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2026 Cook Out Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post NASCAR Cup Series race number 27 of 36 Sunday, September 6, 2026 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:03:05 Average speed: 123.741 mph Pole speed: no time trials Cautions: 6 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 1.038 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 29 Green flag passes: 3,926 (12.2 per green flag lap) (Source: NASCAR loop data) Glossary    2026 NASCAR Cup Series results   /   2026 standings Chase drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Status Led Pts 1 11 20   Christopher Bell Mobil 1   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 367 running 46 73 2 28 54   Ty Gibbs Monster Energy   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 367 running 0 36 3 1 45   Tyler Reddick Chumba Casino   (23XI Racing) Toyota 367 running 74 46 4 24 12   Ryan Blaney MenardsRichmond Water Heaters   (Roger Penske) Ford 367 running 1 44 5 25 5   Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 367 running 99 41 6 7 19   Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 367 running 30 43 7 14 21   Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane   (Wood Brothers) Ford 367 running 0 34 8 17 23   Bubba Wallace XFINITY   (23XI Racing) Toyota 367 running 38 44 9 13 22   Joey Logano Pennzoil Ultra Platinum   (Roger Penske) Ford 367 running 0 28 10 3 60   Ryan Preece Consumer Cellular   (Jack Roush) Ford 367 running 0 31 11 34 77   Carson Hocevar Spectrum   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 367 running 2 26 12 10 48   Alex Bowman Ally   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 367 running 0 25 13 6 2   Austin Cindric Discount Tire   (Roger Penske) Ford 367 running 0 28 14 18 9   Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 367 running 1 23 15 36 43   Erik Jones Dollar Tree   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 367 running 0 22 16 21 34   Todd Gilliland Ruedebusch Development & Construction, Inc.   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 367 running 5 21 17 5 71   Michael McDowell Delaware Life   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 367 running 0 20 18 4 11   Denny Hamlin SportClips Haircuts   (Joe Gibbs) Toyota 367 running 68 35 19 22 67   Corey Heim Fleetio   (23XI Racing) Toyota 367 running 0 0 20 35 17   Chris Buescher Kroger / Gold Peak   (Jack Roush) Ford 367 running 0 17 21 2 7   Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance   (Spire Motorsports) Chevrolet 367 running 2 16 22 30 16   A.J. Allmendinger Gerald’s Tires / BTS Rewards   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 367 running 0 15 23 12 6   Brad Keselowski BuildSubmarines.com   (Jack Roush) Ford 367 running 0 14 24 19 42   John H. Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety   (Legacy Motor Club) Toyota 367 running 0 13 25 33 38   Zane Smith Aaron's Dream Machine   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 367 running 0 12 26 26 97   Shane Van Gisbergen Red Bull   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 366 running 1 11 27 23 1   Ross Chastain Busch Light   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 366 running 0 10 28 32 33   Austin Hill Morgan & Morgan   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 366 running 0 0 29 9 3   Austin Dillon Boot Barn   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 366 running 0 8 30 15 35   Riley Herbst GOGO SQUEEZ   (23XI Racing) Toyota 366 running 0 7 31 27 10   Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches   (Matthew Kaulig) Chevrolet 366 running 0 6 32 29 4   Noah Gragson Southeastern Equipment and Supply / Tennant C   (Bob Jenkins) Ford 366 running 0 5 33 16 41   Cole Custer Sysco/Parker's Kitchen   (Gene Haas) Chevrolet 366 running 0 4 34 31 88   Connor Zilisch Roto-Rooter   (Trackhouse Racing) Chevrolet 365 running 0 3 35 8 47   Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ram Self Storage   (HYAK Motorsports) Chevrolet 363 running 0 2 36 37 51   Cody Ware ApexFX   (Rick Ware) Chevrolet 363 running 0 1 37 20 24   William Byron Valvoline Restore & Protect   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 319 engine 0 6 38 38 66   Chad Finchum AutoParts.com   (Carl Long) Ford 243 suspension 0 0 Top 10 in Stage 1: #45, 23, 11, 20, 12, 19, 60, 2, 24, 54 Top 10 in Stage 2: #20, 5, 11, 19, 23, 12, 21, 24, 45, 2

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 36 36     37 40 4   competition #66 41 107 67     108 113 6   #6,77 accident 4 / stage 1 conclusion #3 114 231 118     232 237 6   end of stage 2 #60 238 283 46     284 289 6   #1,38,71 accident frontstretch none 290 316 27     317 330 14   #24 spun turn 4 #7 331 335 5     336 343 8   rain #38 344 367 24       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 46.1 laps 'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Daniel Suarez 1 2 2   Denny Hamlin 3 28 26   Tyler Reddick 29 37 9   Shane Van Gisbergen 38 38 1   Tyler Reddick 39 44 6   Denny Hamlin 45 71 27   Bubba Wallace 72 76 5   Chase Elliott 77 77 1   Carson Hocevar 78 78 1   Denny Hamlin 79 93 15   Tyler Reddick 94 150 57   Ryan Blaney 151 151 1   Kyle Larson 152 154 3   Bubba Wallace 155 186 32   Tyler Reddick 187 187 1   Christopher Bell 188 190 3   Kyle Larson 191 193 3   Chase Briscoe 194 215 22   Christopher Bell 216 232 17   Bubba Wallace 233 233 1   Kyle Larson 234 279 46   Carson Hocevar 280 280 1   Todd Gilliland 281 285 5   Kyle Larson 286 316 31   Tyler Reddick 317 317 1   Christopher Bell 318 331 14   Chase Briscoe 332 339 8   Kyle Larson 340 355 16   Christopher Bell 356 367 12 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Denny Hamlin 1063     2   Ryan Blaney 983   -80   3   Tyler Reddick 941   -122   4   Ty Gibbs 929   -134   5   Christopher Bell 832   -231   6   Chase Briscoe 805   -258   7   Kyle Larson 766   -297   8   Chase Elliott 747   -316   9   Joey Logano 738   -325   10   Carson Hocevar 700   -363   11   Bubba Wallace 696   -367   12   Chris Buescher 695   -368   13   Daniel Suarez 693   -370   14   William Byron 673   -390   15   Austin Cindric 660   -403   16   Ryan Preece 654   -409   17   Shane Van Gisbergen 616   -447   18   Brad Keselowski 557   -506   19   Michael McDowell 537   -526   20   Ross Chastain 528   -535   21   Erik Jones 520   -543