Two Team Danger Zone entries battle for the Championship! Zach Michael's #20 Coca-Cola Mustang's campaign started a little rough, finishing 18th in the Daytona 500 followed by a four-race stretch without a lap led. Two 32nd-place finishes were followed by a 6th and a 3rd at Rockingham and Atlanta, only to blow up from the pole at Texas after dominating the first-half of the event. A 6th-place finish followed by a victory at Martinsville entered their April short-track stretch 9th in the standings, with three of his four teammates well within contention. Three seventh-place efforts at Darlington, Kansas and Pocono were followed by a demonic stretch of bad luck, dropping to 14th in points as he and rookie Molemar Diggs dropped to the veterans of Scott Jackson and Dave Miller. Unlike the rookie, Michael battled back with three-straight top-5's at Chicagoland, New Hampshire and Pocono. Their magnum-opus of the year might be their 4th-place run at Richmond, solidifying themselves into the Chase with teammate Zakk Miller. A crash in the Southern 500 left the team 184 points behind Foley. They would not be denied! Seven top-16 efforts in the next eight events; leading all but one with a victory at Charlotte to boot! Zach Michael comes in 75 points behind Johnny Reed Foley, needing the #3 to finish 18th or worse to have a shot at their first Championship title!

Zach Michael Statistics (2024)
Wins: 2 (T-5th)
Top-5's: 9 (T-5th)
Top-10's: 16 (T-3rd)
Laps Led: 610 (5th)
Avg. Fin.: 17.1 (5th)
Poles: 1 (T-10th)
DNF %: 11% (T-5th)
Laps Run: 9,731 (3rd)
Points Behind Foley: -75 (3rd)