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Loop Data Box Score : Darlington Raceway

Cook Out Southern 500

Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC

Sunday, August 31st, 2025 Race 27 of 36 2025 Season
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  • Darlington Raceway
  • Cook Out Southern 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 44
  • Team : No 11 - Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Cook Out Southern 500 with a lap of 28694 seconds, 171381 mph
  • This is his 46th pole in 712 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his second pole and 12th top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his second pole in 27 races at Darlington Raceway
  • Chase Briscoe (second) posted his 16th top-10 start of 2025 and his third in ten races at Darlington Raceway
  • Josh Berry (third) posted his first top-10 start at Darlington Raceway It is his ninth in 27 races this season
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (20th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 0.408 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 51 Minutes 7 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 130.148
  • Cautions: 7 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 24
  • Green Flag Passes: 4,081 (12.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • Cook Out Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Chase Briscoe won the Cook Out Southern 500, his fourth victory in 171 Cup Series races
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his second victory and third top-10 finish in ten races at Darlington Raceway
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 13 races at Darlington Raceway It is his 10th top-10 finish in 2025
  • Erik Jones (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 16 races at Darlington Raceway
  • Riley Herbst (28th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Chase Briscoe leads the point standings by 3 points over Denny Hamlin
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Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Chase Briscoe 2 1 1 1 1 33 1.8 1 88 85 3 46 52.27 67 98.9 309 84.2 367 150.00 60
Tyler Reddick 4 3 2 2 1 31 4.6 2 110 109 1 52 47.27 17 95.6 3 0.8 367 120.20 53
Erik Jones 19 2 3 3 2 27 8.5 16 104 92 12 48 46.15 9 81.7 0 0.0 367 109.50 42
John Hunter Nemechek 30 7 4 4 1 32 8.6 26 125 105 20 61 48.80 13 85.0 15 4.1 367 107.00 38
AJ Allmendinger 22 6 5 5 2 28 11.3 17 117 111 6 31 26.50 1 61.3 0 0.0 367 98.70 38
Bubba Wallace 8 12 6 6 1 22 6.2 2 82 76 6 59 71.95 18 98.1 10 2.7 367 111.30 41
Denny Hamlin 1 24 9 7 1 28 9.4 -6 111 108 3 60 54.05 14 82.6 12 3.3 367 100.70 38
Kyle Busch 23 13 10 8 2 37 15.5 15 142 113 29 49 34.51 2 61.6 0 0.0 367 86.40 29
Carson Hocevar 26 22 8 9 2 26 15.2 17 140 134 6 51 36.43 6 54.0 0 0.0 367 82.80 28
Chris Buescher 15 11 13 10 5 36 16.9 5 119 103 16 29 24.37 1 54.2 0 0.0 367 78.70 27
Ross Chastain 6 4 7 11 1 23 5.6 -5 99 105 -6 59 59.60 3 96.5 3 0.8 367 107.50 38
Austin Cindric 10 17 14 12 3 28 13.1 -2 128 127 1 50 39.06 1 67.6 0 0.0 367 87.90 28
Zane Smith 24 27 17 13 10 36 25.2 11 118 117 1 5 4.24 0 9.8 0 0.0 367 64.00 24
Noah Gragson 34 18 15 14 4 34 20.1 20 128 113 15 14 10.94 2 16.1 0 0.0 367 65.40 23
Brad Keselowski 32 35 21 15 7 37 28.0 17 97 94 3 3 3.09 11 2.5 0 0.0 367 58.90 22
Ryan Preece 27 9 11 16 3 33 16.6 11 106 101 5 33 31.13 1 54.2 0 0.0 367 75.70 23
Chase Elliott 21 10 19 17 1 32 17.7 4 140 140 0 27 19.29 5 27.3 8 2.2 367 66.40 20
Ryan Blaney 12 19 22 18 2 34 17.1 -6 126 93 33 32 25.40 3 43.3 0 0.0 367 71.20 20
Kyle Larson 5 5 12 19 1 25 8.6 -14 99 113 -14 47 47.47 6 89.7 2 0.5 367 90.30 30
Joey Logano 14 14 18 20 4 32 16.5 -6 117 132 -15 26 22.22 0 45.5 0 0.0 367 64.80 17
William Byron 11 21 16 21 8 30 14.5 -10 124 123 1 39 31.45 1 69.2 0 0.0 367 76.20 17
Ty Gibbs 16 8 20 22 3 32 15.0 -6 109 117 -8 47 43.12 3 55.9 0 0.0 367 71.80 15
Austin Dillon 9 23 24 23 7 34 19.3 -14 113 136 -23 22 19.47 0 29.7 0 0.0 367 60.30 14
Cole Custer 18 25 23 24 2 31 21.4 -6 141 150 -9 23 16.31 7 7.4 0 0.0 367 52.40 13
Daniel Suarez 17 30 25 25 4 36 28.4 -8 144 139 5 17 11.81 3 7.1 0 0.0 366 41.20 12
Todd Gilliland 28 28 28 26 3 35 27.2 2 150 137 13 18 12.00 5 4.1 0 0.0 366 45.80 11
Justin Haley 13 16 29 27 2 32 20.0 -14 122 139 -17 23 18.85 0 22.9 0 0.0 366 55.50 10
Riley Herbst 33 29 30 28 11 35 28.6 5 96 99 -3 2 2.08 3 0.5 0 0.0 366 43.00 9
Christopher Bell 7 15 27 29 1 33 16.9 -22 94 112 -18 38 40.43 18 52.6 2 0.6 365 72.60 12
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 35 31 26 30 5 36 29.9 5 118 111 7 6 5.08 13 1.6 0 0.0 365 37.90 7
Alex Bowman 29 33 31 31 22 37 30.8 -2 95 96 -1 0 0.00 21 0.0 0 0.0 365 38.60 6
Shane van Gisbergen 20 20 33 32 1 33 23.7 -12 143 159 -16 30 20.98 18 12.5 3 0.8 365 45.40 5
Michael McDowell 25 26 32 33 2 34 23.4 -8 129 147 -18 19 14.73 23 9.8 0 0.0 365 51.10 4
Ty Dillon 31 34 34 34 24 37 33.2 -3 49 58 -9 0 0.00 21 0.0 0 0.0 365 35.10 3
Timmy Hill 38 37 35 35 15 38 35.7 3 38 38 0 1 2.63 0 0.0 0 0.0 354 25.80 0
Derek Kraus 37 36 36 36 13 37 35.0 1 44 47 -3 5 11.36 2 1.1 0 0.0 282 27.00 1
Cody Ware 36 32 37 37 13 37 33.7 -1 75 77 -2 5 6.67 0 0.3 0 0.0 249 28.20 1
Josh Berry 3 38 38 38 3 38 38.0 -35 1 1 0 1 100.00 3 0.0 0 0.0 239 27.40 2