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2025 Goodyear 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 8 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06)
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance 297 laps, 405.7 mi (652.81 km)
Scheduled distance 293 laps, 400.238 mi (644.121 km)
Average speed 120.965 miles per hour (194.674 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 28.774
Most laps led
Driver William Byron Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 243
Fastest lap
Driver William Byron Hendrick Motorsports
Time 29.39
Winner
No. 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Tim Catafalmo (3 & 4)

The 2025 Goodyear 400 was an 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

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Background

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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

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
No. 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] 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).[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] - 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.[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 McDonalds[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

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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).

Practice results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
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 29.425 167.123
Official practice results

Qualifying

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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]

Qualifying results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
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 30.314 162.222
Official qualifying results

Race

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Race results

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Stage results

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Stage One Laps: 90

Pos No 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 No 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

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Stage Three Laps: 108

Pos Grid No 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

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  • 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)

Media

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Television

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The race was carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.

FS1
Booth announcers Pit reporters In-race analyst
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer
Color-commentator: Kevin Harvick		 Jamie Little
Regan Smith		 Larry McReynolds

Radio

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MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN Radio
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden
Announcer: Mike Bagley
Announcer: Todd Gordon		 Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo		 Steve Post
Chris Wilner
Alan Cavanna
Brienne Pedigo

Standings after the race

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References

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