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Check out the Fanduel DFS driver scoring results for the 2022 Cook Out Southern 500, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Darlington Raceway race.

Cook Out Southern 500

Sunday, September 4th, 2022

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 15 Chevrolet

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Joey Logano
  • Age: 32
  • Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
  • Joey Logano won the Pole Award for the 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500 with a lap of 29.181 seconds, 168.521 mph.
  • This is his 24th pole in 498 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his second pole and 14th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in 18 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Christopher Bell (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • William Byron (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 11th in 27 races this season.
  • Austin Cindric (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, September 4th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Erik Jones holds off Denny Hamlin in action-filled Southern 500

In a race that had more twists and turns than a Victorian melodrama, Erik Jones put the vaunted No. 43 Chevrolet back in Victory Lane for the first time since 2014.

In a remarkable run to the finish in the season's first NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race, Jones held off Denny Hamlin in a 20-lap run to the finish to win the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway for the second time.

The Sunday night race took its toll on more than a handful of Playoff drivers, as Jones became the first non-Playoff driver to win the first postseason event since NASCAR introduced the elimination format in 2014.

The victory was Jones' first of the season, the third of his career, and the first for Petty GMS Racing since that organization was former by merger before the 2022 campaign. The win was No. 200 for the 43 car number, which NASCAR Hall of Famer and car owner Richard Petty drove to seven series championships.

"Richard hasn't been to Victory Lane at Darlington probably since he last won here," said Jones, referencing Petty's 1967 victory in the Southern 500. "It's just awesome. Just so proud of these guys, Petty GMS and (sponsor) Focus Packer Crew.

"We've been so close all year, and I didn't think today was going to be the day. It was going to be a tough one to win, I knew, but no better fitting place. I love this track. I love this race. On that trophy twice, man. I was pumped to be on it once, but to have it on there twice - pretty cool."

The victory was the first in the Cup Series for crew chief Dave Elenz. Jones won his first Southern 500 in 2019, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing but was released after the 2020 season in favor of Christopher Bell. On Sunday night, Jones held off a former teammate in Hamlin, whoran out of time in his pursuit of Jones and finished in the runner-up spot, .252 seconds behind the race winner.

"Well, I mean, I never lost any belief in myself through any of it," Jones said. "I knew I could still do it, and I just knew we needed to grow the program to do it, and we have. We've brought on a lot of great people in the last year. Dave Elenz called a great race today. His first Cup win - that's pretty cool for him.

"I'm excited, man. We've been talking about this day a long time, and it is redemption in a lot of ways. Very fitting that it's here at this race again. I felt like this was the race that saved my job the first time around, and coming back here with this win, I guess it puts you back on the map."

Tyler Reddick ran third, followed by pole winner Joey Logano, who vaulted to the top of the Playoff standings, six points clear of second-place William Byron, who finished eighth on Sunday.

Jones got his chance at the front of the field when Kyle Busch, who had led a race-high 155 laps, suffered a blown engine as he prepared for the final restart. Busch had inherited the top spot when his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Martin Truex Jr., suffered a similar failure on Lap 333 of 367.

But those retirements barely scratched the surface of the drama that unfolded throughout the race. Disaster befell Chase Elliott and Kevin Harvick. Kyle Larson and his team accomplished an amazing salvage job.

And the Playoff picture remained just as uncertain as it had been entering the grueling 500-mile contest at the Lady in Black.

After a catastrophic Playoff opener, Elliott, the regular-season champion, is the series leader no more.

Elliott spun sideways in Turn 2 on Lap 113 - two laps short of the end of Stage 1 - cracked the back of his No. 9 Chevrolet and slid down the track into the path of Chase Briscoe, who couldn't avoid the collision.

Elliott nursed his car to pit road where his team tried in vain to repair the damage, but with the right rear toe link and upper and lower control arms broken, the task was hopeless. The 10-minute time allotment under NASCAR's damaged vehicle policy ran out, and Elliott retired from the race in last place (36th).

The 15-point advantage Elliott carried into the Playoffs was gone. Elliott scored the minimum one point for his efforts at Darlington and fell to ninth in the Playoff standings, 14 points ahead of 16th-place finisher Austin Cindric in 13th.

"I just hit the wall in (Turns) 1 and 2 and broke something in the right-rear," Elliott said succinctly. And how would he approach the next Playoff race at Kansas Speedway? "A lot better than we did today."

A solid run by 2014 series champion Harvick went up in flames on Lap 275. As he lost speed while running ninth, Harvick radioed to his crew, "My rocker panel's on fire."

Flames erupted on both sides of the car. Harvick parked the No. 4 Ford on the apron and scrambled from his smoke-filled cockpit. Harvick exited the race in 33rdplace and dopped to the bottom rung of the Playoff standings, 13 points below the current cut line.

Larson, the reigning series champion, brought his car to pit road on Lap 79, sensing his engine was about to expire. He lost three laps as his team worked under the hood of the No. 5 but returned to the track and the "gremlins" disappeared after a few laps.

Using wave-arounds and his status as beneficiary under caution to advantage, Larson regained the lead lap and finished 12th, averting a major hit in the standings.

