2024 Cook Out Southern 500

The 2024 Cook Out Southern 500, the 75th running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 1, 2024, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on the 1.366-mile (2.198-kilometre) speedway, it was the 26th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, last race of the regular season, and the final Crown Jewel of the year. Chase Briscoe won the race, his first win since the 2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500. Kyle Busch finished 2nd, and Christopher Bell finished 3rd. Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and Chris Buescher, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Corey LaJoie, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top ten.

This was Stewart–Haas Racing's final win in the Cup Series before shutting down after the season.

Report

Background

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Erik Jones was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.542 seconds and a speed of 166.461 mph (267.893 km/h).

Practice results

Qualifying

Bubba Wallace scored the pole for the race with a time 29.421 of and a speed of 167.146 mph (268.995 km/h).^[10] Rookie Carson Hocevar scored a personal and team best qualifying effort in 2nd.

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 115

Stage Two Laps: 115

Final Stage results

Stage Three Laps: 137

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 26 among 11 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 39
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds
• Average speed: 127.800 miles per hour (205.674 km/h)

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings after Playoffs reset

Manufacturers' Championship standings

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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4. ^ Taranto, Steven (October 4, 2023). "NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
5. ^ "Entry List". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
6. ^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
7. ^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
8. ^ "Cook Out Southern 500 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
9. ^ "Points standings". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
10. ^ DeGroot, Nick (August 31, 2024). "Southern 500: Bubba Wallace beats Hocevar to pole in dramatic session". Motorsport.com. Darlington, South Carolina: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 31, 2024.