Cook Out 400

The Cook Out 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia, being the second of two races at the track with the first one being the Toyota Owners 400 in the spring.

Cook Out 400
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueRichmond Raceway
LocationRichmond, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsorCook Out
First race1958 (1958)
Distance300 miles (482.803 km)
Laps400[1]
Stage 1: 80
Stage 2: 155
Final stage: 165
Previous namesRichmond 200 (1958)
Capital City 200 (1959–1961)
Capital City 300 (1962–1968)
Capital City 250 (1969)
Capital City 500 (1970–1975)
Capital City 400 (1976–1980)
Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 (1981–1985)
Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400 (1986–1987)
Miller High Life 400 (1988–1989)
Miller Genuine Draft 400 (1990–1995)
Miller 400 (1996)
Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 (1997–1999)
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (2000)
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 with the Looney Tunes (2001–2002)
Chevy Rock & Roll 400 (2003–2009)
Air Guard 400 (2010)
Wonderful Pistachios 400 (2011)
Federated Auto Parts 400 (2012–2020 & 2022)
Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders (2021)
Most wins (driver)Richard Petty (7)
Most wins (team)Joe Gibbs Racing (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)Ford (18)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Turns4

This race was previously the final race before the Cup Series playoffs (previously "the Chase") began since NASCAR implemented them for the 2004 season until 2018 when it was moved into the playoffs (replacing the race at Chicagoland which was moved to June). The Brickyard 400 became the last race before the playoffs in 2018, replacing Richmond, and was again in 2019 and then the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona became the last race of the playoffs in 2020 and still is today. In 2022, this race was taken out of the playoffs and moved to August. In 2023, the race was moved again to the last weekend in July.

History

The 2008 race logo on the track's grass
The cars getting the green flag after a restart in the 2021 race
Federated Auto Parts was the title sponsor of the race from 2012 to 2022

Starting in 1991, the race was moved from Sunday afternoon to Saturday night. It became the second night race on the NASCAR schedule, following Bristol which took place a few weeks earlier.

From 2000 to 2009, the race was sponsored in some form by Chevrolet. For 2001 and 2002, the race sponsorship was in conjunction with Warner Bros., with Looney Tunes characters featured in several cars' paint jobs. For the 2003–2009 races, the race was known as the Chevy Rock and Roll 400, and various cars promoted various rock music acts. The 2010 race saw the sponsorship move from Chevrolet to the Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force. The race was sponsored by Roll Global through its Wonderful Pistachios brand, a division of Roll Global subsidiary Paramount Nuts in 2011. On May 2, 2012, Federated Auto Parts and Richmond International Raceway announced that Federated Auto Parts would become the race's sponsor starting in 2012.[2]

The most notable year of this race is arguably the 2013 race, which was marred by a team orders scheme (referred to as Spingate) designed to manipulate the outcome of the race and Chase positions in the final ten laps after Clint Bowyer intentionally spun out to allow Brian Vickers to pit after a restart from the caution so that Martin Truex Jr. could secure a spot in the Chase, and a separate manipulation where David Gilliland was asked to slow down to allow Joey Logano to pass so that Logano could secure a spot in the Chase. NASCAR penalized the teams involved in the scheme (Michael Waltrip Racing, Penske Racing, and Front Row Motorsports) which therefore eliminated Truex from that year's Chase, while Jeff Gordon was given a thirteenth slot (in a usually twelve-driver battle) in the Chase as a compensation. (Gordon would have been 10th in points and made it in on points instead of Logano if Logano had not passed Gilliland. Had this manipulation have not occurred, Logano would have been 11th in points but still gotten into the Chase by being in one of two wild card positions outside the top 10 in points, which is why he wasn't kicked out of the Chase like Truex. Gordon would have not qualified for a wild card spot due to being winless.) Carl Edwards would win that year's race.

When the race was run in close proximity to (and it occasionally being run on) Patriot Day (9/11), the Pledge of Allegiance was included as part of the opening ceremony. The 2021 race, which took place on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, was called the Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders.[3]

Cook Out Restaurants would become the title sponsor of the race in 2023, replacing Federated Auto Parts.[4]

