Kyle Larson wins the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway

Christopher Bell Wins the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway

September 06, 2026

Christopher Bell won the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, the first Cup win of the season for the number 20. Here is the full finishing order, the key numbers, and where the standings sit after the race.

Correction: an earlier version of this post named Kyle Larson the winner. That came from a live timing feed that stopped short of the checkered flag. The official NASCAR race report has Christopher Bell as the winner, and the finishing order below has been corrected to match it.

Full finishing order

Pos	Car	Driver	Laps
1	#20	Christopher Bell	367
2	#54	Ty Gibbs	367
3	#45	Tyler Reddick	367
4	#12	Ryan Blaney	367
5	#5	Kyle Larson	367
6	#19	Chase Briscoe	367
7	#21	Josh Berry	367
8	#23	Bubba Wallace	367
9	#22	Joey Logano	367
10	#60	Ryan Preece	367
11	#77	Carson Hocevar	367
12	#48	Alex Bowman	367
13	#2	Austin Cindric	367
14	#9	Chase Elliott	367
15	#43	Erik Jones	367
16	#34	Todd Gilliland	367
17	#71	Michael McDowell	367
18	#11	Denny Hamlin	367
19	#67	Corey Heim	367
20	#17	Chris Buescher	367
21	#7	Daniel Suárez	367
22	#16	AJ Allmendinger	367
23	#6	Brad Keselowski	367
24	#42	John H. Nemechek	367
25	#38	Zane Smith	367
26	#97	Shane Van Gisbergen	366
27	#1	Ross Chastain	366
28	#33	Austin Hill	366
29	#3	Austin Dillon	366
30	#35	Riley Herbst	366
31	#10	Ty Dillon	366
32	#4	Noah Gragson	366
33	#41	Cole Custer	366
34	#88	Connor Zilisch	365
35	#47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	363
36	#51	Cody Ware	363
37	#24	William Byron	319
38	#66	Chad Finchum	243