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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  • 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 #24 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet ZL1 drives during night practice
LeMans, France - June 4, 2023 : The #24 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet ZL1 driven by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller drives during night practice for the 100th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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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