Cup - 2025 - Cook Out Southern 500

Date: 2025-08-31 | Track: Darlington Raceway

Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Chase Briscoe (#19) Chase Briscoe (P) (#19) Chase Briscoe (P) (#19)
Finish P1 P1 P1
TLS points 14453 14453 14453
ARP 1.73 1.73 1.73
Laps led 309 309 309

This race lined up on all three measures: Chase Briscoe (#19) won the race, led TLS points (14,453), and posted the best average running position (1.73).

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 1 Chase Briscoe (P) 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 2 309 1.73 14453
2 2 * Tyler Reddick (P) 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 4 3 4.54 13416
3 6 Erik Jones 43 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 19 0 8.57 11933
4 7 John Hunter Nemechek 42 Toyota Legacy Motor Club 30 15 8.64 11908
5 9 AJ Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 22 0 11.35 10910
6 4 * Bubba Wallace (P) 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 8 10 6.19 12810
7 8 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 12 9.38 11638
8 14 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 23 0 15.58 9356
9 13 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 26 0 15.31 9453
10 17 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 15 0 16.88 8875
11 3 Ross Chastain (P) 1 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 6 3 5.51 13059
12 10 Austin Cindric (P) 2 Ford Team Penske 10 0 13.02 10297
13 27 * Zane Smith 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 24 0 25.20 5815
14 23 * Noah Gragson 4 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 0 20.15 7674
15 29 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 32 0 28.05 4766
16 16 Ryan Preece 60 Ford RFK Racing 27 0 16.65 8961
17 20 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 21 8 17.68 8582
18 19 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 Ford Team Penske 12 0 17.04 8816
19 5 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 5 2 8.51 11956
20 15 Joey Logano (P) 22 Ford Team Penske 14 0 16.44 9038
21 11 William Byron (P) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 11 0 14.44 9774
22 12 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 16 0 15.02 9559
23 21 Austin Dillon (P) 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 9 0 19.24 8008
24 24 Cole Custer 41 Ford Haas Factory Team 18 0 21.47 7186
25 30 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 17 0 28.41 4619
26 28 * Todd Gilliland 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 28 0 27.21 5062
27 22 Justin Haley 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 13 0 20.01 7702
28 31 * Riley Herbst # 35 Toyota 23XI Racing 33 0 28.64 4535
29 18 Christopher Bell (P) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 7 2 16.83 8847
30 32 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet HYAK Motorsports 35 0 29.85 4081
31 33 Alex Bowman (P) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 29 0 30.75 3752
32 26 Shane Van Gisbergen # (P) 88 Chevrolet Trackhouse Racing 20 3 23.65 6350
33 25 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 25 0 23.38 6448
34 34 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 31 0 33.19 2859
35 38 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 Ford Garage 66 38 0 0.00 0
36 36 * Derek Kraus 44 Chevrolet NY Racing Team 37 0 34.64 1801
37 35 Cody Ware 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 36 0 32.25 2188
38 37 Josh Berry (P) 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 3 0 37.85 755

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 William Byron (P) 24 197455 10.59 915 9774
2 * Tyler Reddick (P) 45 189843 12.21 156 13416
3 Kyle Larson (P) 5 181146 14.23 887 11956
4 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 180941 13.77 567 11638
5 Christopher Bell (P) 20 179472 12.70 227 8847
6 Chase Elliott (P) 9 178238 13.56 393 8582
7 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 176335 12.09 496 8816
8 Chase Briscoe (P) 19 171193 13.72 628 14453
9 Joey Logano (P) 22 166913 13.64 385 9038
10 Austin Cindric (P) 2 164223 13.83 313 10297
11 * Bubba Wallace (P) 23 163895 14.31 270 12810
12 Ryan Preece 60 159055 15.50 132 8961
13 Ty Gibbs 54 157822 16.23 98 9559
14 Ross Chastain (P) 1 156263 15.50 72 13059
15 Chris Buescher 17 154477 14.90 38 8875
16 Alex Bowman (P) 48 150591 15.40 160 3752
17 Carson Hocevar 77 147522 15.79 90 9453
18 Kyle Busch 8 142881 17.57 62 9356
19 Austin Dillon (P) 3 137635 18.98 119 8008
20 Josh Berry (P) 21 137569 17.68 169 755
21 Brad Keselowski 6 137436 16.89 156 4766
22 AJ Allmendinger 16 136701 17.84 4 10910
23 Erik Jones 43 134988 19.25 11 11933
24 Michael McDowell 71 130742 19.61 86 6448
25 Zane Smith 38 128987 20.39 15 5815
26 Justin Haley 7 120932 21.11 20 7702
27 John Hunter Nemechek 42 119748 21.30 25 11908
28 Daniel Suarez 99 117198 20.20 27 4619
29 Todd Gilliland 34 105345 22.74 11 5062
30 Noah Gragson 4 104985 22.81 5 7674
31 Ty Dillon 10 101381 24.72 17 2859
32 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 97061 24.08 3 4081
33 Shane Van Gisbergen # (P) 88 92894 21.88 255 6350
34 Cole Custer 41 89250 25.14 9 7186
35 Riley Herbst # 35 76027 26.08 1 4535
36 Cody Ware 51 49332 30.73 25 2188
37 * Corey LaJoie(i) 01 11435 25.22 10 0
38 * Katherine Legge 78 6902 29.64 0 0
39 * Jimmie Johnson 84 3982 29.46 0 0
40 * Derek Kraus 44 3549 35.52 0 1801
41 * JJ Yeley(i) 44 3433 34.01 2 0
42 * Casey Mears 66 2655 33.49 0 0
43 * Chad Finchum 66 1421 36.55 0 0
44 * Martin Truex Jr. 56 961 28.65 0 0
45 * Helio Castroneves 91 871 29.73 0 0
46 * Burt Myers 50 709 37.18 0 0
47 * BJ McLeod(i) 78 599 31.68 1 0
48 * Will Brown 13 68 18.33 0 0