Past winners

Year Date No. Driver Team Sponsor Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report
Laps Miles (km)
1958 September 14 46 Speedy Thompson Speedy Thompson N/A Chevrolet 200 100 (160.934) 1:43:40 57.878 Report
1959 September 13 6 Cotton Owens W.H. Watson Thunder Chicken T-Bird 200 100 (160.934) 1:39:22 60.362 Report
1960 October 23 21 Speedy Thompson Wood Brothers Racing N/A Ford 200 100 (160.934) 1:34:08 63.739 Report
1961 September 10 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore Engineering N/A Pontiac 200 100 (160.934) 2:01:36 61.677 Report
1962 September 9 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore Engineering N/A Pontiac 300 150 (241.401) 2:18:30 64.981 Report
1963 September 8 11 Ned Jarrett Charles Robinson Burton-Robinson Ford 300 150 (241.401) 2:15:04 66.339 Report
1964 September 14 5 Cotton Owens Cotton Owens N/A Dodge 300 150 (241.401) 2:25:16 61.955 Report
1965 September 18 6 David Pearson Cotton Owens Southeastern Dodge Dealers Dodge 300 150 (241.401) 2:27:35 60.983 Report
1966 September 11 6 David Pearson Cotton Owens Dodge Dodge 300 150 (241.401) 2:23:07 62.886 Report
1967 September 10 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth by Petty Plymouth 300 150 (241.401) 2:36:10 57.631 Report
1968 September 8 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth by Petty Plymouth 300 187.5 (301.752) 2:11:20 85.659 Report
1969 September 7 22 Bobby Allison Mario Rossi N/A Dodge 462* 250.404 (402.986) 3:16:32 76.388 Report
1970 September 13 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Southern Chrysler & Plymouth Plymouth 500 271 (436.132) 3:19:34 81.476 Report
1971 November 14 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Southern Chrysler & Plymouth Plymouth 500 271 (436.132) 3:23:11 80.025 Report
1972 September 10 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Plymouth 500 271 (436.132) 3:34:14 75.899 Report
1973 September 9 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Dodge 500 271 (436.132) 4:13:17 63.215 Report
1974 September 8 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises STP Dodge 500 271 (436.132) 4:12:22 64.43 Report
1975 October 12 88 Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports Terminal Transport Chevrolet 500 271 (436.132) 3:18:34 81.886 Report
1976 September 12 11 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates Holly Farms Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:46:47 77.993 Report
1977 September 11 5 Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Jim Stacy Racing Team Dodge 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:41:18 80.644 Report
1978 September 10 88 Darrell Waltrip DiGard Motorsports Gatorade Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:43:19 79.568 Report
1979 September 9 15 Bobby Allison Bud Moore Engineering Hodgdon/Moore Ford 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:41:23 80.604 Report
1980 September 7 15 Bobby Allison Bud Moore Engineering Mike Curb/Hodgdon Ford 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:43:10 79.722 Report
1981 September 13 15 Benny Parsons Bud Moore Engineering Melling Tool Ford 400 216.8 (348.905) 3:05:50 69.998 Report
1982 September 12 88 Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports Gatorade Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:37:06 82.8 Report
1983 September 11 22 Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports Miller High Life Buick 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:43:08 79.381 Report
1984 September 9 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Budweiser Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:53:57 74.78 Report
1985 September 8 11 Darrell Waltrip Junior Johnson & Associates Budweiser Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 2:58:54 72.508 Report
1986 September 7 25 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports Folgers Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 3:05:24 70.161 Report
1987 September 13 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Wrangler Jeans Chevrolet 400 216.8 (348.905) 3:03:56 67.074 Report
1988* September 11 28 Davey Allison Ranier-Lundy Havoline Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:07:57 95.77 Report
1989 September 10 27 Rusty Wallace Blue Max Racing Kodiak Pontiac 400 300 (482.803) 3:23:40 88.38 Report
1990 September 9 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 3:08:21 95.567 Report
1991* September 7 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Racing Skoal Bandit Oldsmobile 400 300 (482.803) 2:57:35 101.361 Report
1992 September 12 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac 400 300 (482.803) 2:51:59 104.661 Report
1993 September 11 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac 400 300 (482.803) 3:00:09 99.917 Report
1994 September 10 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Kellogg's Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 2:52:59 104.156 Report
1995 September 9 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Miller Genuine Draft Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:52:19 104.459 Report
1996 September 7 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Texaco/Havoline Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:50:40 105.469 Report
1997 September 6 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:45:04 109.047 Report
1998 September 12 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Exide Batteries NASCAR Select Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:15:41 91.985 Report
1999 September 11 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing The Home Depot Pontiac 400 300 (482.803) 2:53:04 104.006 Report
2000 September 9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports DuPont Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 3:00:14 99.871 Report
2001 September 8 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Texaco/Havoline Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:09:11 95.146 Report
2002 September 7 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing DeWalt Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:09:54 94.787 Report
2003 September 6 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Alltel Dodge 400 300 (482.803) 3:09:35 94.945 Report
2004 September 11 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 400 300 (482.803) 3:01:55 98.946 Report
2005 September 10 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Crown Royal Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:02:37 98.567 Report
2006 September 9 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing GM Goodwrench/The Barenaked Ladies Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 2:57:37 101.342 Report
2007 September 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 3:16:03 91.813 Report
2008 September 7* 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 3:14:13 92.68 Report
2009 September 12 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Express Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 3:06:20 96.601 Report
2010 September 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Office Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 2:52:55 104.096 Report
2011 September 10 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Budweiser Chevrolet 400 300 (482.803) 3:20:12 89.91 Report
2012 September 8/9* 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing 5-Hour Energy Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 2:59:58 100.019 Report
2013 September 7 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Kellogg's Frosted Flakes/Cheez-It Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:51:23 105.028 Report
2014 September 6 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Miller Lite Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:51:55 104.702 Report
2015 September 12 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Dollar General Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 2:59:22 100.353 Report
2016 September 10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing FedEx Ground Toyota 407* 305.25 (491.252) 3:31:33 85.778 Report
2017 September 9 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Target/Coca-Cola Chevrolet 404* 303 (487.631) 3:02:52 99.417 Report
2018 September 22 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing M&M's Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 2:54:30 103.152 Report
2019 September 21 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops/Tracker ATvs & Boats Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 2:57:27 101.437 Report
2020 September 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Western Star/Alliance Truck Parts Ford 400 300 (482.803) 2:56:42 101.868 Report
2021 September 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Red, White, & Blue Toyota 400 300 (482.803) 3:03:06 98.307 Report
2022 August 14 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Mobil 1 Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:03:27 98.11 Report
2023 July 30 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Fastenal Ford 400 300 (482.803) 3:02:13 98.783 Report

