2024 Cook Out 400 (Martinsville) Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 8 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Cook Out 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Year:	2024
Location:	Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Mi:	0.526
Course Km:	0.847
Distance Laps:	415
Distance Mi:	218.29
Distance Km:	351.51
Scheduled Laps:	400
Scheduled Mi:	210.4
Scheduled Km:	338.8
Avg:	76.096mph
Pole Driver:	Kyle Larson
Pole Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Pole Time:	19.718
Most Driver:	William Byron
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Most Laps:	88
Car:	24
First Driver:	William Byron
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2024 Cook Out 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 7, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. 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 season. William Byron won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd, becoming the first pair of teammates to sweep the podium at Martinsville in its 76 year history. Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece, and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top ten.

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Background

See main article: Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526miles in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. 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.

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3		nowrap		Chevrolet
4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford
5			Chevrolet
6			Ford
7			Chevrolet
8			Chevrolet
9			Chevrolet
10			Ford
11			Toyota
12			Ford
14			Ford
15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford
16	Josh Williams (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
23			Toyota
24			Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Toyota
43			Toyota
45			Toyota
47	nowrap			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
54			Toyota
66	David Starr (i)		Ford
71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet
77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Corey LaJoie was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.020 seconds and a speed of 94.585mph.^[9]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	7				20.020	94.585
2	23				20.063	94.383
3	41				20.088	94.265
Official practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.718 and a speed of 96.034mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	5			Chevrolet	19.641	19.718
2	23			Toyota	19.798	19.719
3	9			Chevrolet	19.665	19.752
4	19			Toyota	19.888	19.753
5	14			Ford	19.870	19.760
6	22			Ford	19.729	19.764
7	4	Josh Berry (R)		Ford	19.700	19.765
8	11			Toyota	19.674	19.779
9	12			Ford	19.913	19.816
10	48			Chevrolet	19.885	19.831
11	8			Chevrolet	19.773	—
12	1			Chevrolet	19.918	—
13	6			Ford	19.825	—
14	2			Ford	19.918	—
15	54			Toyota	19.834	—
16	38			Ford	19.921	—
17	43			Toyota	19.843	—
18	24			Chevrolet	19.944	—
19	45			Toyota	19.857	—
20	20			Toyota	19.950	—
21	99			Chevrolet	19.886	—
22	41			Ford	19.963	—
23	47			Chevrolet	19.926	—
24	71	Zane Smith (R)		Chevrolet	19.988	—
25	77	Carson Hocevar (R)		Chevrolet	19.946	—
26	10			Ford	20.012	—
27	51			Ford	19.968	—
28	3			Chevrolet	20.016	—
29	42			Toyota	20.045	—
30	17			Ford	20.023	—
31	15	Kaz Grala (R)		Ford	20.173	—
32	7			Chevrolet	20.098	—
33	16	Josh Williams (i)		Chevrolet	20.182	—
34	21			Ford	20.115	—
35	34			Ford	20.208	—
36	31			Chevrolet	20.158	—
37	66	David Starr (i)		Ford	21.109	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	9
3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	2
10	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	9
3	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage ThreeLaps: 220

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	18	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	415	46
2	1	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	415	53
3	3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	415	49
4	2	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	415	51
5	9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	415	32
6	6	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	415	42
7	19	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	415	30
8	10	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	415	34
9	22	41	Ryan Preece	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	415	28
10	5	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	415	38
11	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	415	40
12	17	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	415	25
13	16	38	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	415	24
14	12	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	415	25
15	30	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	414	22
16	11	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	414	22
17	25	77	Carson Hocevar (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	414	20
18	4	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	414	25
19	15	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	414	18
20	26	10	Noah Gragson	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	414	17
21	35	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	414	16
22	21	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	414	15
23	14	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	414	14
24	13	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	414	13
25	7	4	Josh Berry (R)	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	413	15
26	31	15	Kaz Grala (R)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	413	11
27	33	16	Josh Williams (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	413	0
28	36	31	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	413	9
29	23	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	413	8
30	27	51	Justin Haley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	413	7
31	24	71	Zane Smith (R)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	412	6
32	32	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	412	5
33	34	21	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	412	4
34	28	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	412	3
35	20	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	411	2
36	29	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	396	1
37	37	66	David Starr (i)	MBM Motorsports	Ford	311	0
Official race results

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: 76.096mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 24th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner Clint Bowyer and 2011 Spring Martinsville winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds 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 NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief Todd Gordon 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 worked the pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Kyle Larson	309
1	2	Martin Truex Jr.	295 (–14)
	3	Denny Hamlin	292 (–17)
3	4	William Byron	261 (–48)
	5	Ryan Blaney	261 (–48)
2	6	Chase Elliott	258 (–51)
3	7	Ty Gibbs	254 (–55)
1	8	Ross Chastain	232 (–77)
1	9	Tyler Reddick	229 (–80)
1	10	Alex Bowman	227 (–82)
5	11	Christopher Bell	221 (–88)
2	12	Bubba Wallace	216 (–93)
1	13	Chris Buescher	207 (–102)
5	14	Joey Logano	191 (–118)
2	15	Kyle Busch	189 (–120)
2	16	Chase Briscoe	188 (–121)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	298
	2	Toyota	289 (–9)
	3	Ford	262 (–36)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 schedule . Jayski.com. . January 17, 2024.
2. Web site: Martinsville Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 20, 2023. January 3, 2013. April 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205616/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/martinsville-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: NASCAR reveals 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs . Zach . Sturniolo . . October 4, 2023 . October 4, 2023.
4. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 1, 2024. April 1, 2024.
5. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 6, 2024. April 6, 2024.
6. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 6, 2024. April 6, 2024.
7. Web site: Cook Out 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 7, 2024. April 7, 2024.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 7, 2024. April 7, 2024.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Corey LaJoie fastest in Saturday's Martinsville Cup practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 6, 2024. Ridgeway, Virginia. April 6, 2024.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kyle Larson beats Bubba Wallace to Martinsville Cup pole by 0.001s. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 6, 2024. Ridgeway, Virginia. April 6, 2024.