The 2024 Cook Out 400 was a
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States.
The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
race held on April 7, 2024, at
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is a oval Oval track racing#Short track, short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, United States, a community of Martinsville, Virginia. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1947, primarily events sanctione ...
in
Ridgeway, Virginia
Ridgeway is a town in Henry County, Virginia, Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 742 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville Martinsville micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...
. Contested over 415 laps—extended from 400 laps due to an
overtime finish, on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the eighth race of the
2024 NASCAR Cup Series
file:william Byron 24 Sonoma 2024.jpg, Chevrolet won the manufacturers' championship with 1309 points and 15 wins.
The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series was the 76th season for NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 53rd ...
season.
William Byron won the race.
Kyle Larson
Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. ...
finished 2nd, and
Chase Elliott
William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Mo ...
finished 3rd, becoming the first pair of teammates to sweep the podium at Martinsville in its 76 year history.
Bubba Wallace
William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing.
Wallace was previously a dev ...
and
Ryan Blaney
Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He i ...
rounded out the top five, and
Joey Logano
Joseph Thomas Logano (born May 24, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No.22 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for NASCAR operations of Tea ...
,
Tyler Reddick
Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry (XV80), Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He is a two-time champion i ...
,
Alex Bowman
Alexander Michael Warren Bowman (born April 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 48 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 f ...
,
Ryan Preece
Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 60 Ford Mustang (seventh generation), Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing.
Preece previous ...
, and
Chase Briscoe
Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry, Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also ...
rounded out the top ten.
Report
Background
Martinsville Speedway is a
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
-owned stock car racing track located in
Henry County, in
Ridgeway, Virginia
Ridgeway is a town in Henry County, Virginia, Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 742 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville Martinsville micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...
, just to the south of
Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the
NASCAR Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States.
The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
. 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.
Practice
Corey LaJoie
Corey Daniel LaJoie (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver and analyst for ''NASCAR on Prime Video''. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 01 Ford Mustang (seventh genera ...
was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.020 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results
Qualifying
Kyle Larson
Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. ...
scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.718 and a speed of .
Qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One
''Laps:'' 80
Stage Two
''Laps:'' 100
Final stage results
Stage Three
''Laps:'' 220
Race statistics
* Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers
* Cautions/Laps: 5 for 51 laps
* Red flags: 0
* Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds
* Average speed:
Media
Television
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from Fox Fi ...
covered their 24th race at the
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is a oval Oval track racing#Short track, short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, United States, a community of Martinsville, Virginia. The track has held a variety of events since its opening in 1947, primarily events sanctione ...
.
Mike Joy
Michael Kinsey Joy is an American TV sports announcer and businessman who serves as the play-by-play commentator for Fox Sports' NASCAR coverage. His color analysts are Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick. Joy has been part of the live broadcast cre ...
, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner
Clint Bowyer
Clinton Aaron Bowyer (born May 30, 1979) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado ...
and 2011 Spring Martinsville winner
Kevin Harvick
Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for '' NASCAR on Fox''.
He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 4 Ford Mustang for Stewa ...
called the race from the broadcast booth.
Jamie Little
Jamie Little (born April 9, 1978) is an American pit reporter and play by play announcer for NASCAR coverage on Fox. Little is a former pit reporter for ESPN/ABC coverage of the Indy Racing League, although she returned to her pit reporting du ...
and
Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and
Larry McReynolds
Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is an American NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a m ...
provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on
Sirius XM
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NASCAR Radio
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. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief
Todd Gordon
Todd Bentley Gordon (born October 20, 1969) is an American former professional NASCAR crew chief and radio sportscaster. As a crew chief, he last worked for Legacy Motor Club as the crew chief of their No. 84 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASC ...
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 races down the backstretch. Steve Post, Kim Coon, and
Brienne Pedigo
Brienne Pedigo is an American auto racing pit reporter, formerly employed by ESPN and ESPN on ABC for the Indy Racing League and currently working for the Motor Racing Network as pit reporter.
Career
In 2007, Pedigo took over as a pit reporte ...
worked the pit road for the radio side.
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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