The 2024 Cook Out 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 7, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 415 laps—extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the eighth race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. William Byron won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd, becoming the first pair of teammates to sweep the podium at Martinsville in its 76 year history. Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece, and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Josh Williams (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Corey LaJoie was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.020 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 20.020 94.585 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 20.063 94.383 3 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 20.088 94.265 Official practice results
Qualifying Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.718 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.641 19.718 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 19.798 19.719 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.665 19.752 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.888 19.753 5 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 19.870 19.760 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 19.729 19.764 7 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 19.700 19.765 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.674 19.779 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 19.913 19.816 10 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.885 19.831 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.773 — 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.918 — 13 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 19.825 — 14 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 19.918 — 15 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.834 — 16 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.921 — 17 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 19.843 — 18 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.944 — 19 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 19.857 — 20 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.950 — 21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.886 — 22 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 19.963 — 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 19.926 — 24 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.988 — 25 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.946 — 26 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 20.012 — 27 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 19.968 — 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.016 — 29 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 20.045 — 30 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 20.023 — 31 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 20.173 — 32 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 20.098 — 33 16 Josh Williams (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20.182 — 34 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20.115 — 35 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 20.208 — 36 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 20.158 — 37 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 21.109 — Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 57 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 93 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 66 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 210 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage Three Laps: 220
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 18 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 415 46 2 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 415 53 3 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 415 49 4 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 415 515 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 415 32 6 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 415 42 7 19 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 415 30 8 10 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 415 34 9 22 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 415 28 10 5 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 415 38 11 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 415 40 12 17 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 415 25 13 16 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 415 24 14 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 415 25 15 30 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 414 22 16 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 414 22 17 25 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 414 20 18 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 414 25 19 15 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 414 18 20 26 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 414 17 21 35 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 414 16 22 21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 414 15 23 14 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 414 14 24 13 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 414 13 25 7 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 413 15 26 31 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 413 11 27 33 16 Josh Williams (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 413 0 28 36 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 413 9 29 23 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 413 8 30 27 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 413 7 31 24 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 412 6 32 32 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 412 5 33 34 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 412 4 34 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 412 3 35 20 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 411 2 36 29 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 396 1 37 37 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 311 0 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 51 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 24th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner Clint Bowyer and 2011 Spring Martinsville winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field races down the backstretch. Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Brienne Pedigo worked the pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Backstretch: Dave Moody Steve PostKim CoonBrienne Pedigo
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Larson 309 1 2 Martin Truex Jr. 295 (–14) 3 Denny Hamlin 292 (–17) 3 4 William Byron 261 (–48) 5 Ryan Blaney 261 (–48) 2 6 Chase Elliott 258 (–51) 3 7 Ty Gibbs 254 (–55) 1 8 Ross Chastain 232 (–77) 1 9 Tyler Reddick 229 (–80) 1 10 Alex Bowman 227 (–82) 5 11 Christopher Bell 221 (–88) 2 12 Bubba Wallace 216 (–93) 1 13 Chris Buescher 207 (–102) 5 14 Joey Logano 191 (–118) 2 15 Kyle Busch 189 (–120) 2 16 Chase Briscoe 188 (–121)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 298 2 Toyota 289 (–9) 3 Ford 262 (–36)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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