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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

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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 is a race track built for

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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

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, 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.

Practice

Carson Hocevar was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.262 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.774 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 90 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 95

Final Stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 108

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:

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.

Radio

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

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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Goodyear 400 The Goodyear 400 is a NASCAR Cup Series race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. A race was held in May at the track in 1952, however the event did not become a regular one on the NASCAR schedule until 1957, as a race in th ...

NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway