2025 Cook Out Southern 500

2025 Cook Out Southern 500
Race details
Race 27 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date August 31, 2025 (2025-08-31)
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.666 km)
Average speed 130.148 miles per hour (209.453 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 28.694
Most laps led
Driver Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 309
Fastest lap
Driver Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing
Time 29.039
Winner
No. 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network USA
Announcers Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen ratings 1.88 million
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1–2) and Kurt Becker (3–4)

The 2025 Cook Out Southern 500, the 76th running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 31, 2025, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) speedway, it was the 27th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, first race of the playoffs, and the final Crown Jewel of the year.

Chase Briscoe won the race. Tyler Reddick finished 2nd, and Erik Jones finished 3rd. John Hunter Nemechek and A. J. Allmendinger rounded out the top five, and Bubba Wallace, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Carson Hocevar, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top ten.