The 2010 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola, the 52nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 3, 2010, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the 18th race – and official halfway point – of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

15 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota with his 2001 Daytona 500 winning throwback, but however he did not enter the race.

Several preventive repairs were made between practice and qualifying sessions, but there were no delays at any time through the weekend because of potholes.

[2] During the first practice session, Kyle Busch and David Ragan collided to bring out the caution flag[6] as Joey Logano was quickest.

[7] Clint Bowyer was in the second position, ahead of Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth, while Tony Stewart was scored fifth.

[8][9] There was another caution later in the session, involving Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Stewart, and Reed Sorenson.

[12] Kyle Busch was third, as his teammate Hamlin was supposed to start in fourth, but had to go to the rear of the grid because of switching to a back-up car.

[12] Kurt Busch, Kenseth, Jeff Burton, Stewart, Biffle, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded off the top ten.

Bobby Labonte ended pre-race ceremonies, giving the command from his Coke Zero-sponsored Phoenix Racing Chevrolet.

Johnson's vacated 2nd position was filled by Kyle Busch as Jeff Burton moved into the 8th spot.

One lap later, Busch claimed the lead, as the competition caution decided by NASCAR officials, was displayed.

While under caution, Max Papis and Dave Blaney exited the track to go to their garage stalls due to vibration and transmission problems.

As Montoya made a pit stop, debris from Yeley's race car brought out a caution on the next lap.

Four laps later, Montoya and Ky. Busch collided with each other, causing the 18 car to turn sideways and crash into the wall, which brought out the 4th caution.

On lap 136, the sixth caution came out when Robert Richardson Jr. and David Stremme run into each other and turned sideways.

Busch led the drivers to green, but Martin and Matt Kenseth both crashed into the wall, bringing out the seventh caution.

Two laps later, the race was red flagged for a large wreck involving 21 cars in turn 3, the largest crash since 2005.

Busch hit into Burton and ran him into Sam Hornish Jr. while behind them, Montoya turned Brad Keselowski into Reed Sorenson and Johnson.

The drivers involved included Burton, Ryan Newman, Bobby Labonte; Hornish Jr., Robby Gordon, Scott Speed, Greg Biffle, Paul Menard, Ku.

Busch, Montoya, Keselowski, Regan Smith, Sorenson, Johnson, Joey Logano, Martin, Marcos Ambrose, and Stewart.

On the last lap, Harvick passed Bowyer and crossed the finish line first to win his 2nd race in the 2010 season.

"[16] Harvick expressed his enjoyment of winning the race, but he also stated: Daytona has been one of those magical places for us since we started coming here, I don't really care about the trophy.

[17]"I got behind Harvick and I thought that would be the spot, I was watching Jeff (Gordon) because I knew he would be coming and would be quick.

[17] The race result left Kevin Harvick leading the Driver's Championship with 2,684 points.