The 2024 Goodyear 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 12, 2024, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 293 laps on the egg-shaped oval, it was the 13th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season and the 68th running of the event. Brad Keselowski, driving for his co-owned RFK Racing team, won the race, marking his first win since the 2021 GEICO 500 110 races previously, and in the process becoming the first owner-driver to win a Cup race since Tony Stewart at the 2016 Toyota/Save Mart 350, and it was Ford's first win with the seventh-generation Mustang. Ty Gibbs finished second, and rookie Josh Berry came home in third. Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top five, and William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Alex Bowman, Justin Haley, and Michael McDowell rounded out the top ten.
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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.
Since 2015, the race has hosted NASCAR's Throwback weekend, which features cars sporting paint schemes that pay homage to past teams and drivers. (The lineage of this race includes races billed as the Southern 500 from 2005 to 2020.)
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor or throwback 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Busch Light – Kevin Harvick's No. 4 paint scheme that raced during the 2016 season 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Freightliner 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops – Dale Earnhardt's paint scheme from the 1998 NASCAR All-Star Race 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Harrison's – Tribute to crew chief Rodney Childers' No. 54 Fire Protection paint scheme that raced during the 1998 Late Models season 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com – Terry Labonte's Kellogg's Corn Flakes paint scheme that raced during his 1996 championship run 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford Castrol – Tribute to the 1996 Castrol TOM'S Toyota Supra A80 that won the 1997 and 1999 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship titles 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Razzle Dazzle Premium Grapes – LaJoie's No. 07 Capitol Collision Services paint scheme that raced to his first touring series win during the 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Zone 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UniFirst – Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 National Guard paint scheme that won at the 2014 Daytona 500 10 Noah Gragson Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Overstock.com 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Yahoo! 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Menards/Maytag 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford Mahindra Tractors – Tribute to Richard and Kevin Briscoe's sprint car racing team 15 Kaz Grala Rick Ware Racing Ford N29 Capital Partners – Tribute to Parnelli Jones' Ford Mustang Boss 302 that raced during the 1969 Trans-American Sedan Championship 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Project Wyoming 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford Fifth Third Bank 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Auto-Owners Insurance – Truex's No. 78 paint scheme that won at the 2016 Bojangles' Southern 500 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota DeWalt – 100th anniversary paint scheme 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford DEX Imaging – Tribute to the "Leonard Wood Special" car raced during the team's early years 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell Pennzoil 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota McDonald's 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta – Jeff Gordon's DuPont "Firestorm" paint scheme that raced during the 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Black’s Tire Service 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's – paint scheme inspired by the sponsor's 1970s branding 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Gener8tor – Gilliland's No. 98 paint scheme that raced during the 2015 CARS Tour season, when he won the inaugural race at Southern National Motorsports Park 41 Ryan Preece Stewart–Haas Racing Ford United Rentals – Preece's No. 16 paint scheme raced during his 2013 championship run in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota Family Dollar – Petty Family 75th anniversary tribute to Lee Petty's 1956 Dodge Coronet race car 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota AdventHealth – Petty Family 75th anniversary tribute to Richard Petty's 1959 Plymouth Savoy race car 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota MoneyLion – Tim Richmond's No. 29 Motorcraft paint scheme that failed to qualify for the 1982 Daytona 500. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Kroger/Oscar Mayer/Kraft/Sara Lee Artesano – Mark Martin's No. 6 Oscar Mayer/Miracle Whip paint scheme that raced at the 2004 Budweiser Shootout 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Ally Financial – Jimmie Johnson's Lowe's paint scheme that raced during his rookie season in 2002 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford North Carolina National Fraternal Order of Police 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota He Gets Us/Monster Energy 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Focused Health – Tribute to Dave Marcis 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Premier Security Solutions NLEOMF 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Quaker State – Tribute to Adrián Fernández's No. 5 Aguri–Fernández Racing Quaker State/Tecate paint scheme that raced during the 2004 IndyCar Series seasonOfficial entry list
Practice Michael McDowell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.022 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.022 169.444 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.173 168.567 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.192 168.457 Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.906 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 28.625 28.906 2 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 28.716 28.924 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 28.604 29.005 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.772 29.014 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.791 29.030 6 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.750 29.034 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.650 29.045 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 28.709 29.068 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.780 29.098 10 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.752 29.821 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.780 — 12 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.854 — 13 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.833 — 14 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.915 — 15 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.839 — 16 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.999 — 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.842 — 18 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.003 — 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 28.873 — 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.046 — 21 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.902 — 22 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.120 — 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.934 — 24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.188 — 25 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.985 — 26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.270 — 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.050 — 28 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.272 — 29 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.054 — 30 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.294 — 31 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.061 — 32 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.452 — 33 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.115 — 34 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.628 — 35 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.194 — 36 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.756 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 90
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 84 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 75 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 39 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 95
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 102 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 93 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 210 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 108
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 293 572 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 293 523 33 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 293 344 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 293 365 13 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 293 326 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 293 387 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 293 338 18 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 293 299 28 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 293 2810 16 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 293 2711 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 293 2712 31 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 293 2513 12 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 293 2414 36 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 293 2315 15 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 293 2716 24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 293 2117 26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 293 2018 34 15 Kaz Grala (R) Rick Ware Racing Ford 293 1919 30 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 293 1820 25 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 293 1721 14 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 293 2322 35 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 293 1523 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 293 1424 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 293 1325 10 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 293 1826 21 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 293 1127 11 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 293 1028 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 293 929 32 16 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 292 830 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 291 1531 22 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 291 632 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 291 2233 29 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 290 434 6 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 252 1935 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 161 236 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 129 4Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 16 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 6 for 38 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 12 minutes, and 30 seconds Average speed:
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