Loop Data Box Score : Darlington Raceway

Cook Out Southern 500

Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC

Sunday, September 6th, 2026 Race 27 of 36 2026 Season
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  • 17
  • 11
  • 10

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 01.038 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 4 Hours 3 Minutes 5 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 123.741
  • Cautions: 6 for 44 laps
  • Lead Changes: 29
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,926 (12.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • Cook Out Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Christopher Bell
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No 20 - Mobil 1 Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
  • Christopher Bell won the Cook Out Southern 500, his 14th victory in 243 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and 14th top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Darlington Raceway It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2026
  • Tyler Reddick (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway
  • Connor Zilisch (34th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Denny Hamlin leads the point standings by 12 points over Christopher Bell
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
Daytona Beach, Florida - January 29, 2023 : The NASCAR Garage 56 car is seen on display during the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway.
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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
Christopher Bell 11 4 1 1 1 32 4.9 10 106 83 23 68 64.15 26 97.6 46 12.5 367 126.70 73
Ty Gibbs 28 13 4 2 2 28 10.5 26 126 98 28 49 38.89 14 85.0 0 0.0 367 97.70 36
Tyler Reddick 1 2 5 3 1 23 3.6 -2 83 85 -2 49 59.04 27 99.2 74 20.2 367 126.60 46
Ryan Blaney 24 5 11 4 1 33 8.2 20 118 103 15 64 54.24 13 89.7 1 0.3 367 106.70 44
Kyle Larson 25 7 3 5 1 33 9.2 20 95 81 14 42 44.21 59 75.5 99 27.0 367 106.30 41
Chase Briscoe 7 3 2 6 1 25 6.6 1 141 118 23 65 46.10 15 89.9 30 8.2 367 111.70 43
Josh Berry 14 8 6 7 1 26 9.0 7 104 90 14 67 64.42 13 90.2 0 0.0 367 100.00 34
Bubba Wallace 17 1 8 8 1 22 6.0 9 94 94 0 55 58.51 13 99.2 38 10.4 367 110.50 44
Joey Logano 13 12 13 9 1 36 12.3 4 118 113 5 49 41.53 2 85.3 0 0.0 367 85.30 28
Ryan Preece 3 21 12 10 2 29 14.2 -7 83 80 3 16 19.28 2 53.7 0 0.0 367 83.30 31
Carson Hocevar 34 15 10 11 1 34 14.8 23 130 105 25 45 34.62 2 57.2 2 0.5 367 77.20 26
Alex Bowman 10 16 17 12 5 32 14.4 -2 102 111 -9 31 30.39 0 59.1 0 0.0 367 77.70 25
Austin Cindric 6 10 7 13 2 34 8.9 -7 100 121 -21 50 50.00 7 96.5 0 0.0 367 93.90 28
Chase Elliott 18 11 9 14 1 24 12.3 4 128 115 13 67 52.34 7 86.4 1 0.3 367 82.40 23
Erik Jones 36 17 16 15 5 36 17.1 21 117 109 8 39 33.33 0 36.8 0 0.0 367 69.50 22
Todd Gilliland 21 19 15 16 1 31 19.4 5 124 113 11 26 20.97 2 19.9 5 1.4 367 64.00 21
Michael McDowell 5 14 14 17 2 27 13.7 -12 89 103 -14 43 48.31 4 63.5 0 0.0 367 73.50 20
Denny Hamlin 4 6 23 18 1 30 10.1 -14 77 71 6 40 51.95 39 62.9 68 18.5 367 97.90 35
Corey Heim 22 30 20 19 8 37 27.5 3 105 117 -12 5 4.76 5 1.4 0 0.0 367 52.80 0
Chris Buescher 35 26 22 20 12 36 24.1 15 115 114 1 5 4.35 1 7.1 0 0.0 367 55.10 17
Daniel Suarez 2 24 19 21 1 31 20.2 -19 132 147 -15 25 18.94 3 14.2 2 0.5 367 65.20 16
AJ Allmendinger 30 22 18 22 8 34 23.5 8 114 100 14 4 3.51 7 0.5 0 0.0 367 55.20 15
Brad Keselowski 12 28 21 23 2 37 20.7 -11 77 85 -8 10 12.99 4 24.3 0 0.0 367 66.00 14
John Hunter Nemechek 19 29 24 24 6 33 24.4 -5 127 142 -15 12 9.45 0 4.1 0 0.0 367 55.00 13
Zane Smith 33 18 26 25 5 36 22.6 8 130 107 23 12 9.23 0 3.5 0 0.0 367 60.70 12
Shane van Gisbergen 26 34 31 26 1 37 32.4 0 110 111 -1 10 9.09 10 1.6 1 0.3 366 35.90 11
Ross Chastain 23 27 29 27 3 36 25.4 -4 161 177 -16 10 6.21 5 1.4 0 0.0 366 46.90 10
Austin Hill 32 23 27 28 5 34 25.0 4 123 127 -4 14 11.38 0 2.7 0 0.0 366 45.50 0
Austin Dillon 9 25 28 29 9 38 28.3 -20 78 97 -19 3 3.85 0 3.8 0 0.0 366 38.20 8
Riley Herbst 15 20 25 30 14 37 22.6 -15 107 119 -12 8 7.48 1 1.9 0 0.0 366 54.60 7
Ty Dillon 27 33 32 31 22 37 32.4 -4 93 95 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 366 33.20 6
Noah Gragson 29 31 30 32 11 37 31.5 -3 91 96 -5 5 5.49 0 0.5 0 0.0 366 37.30 5
Cole Custer 16 32 33 33 13 37 30.9 -17 114 141 -27 3 2.63 30 0.3 0 0.0 366 40.30 4
Connor Zilisch 31 35 34 34 14 38 33.5 -3 59 62 -3 0 0.00 0 0.3 0 0.0 365 32.50 3
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 8 36 36 35 2 37 33.6 -27 67 97 -30 6 8.96 0 6.5 0 0.0 363 35.20 2
Cody Ware 37 37 35 36 9 38 36.0 1 57 52 5 2 3.51 0 0.5 0 0.0 363 26.50 1
William Byron 20 9 37 37 4 35 13.5 -17 105 95 10 47 44.76 5 77.9 0 0.0 319 83.80 6
Chad Finchum 38 38 38 38 26 38 37.9 0 26 26 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 243 23.20 0