The 2024 Cook Out 400 was a

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race held on April 7, 2024, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 415 laps -- extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the eighth race of the

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season. William Byron won the race. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Chase Elliott finished 3rd, becoming the first pair of teammates to sweep the podium at Martinsville in its 76 year history. Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top five, and Joey Logano,

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, Ryan Preece, and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Martinsville Speedway, September 2011 overview

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the

. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track on the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver. * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Corey LaJoie was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 20.020 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.718 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 80 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 100

Final stage results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 220

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 13 among 8 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 51 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 24th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner Clint Bowyer and 2011 Spring Martinsville winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and

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handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on

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NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, & former championship winning crew chief

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called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field races down the backstretch. Steve Post, Kim Coon, and Brienne Pedigo worked the pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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