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2025 Goodyear 400
Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 8 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06)
Location Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.366 miles (2.198 km)
Distance 293 laps, 400.238 mi (644.121 km)
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Tim Catafalmo (3 & 4)

The 2025 Goodyear 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will be held on April 6, 2025, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 293 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it will be the eighth race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and the 69th running of the event.

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Background

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Darlington Raceway where the race will be held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

Since 2015, the race has hosted NASCAR's Throwback weekend, which features cars sporting paint schemes that pay homage to past teams and drivers.[5]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes the driver ineligible for series driver points.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor or throwback
1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Busch Light[6]
2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford Freightliner – Dale Earnhardt's No. 2 paint scheme that raced from the 1979 Rookie of the Year and 1980 championship seasons.[7]
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Breztri[6]
4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford Beef-a-Roo – Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 31 Mom & Pop's paint scheme from his debut race in the 1996 NASCAR Busch Series.[8][9]
5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com – Terry Labonte's Kellogg's paint scheme that raced to his final career win at the 2003 Southern 500.[10]
6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford Castrol Seven Critical Areas[11]
7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Gainbridge
8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UniFirst – Ken Schrader's No. 25 Kodiak paint scheme from the 1994 season.[12]
10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Sea Best / Beaver Street Fisheries – Patty Moise's No. 45 Beaver Street Foods paint scheme that raced at the 1989 Pepsi 400.[13]
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Sport Clips Haircuts – Carl Edwards' No. 99 Office Depot paint scheme that from the 2006 and 2007 seasons.[14]
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford Dutch Boy / Menards – Dave Blaney's No. 32 Hass Avocados paint scheme that raced in the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series.[15]
16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Action Industries[6]
17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford Fifth Third Bank[6]
19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Bass Pro Shops[6]
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota DeWalt – Honoring Rick Ferkel, Bell's racing mentor.[16]
21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft – Jim Clark's No. 82 Lotus paint scheme that won him the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (Wood Brothers Racing served as Clark's pit crew for the race).[17][18]
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell / Pennzoil – Cale Yarborough's No. 11 Holly Farms paint scheme from the 1976 season.[6]
23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota Columbia[6]
24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta – Jeff Gordon's paint scheme that raced at the 2015 season finale.[19]
33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet United Rentals[20]
34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Ruedebusch[6]
35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota Monster Energy[6]
38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's[6]
41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford Haas Automation – Jimmy Spencer's Target paint scheme from the early 2000s.[21]
42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota Dollar Tree – Joe Nemechek's BellSouth paint scheme from the 1998 season.[22]
43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota AdventHealth – John Andretti's STP paint scheme from the 1998 season.[23]
44 J. J. Yeley NY Racing Team Chevrolet Orange Crush
45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota McDonalds[6]
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet SunnyD[6]
48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Ally Financial – Jimmie Johnson's Lowe's / Kobalt paint scheme that won him the 2012 Southern 500 and marked Hendrick's 200th Cup Series win.[24]
51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford Jacob Companies – Ward Burton's No. 22 Caterpillar paint scheme that raced during the 2000s, honoring crew chief Tommy Baldwin.[25]
54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Monster Energy[6]
60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford Kroger / Country Crock[6]
71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Delaware Life[6]
77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Zeigler Auto Group[26]
88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet WeatherTech[6]
99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Quaker State[6]
Official entry list

Media

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Television

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The race will be carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick will call the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith will handle the pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds will provide insight on-site during the race.

FS1
Booth announcers Pit reporters In-race analyst
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Clint Bowyer
Color-commentator: Kevin Harvick		 Jamie Little
Regan Smith		 Larry McReynolds

Radio

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MRN will have the radio call for the race, which will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN Radio
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Alex Hayden
Announcer: Mike Bagley
Announcer: Todd Gordon		 Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo		 Steve Post
Dillon Welch

References

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  1. ^ "2025 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Darlington Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Sturniolo, Zach (August 29, 2024). "NASCAR reveals milestone 2025 Cup Series schedule, complete with international flair, return to roots". NASCAR. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 31, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Throwback Weekend at Darlington shifts to May". NASCAR. December 11, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "2025 Goodyear 400 Entry List". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  7. ^ "Austin Cindric sporting Dale Earnhardt throwback scheme at Darlington". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 4, 2025.
  8. ^ "Beef-a-Roo sponsoring Noah Gragson in five races". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "2025 NASCAR Cup Series #4 Front Row Motorsports paint schemes". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  10. ^ "Kyle Larson's Darlington throwback scheme to honor Terry Labonte". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  11. ^ "Brad Keselowski running Castrol 7 Critical Areas of Performance & Protection scheme at Darlington". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 31, 2025.
  12. ^ "Chase Elliott's Darlington throwback scheme to honor Ken Schrader". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  13. ^ "Sea Best sponsoring Ty Dillon in 20 races". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. January 28, 2025.
  14. ^ Sood, Dipti (March 26, 2025). "Denny Hamlin pays epic tribute to Carl Edwards for his Darlington paint scheme". Sportskeeda. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  15. ^ "2025 NASCAR Cup Series #12 Team Penske paint schemes". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  16. ^ "Christopher Bell honoring racing mentor Rick Ferkel with pair of throwback schemes". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 27, 2025. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  17. ^ "First look: Berry's 2025 Darlington throwback scheme". NASCAR. March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  18. ^ "Wood Brothers release Darlington throwback scheme". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  19. ^ "William Byron's Darlington throwback scheme to honor Jeff Gordon". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 26, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  20. ^ "Austin Hill to run five Cup races for Richard Childress Racing". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. March 24, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  21. ^ Evans, Zach (March 27, 2025). "Cole Custer Bringing 'Mr. Excitement' to Goodyear 400 at Darlington". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  22. ^ "2025 NASCAR Cup Series #42 Legacy Motor Club paint schemes". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  23. ^ "Driving Toward Colon Cancer Awareness". AdventHealth. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  24. ^ Srigley, Joseph (March 27, 2025). "Alex Bowman Honoring Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick's 200th Win at Darlington". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  25. ^ "Cody Ware's Darlington throwback scheme to honor Ward Burton and Tommy Baldwin Jr". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  26. ^ "Zeigler Auto Group to sponsor Carson Hocevar in eight races". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. December 16, 2024.


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