2024 Cook Out 400 (Richmond)

2024 Cook Out 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Race 23 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
Location Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.75 mi (1.207 km)
Distance 408 laps, 306 mi (489.6 km)
Scheduled Distance 400 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed 100.155 miles per hour (161.184 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 22.850
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 125
Winner
No. 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network USA
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 1.2 (2.22 million)
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2024 Cook Out 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on August 11, 2024, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 408 laps -- extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.75-mile (1.21 km) asphalt short track, it was the 23rd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Austin Dillon won the race, breaking a 68-race winless drought, dating back to the 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, and Tyler Reddick finished 3rd. Bubba Wallace and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five, and Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, Chase Elliott, and Daniel Suárez rounded out the top ten.

Report

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Background

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Richmond Raceway, the track where the race was held.

Richmond Raceway (RR) is a 0.75 miles (1.21 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.[9] Known as "America's premier short track", it has formerly hosted events such as the International Race of Champions, Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown, and the USAC sprint car series. Due to Richmond Raceway's unique "D" shape which allows drivers to reach high speeds, Richmond has long been known as a short track that races like a superspeedway. With its multiple racing grooves, and proclivity for contact Richmond is a favorite among NASCAR drivers and fans.[10]

Race Notes

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The race was the first after a two-week break due to NBC Sports' coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

On July 16, NASCAR announced the rules used in the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway will be in effect. Teams will have six sets of yellow-lettered primary tires (it will generally require six sets of tires during the race, excluding safety car sessions, where teams often change tires on pit stops), and two sets of red-lettered option tires during the race, and teams will use one set of each in practice sessions. The eight sets of tires is the same as was the case in the March race, although two sets each will be of the softer option tires for this race. Teams will qualify on the primary tire, and must use both the primary and option tire during the race. The rule may be waved in case of rain. Teams may not mix red and yellow letter tires on the car at the same time during the race.[11]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford
7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford
14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford
16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford
19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota
24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford
38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota
43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota
45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford
54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
66 Parker Retzlaff (i) Power Source Ford
71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

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Austin Dillon was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.698 seconds and a speed of 118.953 mph (191.436 km/h).[12]

Practice results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.698 118.953
2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 22.716 118.859
3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.735 118.760
Official practice results

Qualifying

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Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.850 and a speed of 118.162 mph (190.163 km/h).[13]

Qualifying results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2
1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.858 22.850
2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.548 22.916
3 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.493 22.959
4 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.655 22.861
5 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.646 22.961
6 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.797 22.926
7 20 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 22.523 22.986
8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 22.782 22.961
9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 22.652 23.058
10 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 22.549 22.981
11 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.671
12 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.868
13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.672
14 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 22.896
15 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.686
16 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Toyota 22.913
17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.728
18 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 22.920
19 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.742
20 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.989
21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 22.743
22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 23.091
23 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.769
24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 23.098
25 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.807
26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 23.165
27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 22.840
28 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.330
29 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 22.886
30 16 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23.333
31 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22.960
32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23.361
33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.974
34 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.421
35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 22.998
36 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.436
37 66 Parker Retzlaff (i) Power Source Ford 23.189
Official qualifying results

Race

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Race results

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Stage results

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Stage One Laps: 70

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10
2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7
5 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 6
6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4
8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 3
9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 2
10 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1
Official stage one results

Stage Two Laps: 160

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 10
2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9
3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 7
5 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
6 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 5
7 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 4
8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 3
9 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Official stage two results

Final Stage results

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Stage Three Laps: 170

Having taken the lead from Denny Hamlin with 28 laps to go, Austin Dillon, who entered the race 32nd in points, drove out to a two and a half second lead over the next twenty five laps. However, a crash right in front of him involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ryan Preece sent the race into overtime. When the race resumed, Joey Logano, using the high line to his advantage, took the lead on the restart and led coming to turn three on the final lap. Dillon, realizing what was at stake, and despite being four car lengths back of Logano entering the corner, sent it in, and got into the back of Logano, sending him into a spin. Hamlin went through on the bottom but Dillon also got into the 11 car, sending Hamlin into the outside wall as Dillon took the win under caution. Logano and Hamlin later criticized Dillon for his actions.[14][15]

