2025 Goodyear 400

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.

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	William Byron	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
Nielsen ratings	2.52 million
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)

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.

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	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).

Practice results

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

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

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

Race results

Stage results

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

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

• 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

Television

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

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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 315 4 2 Denny Hamlin 266 (–49) 1 3 Christopher Bell 263 (–52) 1 4 Chase Elliott 256 (–59) 2 5 Tyler Reddick 254 (–61) 4 6 Kyle Larson 244 (–71) 3 7 Ryan Blaney 236 (–79) 8 Bubba Wallace 233 (–82) 9 Joey Logano 232 (–83) 5 10 Alex Bowman 227 (–88) 11 Chris Buescher 215 (–100) 1 12 Ross Chastain 199 (–116) 1 13 Ryan Preece 184 (–131) 2 14 Chase Briscoe 178 (–137) 1 15 Kyle Busch 177 (–138) 2 16 A. J. Allmendinger 168 (–147) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 294 2 Chevrolet 287 (–7) 3 Ford 259 (–35) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.