2025 Goodyear 400 NASCAR Cup Series race
Motor car race
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 1.366-mile (2.198 km) 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.
Report
Background
Darlington Raceway where the race was held.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.[ 7]
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 [ 8]
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.[ 9]
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Breztri [ 8]
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 .[ 10] [ 11]
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 .[ 12]
6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford Castrol Seven Critical Areas [ 13]
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 .[ 14]
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 .[ 15]
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.[ 16]
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 .[ 17]
16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Action Industries[ 8]
17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford Fifth Third Bank [ 8]
19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Bass Pro Shops [ 8]
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota DeWalt – Honoring Rick Ferkel, Bell's racing mentor.[ 18] 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).[ 19] [ 20]
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell / Pennzoil – Cale Yarborough 's No. 11 Holly Farms paint scheme from the 1976 season .[ 8]
23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota Columbia [ 8]
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.[ 21]
33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet United Rentals [ 22]
34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Ruedebusch[ 8] [ 23]
35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota Monster Energy [ 8]
38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's [ 8]
41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford Haas Automation – Jimmy Spencer 's Target paint scheme from the early 2000s.[ 24]
42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota Dollar Tree – Joe Nemechek 's BellSouth paint scheme from the 1998 season .[ 25]
43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota AdventHealth – John Andretti 's STP paint scheme from the 1998 season .[ 26]
44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet Wawa – Bill Elliott 's No. 9 Coors paint scheme from the 1985 season .[ 27]
45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota McDonald's [ 8]
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet SunnyD [ 8]
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.[ 28]
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 .[ 29]
54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Monster Energy [ 8]
60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford Kroger / Country Crock[ 8]
71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Delaware Life[ 8]
77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Zeigler Auto Group[ 30]
88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet WeatherTech [ 8]
99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Quaker State [ 8]
Official entry list
Practice
Carson Hocevar was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.262 seconds and a speed of 168.054 mph (270.457 km/h) .
Qualifying
William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.774 and a speed of 170.904 mph (275.043 km/h) .[ 31]
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One
Laps: 90
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 9
3 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 8
4 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 7
5 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 6
6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 5
7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 4
8 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3
9 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 2
10 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1
Official stage one results
Stage Two
Laps: 95
Pos
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Points
1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 9
3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 7
5 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 6
6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 5
7 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4
8 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 3
9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 2
10 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three
Laps: 108
Pos
Grid
Driver
Team
Manufacturer
Laps
Points
1 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 38
7 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: 120.965 miles per hour (194.674 km/h) Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
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