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The post-race loop data for the 2020 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR CUP Series race.

Cook Out Southern 500

Sunday, September 6th, 2020

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

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  • 15 Ford
  • 7 Toyota
  • 17 Chevrolet

  • Due to no practice and qualifying for the remaining 2020 season, NASCAR uses three weighted and averaged competition-based performance metrics from the most recently completed race to determine the Starting lineup and Pit selection order for each race:
  • * Owner points position (weighted at 35%)
  • * Finish position (weighted at 50%)
  • * Fastest lap rank (weighted at 15%)

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 367
  • Margin of Victory: 0.343 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 47 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 132.256
  • Cautions: 7 for 34 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,904 (8.7 passes per green flag lap)

  • Darlington Raceway
  • 71st Annual Cook Out Southern 500
  • Race Winner: Kevin Harvick
  • Age: 44
  • Team : No. 4 - Busch Beer Throwback Ford
  • Owner: Tony Stewart
  • Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
  • Kevin Harvick won the 71st Annual Cook Out Southern 500, his 57th victory in 710 Cup Series races.
  • This is his eighth victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 2020.
  • This is his third victory and 15th top-10 finish in 27 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Austin Dillon (second) posted his third top-10 finish in ten races at Darlington Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2020.
  • Joey Logano (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 15 races at Darlington Raceway.
  • Cole Custer (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 19 points over Denny Hamlin.
Kevin Harvick celebrates with a burnout
Darlington, South Carolina - September 6, 2020 : Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Beer Throwback Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Kevin Harvick 8 2 3 1 1 30 6.4 7 97 80 17 55 56.70 25 93.7 32 8.7 367 127.50 49
Austin Dillon 12 7 4 2 2 34 13.3 10 116 98 18 43 37.07 5 70.3 0 0.0 367 94.60 38
Joey Logano 13 11 5 3 3 25 10.1 10 96 87 9 48 50.00 5 81.2 0 0.0 367 98.40 38
Erik Jones 30 8 6 4 2 30 9.4 26 108 78 30 59 54.63 10 89.7 0 0.0 367 101.70 37
William Byron 3 12 8 5 3 22 9.7 -2 84 75 9 59 70.24 3 88.0 0 0.0 367 96.30 35
Alex Bowman 4 5 10 6 1 24 7.8 -2 104 92 12 48 46.15 18 95.6 1 0.3 367 109.30 43
Kyle Busch 15 6 9 7 1 29 7.9 8 85 78 7 58 68.24 15 98.4 0 0.0 367 101.30 37
Kurt Busch 16 9 11 8 1 25 8.1 8 71 74 -3 49 69.01 20 96.5 5 1.4 367 97.70 36
Aric Almirola 10 16 7 9 4 28 12.6 1 99 84 15 43 43.43 1 75.5 0 0.0 367 85.40 28
Clint Bowyer 9 10 13 10 5 22 10.6 -1 75 81 -6 47 62.67 4 93.5 0 0.0 367 86.50 29
Brad Keselowski 5 20 15 11 5 34 17.5 -6 102 109 -7 32 31.37 3 51.8 0 0.0 367 79.20 26
Cole Custer 14 18 12 12 7 30 17.2 2 108 104 4 30 27.78 2 33.2 0 0.0 367 78.60 25
Denny Hamlin 2 3 14 13 1 19 5.1 -11 55 72 -17 43 78.18 31 94.0 19 5.2 367 107.70 40
Matt Kenseth 26 13 18 14 7 30 17.7 12 110 110 0 22 20.00 0 26.7 0 0.0 367 75.50 23
Ryan Newman 31 15 20 15 7 33 20.0 16 119 100 19 17 14.29 5 10.6 0 0.0 367 68.40 22
Michael McDowell 19 26 19 16 11 34 23.0 3 100 93 7 4 4.00 0 1.9 0 0.0 367 58.00 21
Ryan Preece 35 22 21 17 13 35 22.7 18 107 97 10 4 3.74 1 2.7 0 0.0 367 60.10 20
Jimmie Johnson 22 4 16 18 2 26 8.7 4 108 94 14 60 55.56 15 86.9 0 0.0 367 90.30 34
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 29 19 17 19 4 29 18.4 10 127 110 17 24 18.90 2 29.2 0 0.0 367 68.60 18
Chase Elliott 1 14 1 20 1 20 5.5 -19 65 85 -20 48 73.85 42 98.4 114 31.1 367 106.70 25
Matt DiBenedetto 11 25 22 21 7 32 21.5 -10 86 111 -25 20 23.26 0 14.4 0 0.0 366 56.80 16
Martin Truex Jr 6 1 2 22 1 22 2.7 -16 47 66 -19 33 70.21 90 95.9 196 53.6 366 126.60 35
Tyler Reddick 24 23 23 23 3 24 18.0 1 94 95 -1 31 32.98 6 43.9 0 0.0 366 68.20 14
Ryan Blaney 7 30 24 24 7 31 22.3 -17 95 80 15 10 10.53 7 9.0 0 0.0 366 61.50 13
Daniel Suarez 28 29 27 25 6 33 28.2 3 70 81 -11 6 8.57 0 0.3 0 0.0 364 44.20 12
Chris Buescher 20 17 25 26 7 31 21.3 -6 73 83 -10 6 8.22 12 10.1 0 0.0 364 64.80 11
Ty Dillon 25 27 26 27 2 32 26.3 -2 91 98 -7 3 3.30 0 1.1 0 0.0 363 46.30 10
Brennan Poole 23 32 28 28 2 34 30.5 -5 54 59 -5 3 5.56 0 0.5 0 0.0 362 40.50 9
Ross Chastain 34 33 30 29 15 37 32.1 5 20 16 4 0 0.00 1 0.3 0 0.0 360 37.40 0
JJ Yeley 37 34 29 30 6 37 31.6 7 51 51 0 3 5.88 0 0.3 0 0.0 360 37.30 0
Quin Houff 32 36 31 31 31 37 34.3 1 15 14 1 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 357 33.70 6
Josh Bilicki 38 35 32 32 31 38 34.2 6 13 15 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 356 32.20 0
Joey Gase 39 37 33 33 33 39 36.2 6 4 0 4 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 351 28.50 0
Christopher Bell 21 21 34 34 13 34 25.2 -13 64 70 -6 1 1.56 3 0.3 0 0.0 349 51.80 3
Timmy Hill 33 39 35 35 33 39 37.6 -2 4 1 3 0 0.00 4 0.0 0 0.0 296 26.10 0
John Hunter Nemechek 18 24 36 36 14 34 28.5 -18 62 65 -3 1 1.61 0 0.8 0 0.0 245 43.70 1
Corey Lajoie 27 28 37 37 2 31 31.2 -10 55 72 -17 5 9.09 0 1.1 0 0.0 234 39.30 1
Bubba Wallace 17 31 38 38 2 38 29.3 -21 63 106 -43 7 11.11 1 4.4 0 0.0 217 46.40 1
James Davison 36 38 39 39 34 37 37.6 -3 7 9 -2 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 162 25.30 1