The 2025 Goodyear 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on April 6, 2025, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 297 laps on the egg-shaped oval, extended from the original 293 laps due to a overtime finish, it was the eighth race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and the 69th running of the event.
Denny Hamlin won the race. William Byron finished 2nd, and Christopher Bell finished 3rd. Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, and Kyle Busch 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.
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 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Freightliner – Dale Earnhardt's No. 2 paint scheme that raced from the 1979 Rookie of the Year and 1980 championship seasons. 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Breztri 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford Beef-a-Roo – Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 31 Mom & Pop's paint scheme from his debut race in the 1996 NASCAR Busch Series. 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com – Terry Labonte's Kellogg's paint scheme that raced to his final career win at the 2003 Southern 500. 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford Castrol Seven Critical Areas 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Gainbridge 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UniFirst – Ken Schrader's No. 25 Kodiak paint scheme from the 1994 season. 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Sea Best / Beaver Street Fisheries – Patty Moise's No. 45 Beaver Street Foods paint scheme that raced at the 1989 Pepsi 400. 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Sport Clips Haircuts – Carl Edwards' No. 99 Office Depot paint scheme that from the 2006 and 2007 seasons. 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Dutch Boy / Menards – Dave Blaney's No. 32 Hass Avocados paint scheme that raced in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series. 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Action Industries 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford Fifth Third Bank 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Bass Pro Shops 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota DeWalt – Honoring Rick Ferkel, Bell's racing mentor. In addition, the DeWalt logos, on the current color scheme, will be from the time it was owned by American Machine and Foundry. 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft – Jim Clark's No. 82 Lotus paint scheme that won him the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (Wood Brothers Racing served as Clark's pit crew for the race). 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell / Pennzoil – Cale Yarborough's No. 11 Holly Farms paint scheme from the 1976 season. 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota Columbia 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta – Jeff Gordon's paint scheme that raced at the 2015 season finale. Was to have been Gordon's last race before retirement. 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet United Rentals 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Ruedebusch - Tribute to Ray Fox Sr., a NASCAR mechanic, car owner, and later official. FRM has an alliance with Team Penske, where the No. 12 car chief is his grandson Raymond Fox III, and his son Justin is a tire changer on the No. 34 car. 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota Monster Energy 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford Haas Automation – Jimmy Spencer's Target paint scheme from the early 2000s. 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota Dollar Tree – Joe Nemechek's BellSouth paint scheme from the 1998 season. 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota AdventHealth – John Andretti's STP paint scheme from the 1998 season. 44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet Wawa – Bill Elliott's No. 9 Coors paint scheme from the 1985 season. 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota McDonald's 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet SunnyD 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Ally Financial – Jimmie Johnson's Lowe's / Kobalt paint scheme that won him this race in 2012 and marked Hendrick's 200th Cup Series win. 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford Jacob Companies – Ward Burton's No. 22 Caterpillar paint scheme that raced during the 2000s, honoring crew chief Tommy Baldwin. 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Monster Energy 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford Kroger / Country Crock 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Delaware Life 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Zeigler Auto Group 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet WeatherTech 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Quaker StateOfficial entry list
Practice Carson Hocevar was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.262 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.262 168.054 2 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.415 167.180 3 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.425 167.123Official practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.774 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.774 170.904 2 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 28.858 170.407 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.867 170.354 4 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.879 170.283 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 28.895 170.189 6 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 28.948 169.877 7 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 28.955 169.836 8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.957 169.824 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.958 169.818 10 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.972 169.736 11 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.975 169.719 12 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.987 169.648 13 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 28.994 169.608 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 28.996 169.596 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.001 169.567 16 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.008 169.526 17 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.015 169.485 18 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.039 169.345 19 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.078 169.118 20 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.172 168.573 21 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.185 168.498 22 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.230 168.238 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.255 168.094 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.265 168.037 25 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.285 167.922 26 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.292 167.882 27 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.315 167.750 28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.318 167.733 29 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.412 167.197 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.457 166.942 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 29.483 166.794 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.525 166.557 33 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.572 166.292 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.617 166.040 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.757 165.259 36 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.928 164.314 37 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.070 163.538 38 44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet 30.314 162.222Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 90
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 93 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 84 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 75 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 66 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 39 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 95
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 39 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 210 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 108
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 297 48 2 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 297 56 3 17 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 297 39 4 7 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 297 41 5 9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 297 43 6 14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 297 387 25 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 297 30 8 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 297 29 9 11 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 297 32 10 8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 297 27 11 6 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 297 29 12 16 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 297 27 13 18 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 297 33 14 12 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 297 23 15 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 297 22 16 29 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 297 24 17 34 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 297 20 18 22 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 297 20 19 26 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 297 18 20 36 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 297 17 21 5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 297 25 22 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 297 15 23 23 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 297 14 24 21 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 297 13 25 28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 297 12 26 2 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 297 19 27 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 297 10 28 4 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 297 9 29 10 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 297 8 30 27 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 297 7 31 37 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 296 0 32 13 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 296 5 33 20 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 295 9 34 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 295 3 35 33 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 280 3 36 24 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 195 7 37 19 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 122 1 38 38 44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet 30 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 4 among 4 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 45 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 14 seconds Average speed:
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