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2025 Southern 500 practice 1 results Select a practice session: 1Summary Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 27 of 36 Sunday, August 31, 2025 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 3:51:07 Average speed: 130.148 mph Pole speed: 171.381 mph Cautions: 7 for 37 laps Margin of victory: .408 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 24 Green flag passes: 4,081 (12.4 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2025 NASCAR Cup Series results   /   2025 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Practice 1 results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Car Time Diff Speed # Laps Best Lap 1 Michael McDowell 71 Chevrolet 29.007     169.531   30 1 2 Justin Haley 7 Chevrolet 29.123   0.116   168.856   36 2 3 Ty Gibbs 54 Toyota 29.124   0.117   168.850   41 3 4 Carson Hocevar 77 Chevrolet 29.203   0.196   168.394   46 2 5 Noah Gragson 4 Ford 29.248   0.241   168.135   41 2 6 Todd Gilliland 34 Ford 29.271   0.264   168.002   34 2 7 A.J. Allmendinger 16 Chevrolet 29.332   0.325   167.653   34 3 8 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 29.404   0.397   167.243   30 2 9 Kyle Busch 8 Chevrolet 29.411   0.404   167.203   35 3 10 John H. Nemechek 42 Toyota 29.464   0.457   166.902   32 2 11 Ty Dillon 10 Chevrolet 29.499   0.492   166.704   37 2 12 Riley Herbst 35 Toyota 29.523   0.516   166.568   35 3 13 Ross Chastain 1 Chevrolet 29.565   0.558   166.332   35 2 14 Erik Jones 43 Toyota 29.621   0.614   166.017   26 1 15 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet 29.642   0.635   165.900   38 2 16 William Byron 24 Chevrolet 29.655   0.648   165.827   42 3 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 47 Chevrolet 29.658   0.651   165.810   29 2 18 Chase Briscoe 19 Toyota 29.671   0.664   165.738   40 2 19 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota 29.729   0.722   165.414   45 2 20 Zane Smith 38 Ford 29.740   0.733   165.353   36 2 21 Austin Cindric 2 Ford 29.759   0.752   165.247   37 2 22 Tyler Reddick 45 Toyota 29.794   0.787   165.053   44 2 23 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet 29.847   0.840   164.760   34 4 24 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet 29.855   0.848   164.716   36 1 25 Cody Ware 51 Ford 29.863   0.856   164.672   34 2 26 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota 29.885   0.878   164.551   43 1 27 Joey Logano 22 Ford 29.906   0.899   164.435   40 3 28 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford 29.909   0.902   164.419   44 3 29 Chris Buescher 17 Ford 29.963   0.956   164.122   37 2 30 Ryan Preece 60 Ford 29.968   0.961   164.095   29 1 31 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet 29.990   0.983   163.975   34 2 32 Shane Van Gisbergen 88 Chevrolet 30.015   1.008   163.838   40 2 33 Josh Berry 21 Ford 30.018   1.011   163.822   40 2 34 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet 30.022   1.015   163.800   46 4 35 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford 30.096   1.089   163.397   30 2 36 Cole Custer 41 Ford 30.139   1.132   163.164   33 2 37 Derek Kraus 44 Chevrolet 30.768   1.761   159.828   29 2 38 Timmy Hill 66 Ford 31.640   2.633   155.424   18 8