NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 At Martinsville Race Results

Martinsville, V.A. -- Denny Hamlin was dominant in Sunday's Cook Out 400, but it was Chase Elliott, who took home the patented Martinsville Speedway grandfather clock. Elliott used a pit strategy devised by his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, parlayed with a perfectly-timed caution late in the race to put himself in position.
When the chips were on the table, Elliott cashed it in for his first win of the season.
Hamlin would hold on to finish second, and would clock in 0.565 seconds behind Elliott at the finish line. Joey Logano came home in third, followed by Ty Gibbs, and William Byron.
Cook Out 400 Race Results
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 400 | -- |
2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (S1) (S2) (X) | 400 | 0.565 |
3 | 22 | Joey Logano | 400 | 2.073 |
4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 400 | 3.163 |
5 | 24 | William Byron | 400 | 3.704 |
6 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 400 | 4.230 |
7 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 400 | 7.237 |
8 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 400 | 9.049 |
9 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 400 | 9.056 |
10 | 21 | Josh Berry | 400 | 10.174 |
11 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | 400 | 12.280 |
12 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 400 | 12.537 |
13 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 400 | 12.722 |
14 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 400 | 16.446 |
15 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 400 | 18.206 |
16 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 400 | 20.339 |
17 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 400 | 20.866 |
18 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 400 | 21.117 |
19 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 399 | 1 lap |
20 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 399 | 1 lap |
21 | 43 | Erik Jones | 399 | 1 lap |
22 | 48 | Justin Allgaier (i) | 398 | 2 laps |
23 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 398 | 2 laps |
24 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 398 | 2 laps |
25 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 398 | 2 laps |
26 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 397 | 3 laps |
27 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 397 | 3 laps |
28 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 397 | 3 laps |
29 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 397 | 3 laps |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 397 | 3 laps |
31 | 41 | Cole Custer | 396 | 4 laps |
32 | 51 | Cody Ware | 394 | 6 laps |
33 | 33* | Austin Hill (i) | 394 | 6 laps |
34 | 38 | Zane Smith | 371 | 29 laps |
35 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 323 | OUT |
36 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 322 | OUT |
37 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 298 | OUT |
(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
* "Open" entry
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) Driver ineligible to score series points
Time of Race: 2 hours, 47 minutes, 18 seconds
Average Speed: 75.457 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.565 seconds
Cautions: 5 for 54 laps
Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers

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