The 2025 Cook Out 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 30, 2025, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the 7th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Denny Hamlin won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Bubba Wallace finished 3rd. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and Ross Chastain, Ryan Preece, Joey Logano, Chase Briscoe, and Todd Gilliland 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 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team 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. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 Burt Myers Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Casey Mears Garage 66 Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.115 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 20.115 94.139 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20.172 93.873 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20.182 93.826Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.718 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.718 96.034 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.735 95.951 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.738 95.937 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.755 95.854 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.758 95.840 6 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19.758 95.840 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 19.762 95.820 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 19.766 95.801 9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 19.780 95.733 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19.782 95.723 11 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.805 95.612 12 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.811 95.583 13 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19.817 95.554 14 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 19.819 95.545 15 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.833 95.477 16 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 19.844 95.424 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.850 95.395 18 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19.858 95.357 19 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.866 95.319 20 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 19.871 95.295 21 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 19.884 95.232 22 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 19.890 95.204 23 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 19.893 95.189 24 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.896 95.175 25 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 19.904 95.137 26 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 19.919 95.065 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 19.945 94.941 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 19.976 94.794 29 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.981 94.770 30 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 19.991 94.723 31 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 19.994 94.708 32 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 20.019 94.590 33 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 20.090 94.256 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 20.109 94.167 35 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 20.118 94.125 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 20.268 93.428 37 66 Casey Mears Garage 66 Ford 20.583 91.998 38 50 Burt Myers Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 20.613 91.864Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 84 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 75 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 66 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 57 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 210 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 84 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 220
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 54 2 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 38 3 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 400 42 4 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 46 5 4 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 35 6 17 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 400 35 7 21 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 400 35 8 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 39 9 11 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 34 10 25 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 400 27 11 32 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 400 31 12 15 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 400 25 13 13 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 31 14 9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 400 24 15 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 400 22 16 19 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 400 21 17 12 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 20 18 18 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 19 19 29 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 400 18 20 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 400 17 21 26 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 400 16 22 10 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 15 23 23 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 399 22 24 6 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 399 13 25 16 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 399 18 26 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 399 18 27 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 19 28 30 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 398 9 29 24 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 397 8 30 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 396 7 31 35 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 396 6 32 14 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 396 5 33 22 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 394 6 34 33 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 394 3 35 37 66 Casey Mears Garage 66 Ford 389 2 36 38 50 Burt Myers Team AmeriVet Chevrolet 388 1 37 20 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 363 1DSQ 31 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 399 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 9 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 86 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes and 11 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 25th 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 on-site during the race.
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, Mike Bagley, and 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 raced down the backstretch. Lead MRN Pit reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner, and Glenn Jarrett worked the pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Backstretch: Dave Moody Steve PostChris WilnerGlenn Jarrett
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 259 2 Kyle Larson 243 (–16) 3 3 Chase Elliott 227 (–32) 1 4 Christopher Bell 224 (–35) 2 5 Alex Bowman 224 (–35) 2 6 Denny Hamlin 218 (–41) 3 7 Tyler Reddick 213 (–46) 1 8 Bubba Wallace 208 (–51) 2 9 Joey Logano 199 (–60) 10 Ryan Blaney 193 (–66) 2 11 Chris Buescher 177 (–82) 1 12 Chase Briscoe 169 (–90) 1 13 Ross Chastain 169 (–90) 2 14 Ryan Preece 165 (–94) 15 Michael McDowell 159 (–100) 1 16 Kyle Busch 150 (–109)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Toyota 254 1 2 Chevrolet 252 (–2) 3 Ford 227 (–27)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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