Notes:

  • The last driver to win a race in the No. 43 was Aric Almirola, who took the car to Victory Lane on July 6, 2014 at Daytona.
  • Joey Logano led the first 37 laps from the pole and 64 overall, but an issue with the left front tire cost him valuable time during a green-flag pit stop on Lap 75, and he never regained the track position he lost.
  • Ross Chastain lost a lap when he returned to pit road for an unscheduled stop on Lap 160 to address a loose wheel. He finished 20th, one lap down.
  • Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe and Kevin Harvick are the four drivers below the current cut line with two races left in the Round of 16.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 0.252 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 4 Hours 9 Minutes 49 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 120.406
  • Cautions: 9 for 58 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,531 (8.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Erik Jones
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No. 43 - FOCUSfactor Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Petty
  • Crew Chief: David Elenz
  • Erik Jones won the 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500, his third victory in 210 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in ten races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 21 races at Darlington Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Tyler Reddick (third) posted his third top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Austin Cindric (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Joey Logano leads the point standings by 6 points over William Byron.
Martin Truex Jr, William Byron and Christopher Bell race
Darlington, South Carolina - September 4, 2022 : Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, William Byron, driver of the #24 Valvoline Chevrolet, and Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 Yahoo! Toyota, race during the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway Fanduel results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS LAPS POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS LAPS LAP PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
1 8,000 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports 43 Chevrolet 107.50 15 1 43 14.0 367 36.70 23 6.3 2.30 96.00
3 13,500 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Toyota 117.60 11 2 40 9.0 367 36.70 6 1.6 0.60 86.30
8 12,000 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevrolet 99.90 4 3 38 1.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 75.70
7 11,500 Joey Logano Team Penske 22 Ford 108.70 1 4 37 -3.0 367 36.70 64 17.4 6.40 77.10
11 10,000 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 109.30 2 5 36 -3.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 69.70
8 7,000 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports 34 Ford 88.30 10 6 35 4.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 75.70
2 6,000 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing 6 Ford 77.00 25 7 34 18.0 367 36.70 11 3.0 1.10 89.80
11 9,000 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 24 Chevrolet 113.30 3 8 33 -5.0 367 36.70 50 13.6 5.00 69.70
14 6,800 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing 45 Toyota 86.70 8 9 32 -1.0 367 36.70 4 1.1 0.40 68.10
10 8,500 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports 48 Chevrolet 83.10 16 10 31 6.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 73.70
5 5,500 Aric Almirola Stewart Haas Racing 10 Ford 67.00 22 11 30 11.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 77.70
18 13,000 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 78.50 7 12 29 -5.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 60.70
18 9,500 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 12 Ford 89.10 9 13 28 -4.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 60.70
4 5,000 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 41 Ford 73.80 30 14 27 16.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 79.70
13 6,500 Ty Gibbs 23XI Racing 23 Toyota 62.80 21 15 26 6.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 68.70
27 7,800 Austin Cindric Team Penske 2 Ford 71.80 6 16 25 -10.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 51.70
20 7,200 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing 3 Chevrolet 55.70 13 17 24 -4.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 56.70
5 8,200 Daniel Suarez Trackhouse Racing 99 Chevrolet 72.10 36 18 23 18.0 367 36.70 0 0.0 0.00 77.70
23 5,200 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 31 Chevrolet 56.50 14 19 22 -5.0 366 36.60 0 0.0 0.00 53.60
28 11,000 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing 1 Chevrolet 88.80 12 20 21 -8.0 366 36.60 1 0.3 0.10 49.70
16 4,500 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford 48.20 28 21 20 7.0 366 36.60 0 0.0 0.00 63.60
17 3,000 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 46.20 29 22 19 7.0 366 36.60 0 0.0 0.00 62.60
21 3,500 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 40.80 24 23 18 1.0 365 36.50 0 0.0 0.00 55.50
15 3,000 Corey Lajoie Spire Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 55.20 34 24 17 10.0 365 36.50 4 1.1 0.40 63.90
23 2,500 Landon Cassill Spire Motorsports 77 Chevrolet 39.00 26 25 16 1.0 365 36.50 1 0.3 0.10 53.60
25 6,200 Chris Buescher RFK Racing 17 Ford 38.60 27 26 15 1.0 365 36.50 0 0.0 0.00 52.50
29 7,500 Chase Briscoe Stewart Haas Racing 14 Ford 38.80 19 27 14 -8.0 363 36.30 0 0.0 0.00 42.30
26 4,000 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports 38 Ford 43.60 31 28 13 3.0 363 36.30 0 0.0 0.00 52.30
22 2,000 BJ McLeod Live Fast Motorsports 78 Ford 28.80 35 29 12 6.0 361 36.10 0 0.0 0.00 54.10
31 12,500 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 114.80 5 30 11 -25.0 345 34.50 155 44.9 15.50 36.00
32 10,500 Martin Truex Jr Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 98.80 17 31 10 -14.0 336 33.60 48 14.3 4.80 34.40
30 2,500 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing 51 Ford 29.20 32 32 9 0.0 331 33.10 0 0.0 0.00 42.10
34 8,800 Kevin Harvick Stewart Haas Racing 4 Ford 57.80 18 33 8 -15.0 274 27.40 0 0.0 0.00 20.40
33 2,000 JJ Yeley Rick Ware Racing 15 Ford 28.30 33 34 7 -1.0 236 23.60 0 0.0 0.00 29.60
35 5,800 Ricky Stenhouse Jr JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Chevrolet 36.90 20 35 6 -15.0 164 16.40 0 0.0 0.00 7.40
36 14,000 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 41.00 23 36 5 -13.0 113 11.30 0 0.0 0.00 3.30