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NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 At Martinsville Race Results

Originally posted on Racing America on SI
By Toby Christie | Last updated Mar 29, 2026 7:51 PM ET

Martinsville, V.A. -- Denny Hamlin was dominant in Sunday's Cook Out 400, but it was Chase Elliott, who took home the patented Martinsville Speedway grandfather clock. Elliott used a pit strategy devised by his crew chief, Alan Gustafson, parlayed with a perfectly-timed caution late in the race to put himself in position.

When the chips were on the table, Elliott cashed it in for his first win of the season.

Hamlin would hold on to finish second, and would clock in 0.565 seconds behind Elliott at the finish line. Joey Logano came home in third, followed by Ty Gibbs, and William Byron.

Cook Out 400 Race Results

Fin	Car	Driver	Laps	Diff
1	9	Chase Elliott	400	--
2	11	Denny Hamlin (S1) (S2) (X)	400	0.565
3	22	Joey Logano	400	2.073
4	54	Ty Gibbs	400	3.163
5	24	William Byron	400	3.704
6	12	Ryan Blaney	400	4.230
7	20	Christopher Bell	400	7.237
8	2	Austin Cindric	400	9.049
9	5	Kyle Larson	400	9.056
10	21	Josh Berry	400	10.174
11	97	Shane van Gisbergen	400	12.280
12	60	Ryan Preece	400	12.537
13	6	Brad Keselowski	400	12.722
14	19	Chase Briscoe	400	16.446
15	45	Tyler Reddick	400	18.206
16	1	Ross Chastain	400	20.339
17	77	Carson Hocevar	400	20.866
18	71	Michael McDowell	400	21.117
19	17	Chris Buescher	399	1 lap
20	7	Daniel Suarez	399	1 lap
21	43	Erik Jones	399	1 lap
22	48	Justin Allgaier (i)	398	2 laps
23	34	Todd Gilliland	398	2 laps
24	8	Kyle Busch	398	2 laps
25	3	Austin Dillon	398	2 laps
26	88	Connor Zilisch #	397	3 laps
27	16	AJ Allmendinger	397	3 laps
28	4	Noah Gragson	397	3 laps
29	42	John Hunter Nemechek	397	3 laps
30	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	397	3 laps
31	41	Cole Custer	396	4 laps
32	51	Cody Ware	394	6 laps
33	33*	Austin Hill (i)	394	6 laps
34	38	Zane Smith	371	29 laps
35	35	Riley Herbst	323	OUT
36	23	Bubba Wallace	322	OUT
37	10	Ty Dillon	298	OUT

(S1) Stage 1 winner
(S2) Stage 2 winner
(X) Xfinity Fastest Lap
* "Open" entry
# Rookie of the Year contender
(i) Driver ineligible to score series points

Time of Race: 2 hours, 47 minutes, 18 seconds
Average Speed: 75.457 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.565 seconds
Cautions: 5 for 54 laps
Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers

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