Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota) venceu a Cook Out Southern 500, no Darlington Raceway, 27ª etapa da NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a sua primeira vitória no ano, e 14ª na categoria. Ty Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota) e Tyler Reddick (23XI Racing/Toyota) completaram os três primeiros.
Bell largou da 11ª posição, terminou em quarto no primeiro estágio. E venceu o segundo. Assumindo a liderança em definitivo, faltando 12 voltas para o final; Vencendo com 1s036 de vantagem sobre Gibbs. Pole-position Reddick venceu o primeiro estágio.
Ryan Blaney (Team Penske/Ford) foi o quarto, seguido por Kyle Larson (Hendrick Motorsports/Chevrolet).
Lider do campeonato Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota) terminou na 18ª posição. Ele soma 2135 pontos, seguido por Bell com 2123.
A próxima etapa, no World Wide Technology Raceway, acontece no dia 13 de setembro.
Final:
1 20 Christopher Bell (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 voltas
2 54 Ty Gibbs (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367
3 45 Tyler Reddick (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 367
4 12 Ryan Blaney (CC) Team Penske Ford 367
5 5 Kyle Larson (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367
6 19 Chase Briscoe (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367
7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 367
8 23 Bubba Wallace (CC) 23XI Racing Toyota 367
9 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 367
10 60 Ryan Preece (CC) RFK Racing Ford 367
11 77 Carson Hocevar (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 367
12 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367
13 2 Austin Cindric (CC) Team Penske Ford 367
14 9 Chase Elliott (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367
15 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 367
16 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 367
17 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 367
18 11 Denny Hamlin (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367
19 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 367
20 17 Chris Buescher (CC) RFK Racing Ford 367
21 7 Daniel Suárez (CC) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 367
22 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 367
23 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 367
24 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 367
25 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 367
26 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 366
27 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 366
28 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 366
29 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 366
30 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 366
31 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 366
32 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 366
33 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 366
34 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 365
35 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 363
36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 363
37 24 William Byron (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 319
38 66 Chad Finchum (i) Garage 66 Ford 243
Campeonato:
1 Denny Hamlin 2,135 pontos
2 Christopher Bell 2,123 (–12)
3 Ryan Blaney 2,119 (–16)
4 Tyler Reddick 2,111 (–24)
5 Chase Briscoe 2,098 (–37)
6 Ty Gibbs 2,096 (–39)
7 Kyle Larson 2,086 (–49)
8 Joey Logano 2,063 (–72)
9 Chase Elliott 2,063 (–72)
10 Bubba Wallace 2,054 (–81)
11 Chris Buescher 2,047 (–88)
12 Carson Hocevar 2,046 (–89)
13 Daniel Suárez 2,041 (–94)
14 Austin Cindric 2,033 (–102)
15 Ryan Preece 2,031 (–104)
16 William Byron 2,021 (–114)