Race Results: NASCAR Cup Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington

Chase Briscoe took the win in Sunday night's NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. While the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota dominated the race by leading 309 of 367 laps, it took holding off a fierce charge from Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones in the closing laps to pull off the win.
Briscoe would hold off Reddick by 0.408 seconds, and as a result, he took his second consecutive win in the Southern 500 at Darlington. With the win, Briscoe will move into the Round of 12 of the Playoffs.
It was a mixed night for Playoff contenders, but no Playoff driver had a worse outing than Josh Berry, who finished 38th. Berry came into the race with high hopes, but they were dashed as he crashed on the opening lap of the race.
Here are the complete race results for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Race 27 of 36.
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) (S1) (S2) | 367 | -- |
2 | 45* | Tyler Reddick (P) | 367 | 0.408 |
3 | 43 | Erik Jones | 367 | 0.537 |
4 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 367 | 1.250 |
5 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 367 | 6.158 |
6 | 23* | Bubba Wallace (P) | 367 | 6.712 |
7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 367 | 12.013 |
8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 367 | 12.140 |
9 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 367 | 15.230 |
10 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 367 | 15.381 |
11 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 367 | 15.791 |
12 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | 367 | 17.158 |
13 | 38* | Zane Smith | 367 | 17.866 |
14 | 4* | Noah Gragson | 367 | 19.705 |
15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 367 | 23.077 |
16 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 367 | 24.184 |
17 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 367 | 24.395 |
18 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 367 | 25.407 |
19 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 367 | 26.858 |
20 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 367 | 27.533 |
21 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 367 | 28.003 |
22 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 367 | 28.583 |
23 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | 367 | 29.462 |
24 | 41 | Cole Custer | 367 | 30.388 |
25 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 366 | 1 lap |
26 | 34* | Todd Gilliland | 366 | 1 lap |
27 | 7 | Justin Haley | 366 | 1 lap |
28 | 35* | Riley Herbst # | 366 | 1 lap |
29 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 365 | 2 laps |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 365 | 2 laps |
31 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | 365 | 2 laps |
32 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # (P) | 365 | 2 laps |
33 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 365 | 2 laps |
34 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 365 | 2 laps |
35 | 66* | Timmy Hill (i) | 354 | 13 laps |
36 | 44* | Derek Kraus | 282 | Out |
37 | 51 | Cody Ware | 249 | Out |
38 | 21 | Josh Berry (P) (X) | 239 | 128 laps |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(P) indicates Playoff drivers
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
(S1) indicates Stage 1 winner
(S2) indicates Stage 2 winner
(X) indicates Xfinity Fastest Lap
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Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.
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