Notes

  • 1969: Race shortened from 500 laps due to rain.
  • 1988: Track reconfigured to 0.75 miles.
  • 1991: Race moved to a Saturday night event.
  • 2008: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
  • 2012: Race started late due to rain; race finished on Sunday approximately 1:30am.
  • 2016 and 2017: Race extended due to an overtime finish.

Track length notes

  • 1958–1967: 0.5 mile course
  • 1968: 0.625 mile course
  • 1969–1987: 0.542 mile course
  • 1988–present: 0.75 mile course

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
7 Richard Petty 1967, 1968, 1970-1974
5 Bobby Allison 1969, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983
4 Darrell Waltrip 1975, 1978, 1984, 1985
Rusty Wallace 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995
3 Denny Hamlin 2009, 2010, 2016
Kevin Harvick 2006, 2011, 2022
2 Speedy Thompson 1958, 1960
Joe Weatherly 1961, 1962
Cotton Owens 1959, 1964
David Pearson 1965, 1966
Dale Earnhardt 1987, 1990
Jimmie Johnson 2007, 2008
Matt Kenseth 2002, 2015
Brad Keselowski 2014, 2020
Martin Truex Jr. 2019, 2021

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins Team Years Won
8 Joe Gibbs Racing 1999, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
7 Petty Enterprises 1967, 1968, 1970-1974
6 Team Penske 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2014, 2020
5 Bud Moore Engineering 1961, 1962, 1979-1981
Hendrick Motorsports 1986, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2008
RFK Racing 1998, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2023
4 DiGard Motorsports 1975, 1978, 1982, 1983
Richard Childress Racing 1987, 1990, 2006, 2011
3 Cotton Owens 1964-1966
Junior Johnson & Associates 1976, 1984, 1985
Robert Yates Racing 1996, 1997, 2001

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
18 Ford 1960, 1963, 1979-1981, 1988, 1995-1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023
17 Chevrolet 1958, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1984-1987, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006-2008, 2011, 2017
9 Dodge 1964-1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2003, 2004
8 Toyota 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
6 Pontiac 1961, 1962, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999
5 Plymouth 1967, 1968, 1970-1972
1 T-Bird 1959
Buick 1983
Oldsmobile 1991
# Wins Sponsor Years Won
5 Miller 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2014
4 Plymouth 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971
3 Dodge 1965, 1966, 2004
STP 1972, 1973, 1974
Budweiser 1984, 1985, 2011
Havoline 1988, 1996, 2001
FedEx 2009, 2010, 2016
2 Chrysler 1970, 1971
Gatorade 1978, 1982
Hodgdon 1979, 1980
GM Goodwrench 1990, 2006
Kellogg's 1994, 2013
Texaco 1996, 2001
Lowe's 2007, 2008
Bass Pro Shops 2019, 2021

References

  1. "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. Phillips, Michael (May 3, 2012). "Federated Auto Parts will sponsor September RIR race". Richmond-Times Dispatch. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  3. "Richmond Raceway & Federated Auto Parts Rename NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race to Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders". Richmond Raceway (Press release). June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. "July NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway becomes Cook Out 400". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 10, 2023.
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