Chase Briscoe wins Southern 500, Darlington playoff opener results

Chase Briscoe won his second straight Southern 500 leading 309 laps to advance to the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Tyler Reddick would finish the race second. The top 10 featured several non-playoff drivers with Erik Jones being the highest in third.

The series will return to action next weekend for the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Darlington Raceway Cup Series Results

August 31, 2025

POSITION
START
LED
BEHIND
PTS

1

C. Briscoe #19
2
309
Winner
60

2

T. Reddick #45
4
3
0.408
53

3

E. Jones #43
19
0
0.537
42

4

J. Nemechek #42
30
15
1.250
38

5

A. Allmendinger #16
22
0
6.158
38

6

B. Wallace #23
8
10
6.712
41

7

D. Hamlin #11
1
12
12.013
38

8

K. Busch #8
23
0
12.140
29

9

C. Hocevar #77
26
0
15.230
28

10

C. Buescher #17
15
0
15.381
27

11

R. Chastain #1
6
3
15.791
38

12

A. Cindric #2
10
0
17.158
28

13

Z. Smith #38
24
0
17.886
24

14

N. Gragson #4
34
0
19.705
23

15

B. Keselowski #6
32
0
23.077
22

16

R. Preece #60
27
0
24.184
23

17

C. Elliott #9
21
8
24.395
20

18

R. Blaney #12
12
0
25.407
20

19

K. Larson #5
5
2
26.858
30

20

J. Logano #22
14
0
27.533
17

21

W. Byron #24
11
0
28.003
17

22

T. Gibbs #54
16
0
28.583
15

23

A. Dillon #3
9
0
29.462
14

24

C. Custer #41
18
0
30.388
13

25

D. Suárez #99
17
0
1 Lap
12

26

T. Gilliland #34
28
0
1 Lap
11

27

J. Haley #7
13
0
1 Lap
10

28

R. Herbst #35
33
0
1 Lap
9

29

C. Bell #20
7
2
2 Laps
12

30

R. Stenhouse Jr #47
35
0
2 Laps
7

31

A. Bowman #48
29
0
2 Laps
6

32

S. Van Gisbergen #88
20
3
2 Laps
5

33

M. McDowell #71
25
0
2 Laps
4

34

T. Dillon #10
31
0
2 Laps
3

35

T. Hill
38
0
13 Laps
0

36

D. Kraus #44
37
0
85 Laps
1

37

C. Ware #51
36
0
118 Laps
1

38

J. Berry #21
3
0
128 Laps
2
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