Ryan Blaney closed NASCAR’s regular season with a flurry, winning at Daytona International Speedway and moving into fourth in the Cup Series standings heading into the playoffs.

In a finish that puts even some of the greatest last laps ever at Daytona to shame, Ryan Blaney won the Coke Zero Sugar 400 in incredible fashion, surging ahead on the last lap to beat Daniel Suarez,

It happens every fall -- in NASCAR’s Next Gen era, at least. As reliably as jack-o’-lanterns populate the front porches of America with Halloween approaching, the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs take a turn toward a certain Ford team when the end of summer nears.