Race Results : Martinsville Speedway

Cook Out 400

Martinsville Speedway , Ridgeway, VA

Sunday, March 29th, 2026 Race 7 of 36 2026 Season
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  • Cook Out 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 45
  • Team : No 11 - Bob's Discount Furniture Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the Cook Out 400 with a lap of 19275 seconds, 98241 mph
  • This is his 49th pole in 728 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2026
  • This is his fifth pole in 41 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • William Byron (second) posted his fourth top-10 start of 2026 and his seventh in 17 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Josh Berry (third) posted his second top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway It is his third in seven races this season
  • Connor Zilisch (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 0.565 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 47 Minutes 18 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 75.457
  • Cautions: 5 for 54 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,698 (4.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Cook Out 400
  • Race Winner: Chase Elliott
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 9 - UniFirst Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
  • Chase Elliott won the Cook Out 400, his 22nd victory in 365 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2026
  • This is his second victory and 15th top-10 finish in 22 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 28th top-10 finish in 41 races at Martinsville Speedway It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2026
  • Joey Logano (third) posted his 23rd top-10 finish in 35 races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Connor Zilisch (26th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 82 points over Ryan Blaney
The #24 NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet ZL1 drives during night practice
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Practice 1
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Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 10 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 55 55 0 0 400 84 2 0 0 Running
2 1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 56 36 20 0 400 292 3 1 1 Running
3 9 22 Joey Logano Ford 46 34 12 0 400 0 0 7 3 Running
4 4 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 49 33 16 0 400 0 0 4 2 Running
5 2 24 William Byron Chevrolet 47 32 15 0 400 6 1 2 5 Running
6 12 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 41 31 10 0 400 2 1 8 4 Running
7 11 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 30 30 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 Running
8 6 2 Austin Cindric Ford 40 29 11 0 400 0 0 5 6 Running
9 13 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 30 28 2 0 400 0 0 0 9 Running
10 3 21 Josh Berry Ford 36 27 9 0 400 2 1 3 10 Running
11 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 34 26 8 0 400 0 0 6 8 Running
12 17 60 Ryan Preece Ford 26 25 1 0 400 0 0 10 0 Running
13 23 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 24 24 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 Running
14 27 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota 23 23 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 Running
15 8 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 28 22 6 0 400 0 0 9 7 Running
16 18 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 21 21 0 0 400 14 1 0 0 Running
17 7 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 Running
18 20 71 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 19 19 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 Running
19 16 17 Chris Buescher Ford 18 18 0 0 399 0 0 0 0 Running
20 22 7 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 399 0 0 0 0 Running
21 19 43 Erik Jones Toyota 16 16 0 0 399 0 0 0 0 Running
22 21 48 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 398 0 0 0 0 Running
23 29 34 Todd Gilliland Ford 14 14 0 0 398 0 0 0 0 Running
24 34 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 398 0 0 0 0 Running
25 30 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 398 0 0 0 0 Running
26 25 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 11 11 0 0 397 0 0 0 0 Running
27 28 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 10 10 0 0 397 0 0 0 0 Running
28 31 4 Noah Gragson Ford 9 9 0 0 397 0 0 0 0 Running
29 32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 8 8 0 0 397 0 0 0 0 Running
30 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 397 0 0 0 0 Running
31 24 41 Cole Custer Chevrolet 6 6 0 0 396 0 0 0 0 Running
32 35 51 Cody Ware Chevrolet 5 5 0 0 394 0 0 0 0 Running
33 37 33 Austin Hill Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 394 0 0 0 0 Running
34 14 38 Zane Smith Ford 3 3 0 0 371 0 0 0 0 Running
35 26 35 Riley Herbst Toyota 2 2 0 0 323 0 0 0 0 Accident
36 15 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 1 1 0 0 322 0 0 0 0 Accident
37 36 10 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 298 0 0 0 0 Brakes

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Speeding on pit road Tail End 88 95 Yellow
Kyle Busch Tire violation Tail End 88 95 Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 108 112 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Tire violation Pass Thru 288 293 Green
Zane Smith Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 324 0 Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 325 0 Yellow
Cody Ware Speeding on pit road Tail End 327 331 Yellow
Austin Hill Safety violation Tail End 327 331 Yellow