Three days later, NASCAR stripped Dillon of his playoff eligibility, whilst allowing the win to stand, whilst also fining Logano $50,000 for showing his frustrating with the RCR crew by spinning his tires in front of Dillon’s pit stall. In addition, Dillon’s spotter Brandon Benesch was suspended for three races after audio surfaced of him telling Dillon to “wreck him” (Hamlin) on the team radio.[16] RCR later announced they would appeal the penalties.[17] An independent appeals panel upheld all but the Benesch penalty on August 21. Benesch, who had served the first of his three race suspension at Michigan, had his penalty reduced to time served (one race).[18]

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 6 3 Austin Dillon [a] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 408 25
2 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 408 52
3 10 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 408 40
4 8 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 408 42
5 22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 408 32
6 5 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 408 50
7 15 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 408 30
8 19 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 408 31
9 4 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 408 34
10 21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 408 37
11 11 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 408 26
12 12 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 408 25
13 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 408 24
14 3 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 408 24
15 28 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 408 27
16 29 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 408 21
17 23 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 408 20
18 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 408 22
19 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 408 32
20 16 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 17
21 25 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 16
22 14 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 407 15
23 20 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 407 14
24 18 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 407 13
25 26 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 407 12
26 30 16 Ty Dillon (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 407 11
27 36 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 406 10
28 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 406 9
29 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 406 8
30 32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 406 7
31 35 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 405 6
32 31 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 405 5
33 34 15 Riley Herbst (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 405 0
34 24 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 404 3
35 37 66 Parker Retzlaff (i) Power Source Ford 402 0
36 33 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 397 1
37 2 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 9
Official race results-\

Race statistics

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  • Lead changes: 26 among 9 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 5 for 23
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes, and 19 seconds
  • Average speed: 100.155 miles per hour (161.184 km/h)

Media

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Television

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USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

USA
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Kim Coon
Marty Snider
Dillon Welch

Radio

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The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon called the race from the broadcast booth for MRN when the field races through the front straightaway. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform when the field races down the backstraightaway. Jason Toy, Chris Wilner, and Winston Kelley called the action for MRN from pit lane.

MRN Radio
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Todd Gordon
Backstretch: Mike Bagley Jason Toy
Chris Wilner
Winston Kelley

Standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dillon was docked 25 points following the penalties on August 14.

References

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  1. ^ "2024 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Taranto, Steven (October 4, 2023). "NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule announcement: New additions, race dates, plus the complete calendar". CBS Broadcasting Inc. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "NASCAR unveils 2024 Cup schedule as Atlanta, Watkins Glen move to playoffs". National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. October 4, 2023. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. August 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  7. ^ "Cook Out 400 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "NASCAR Truck Series returning to Richmond in April, 2020". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Motorsport.com Tony Stewart's favorite track is Richmond.=". 6 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Tire-strategy choices return for Cup Series race at Richmond". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  12. ^ Utter, Jim (August 10, 2024). "NASCAR Cup Richmond: Austin Dillion Leads Practice With Option Tire". Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  13. ^ Utter, Jim (August 10, 2024). "NASCAR Cup Richmond: Hamlin beats JGR team-mate Truex to pole". Motorsport.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  14. ^ Clarke, Mary (August 11, 2024). "Joey Logano furiously called out Austin Dillon after final lap collision at Cook Out 400". Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  15. ^ Biswas, Sabyasachi (August 11, 2024). ""We have no real officiating": Denny Hamlin slams NASCAR, promises payback to Austin Dillon in post-race comments at Richmond". Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  16. ^ Albert, Zack (August 14, 2024). "NASCAR officials drop Austin Dillon from Cup Series Playoffs; Logano fined". Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  17. ^ "Richard Childress Racing to appeal Richmond penalties". August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  18. ^ "Penalty to No. 3 Cup team upheld after appeal; spotter suspension reduced to 1 race". August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.


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