9 |
| 40 | Alex BowmanWrecked | 21 | 0 | 3 | -16.6 | 3.8 |
| 41 | BJ McLeodWrecked | 38 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1.1 |
Wrecked and DNF tags come from the official finishing status - those drivers fell well below their projection through attrition, not a model miss.
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