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The Southern 500, officially known as the Cook Out Southern 500 for sponsorship reasons is a NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

Past winners[]

Year Day Date Car. No Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed Report
Laps Miles (km)
1950 Monday September 4 98 Johnny Mantz Hubert Westmoreland Plymouth 400 500 (804.672) 6:38:40 Template:Convert Report
1951 Monday September 3 92 Herb Thomas Herb Thomas Hudson 400 500 (804.672) 6:30:05 Template:Convert Report
1952 Monday September 1 14 Fonty Flock Frank Christian Oldsmobile 400 500 (804.672) 6:42:37 Template:Convert Report
1953 Monday September 7 87 Buck Baker Bob Griffin Oldsmobile 364 500.5 (805.476) 5:23:19 Template:Convert Report
1954 Monday September 6 92 Herb Thomas Herb Thomas Hudson 364 500.5 (805.476) 5:16:01 Template:Convert Report
1955 Monday September 5 92 Herb Thomas Herb Thomas Chevrolet 364 500.5 (805.476) 5:25:25 Template:Convert Report
1956 Monday September 3 99 Curtis Turner Charlie Schwam Ford 364 500.5 (805.476) 5:15:33 Template:Convert Report
1957 Monday September 2 46 Speedy Thompson Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 364 500.5 (805.476) 5:00:01 Template:Convert Report
1958 Monday September 1 22 Fireball Roberts Frank Strickland Chevrolet 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:52:44 Template:Convert Report
1959 Monday September 7 7 Jim Reed Jim Reed Chevrolet 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:28:30 Template:Convert Report
1960 Monday September 5 47 Buck Baker Jack Smith Pontiac 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:43:34 Template:Convert Report
1961 Monday September 4 29 Nelson Stacy Dudley Farrell Ford 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:54:45 Template:Convert Report
1962 Monday September 3 66 Larry Frank Ratus Walters Ford 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:14:34 Template:Convert Report
1963 Monday September 2 22 Fireball Roberts Holman-Moody Ford 364 500.5 (805.476) 3:51:23 Template:Convert Report
1964 Monday September 7 3 Buck Baker Ray Fox Dodge 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:15:01 Template:Convert Report
1965 Monday September 6 11 Ned Jarrett Bondy Long Ford 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:19:09 Template:Convert Report
1966 Monday September 5 16 Darel Dieringer Bud Moore Engineering Mercury 364 500.5 (805.476) 4:21:31 Template:Convert Report
1967 Monday September 4 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises Plymouth 364 500.5 (805.476) 3:50:15 Template:Convert Report
1968 Monday September 2 21 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 364 500.5 (805.476) 3:58:05 Template:Convert Report
1969 Monday September 1 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 230* 316.25 (508.955) 2:59:40 Template:Convert Report
1970 Monday September 7 6 Buddy Baker Cotton Owens Dodge 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:55:03 Template:Convert Report
1971 Monday September 6 21 Bobby Allison Holman-Moody Mercury 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:48:55 Template:Convert Report
1972 Monday September 4 12 Bobby Allison Richard Howard Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:54:46 Template:Convert Report
1973 Monday September 3 11 Cale Yarborough Richard Howard Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:44:25 Template:Convert Report
1974 Monday September 2 11 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:30:48 Template:Convert Report
1975 Monday September 1 16 Bobby Allison Penske Racing AMC 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:17:28 Template:Convert Report
1976 Monday September 6 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:09:33 Template:Convert Report
1977 Monday September 5 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing Mercury 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:41:48 Template:Convert Report
1978 Monday September 4 11 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates Oldsmobile 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:17:46 Template:Convert Report
1979 Monday September 3 2 David Pearson Rod Osterlund Racing Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:58:14 Template:Convert Report
1980 Monday September 1 44 Terry Labonte Billy Hagan Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:21:05 Template:Convert Report
1981 Monday September 7 21 Neil Bonnett Wood Brothers Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:57:57 Template:Convert Report
1982 Monday September 6 27 Cale Yarborough M. C. Anderson Racing Buick 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:21:00 Template:Convert Report
1983 Monday September 5 22 Bobby Allison DiGard Motorsports Buick 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:03:52 Template:Convert Report
1984 Sunday September 2 33 Harry Gant Mach 1 Racing Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:54:02 Template:Convert Report
1985 Sunday September 1 9 Bill Elliott* Melling Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:02 Template:Convert Report
1986 Sunday August 31 25 Tim Richmond Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:45 Template:Convert Report
1987 Sunday September 6 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 202* 275.932 (444.069) 2:23:19 Template:Convert Report
1988 Sunday September 4 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:54:27 Template:Convert Report
1989 Sunday September 3 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:42:03 Template:Convert Report
1990 Sunday September 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:04:16 Template:Convert Report
1991 Sunday September 1 33 Harry Gant Leo Jackson Racing Oldsmobile 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:45:18 Template:Convert Report
1992 Sunday September 6 17 Darrell Waltrip DarWal, Inc. Chevrolet 298* 407.068 (655.112) 3:09:10 Template:Convert Report
1993 Sunday September 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 351* 479.466 (771.625) 3:28:34 Template:Convert Report
1994 Sunday September 4 11 Bill Elliott Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:55:05 Template:Convert Report
1995 Sunday September 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:07 Template:Convert Report
1996 Sunday September 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:41:34 Template:Convert Report
1997 Sunday August 31 24 Jeff Gordon* Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:17 Template:Convert Report
1998 Sunday September 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:36:21 Template:Convert Report
1999 Sunday September 5 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 270* 368.82 (593.558) 3:25:15 Template:Convert Report
2000 Sunday September 3 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 328* 448.048 (721.063) 4:08:20 Template:Convert Report
2001 Sunday September 2 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:05:00 Template:Convert Report
2002 Sunday September 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:13:35 Template:Convert Report
2003 Sunday August 31 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:09:08 Template:Convert Report
2004 Sunday November 14 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:00:33 Template:Convert Report
2005 Saturday May 7 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 370* 505.42 (813.394) 4:06:29 Template:Convert Report
2006 Saturday May 13 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:42:36 Template:Convert Report
2007 Sunday May 13* 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:01:50 Template:Convert Report
2008 Saturday May 10 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:34:19 Template:Convert Report
2009 Saturday May 9 5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:11:19 Template:Convert Report
2010 Saturday May 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:57:35 Template:Convert Report
2011 Saturday May 7 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 370* 505.42 (813.394) 3:53:51 Template:Convert Report
2012 Saturday May 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 368* 502.688 (808.997) 3:45:25 Template:Convert Report
2013 Saturday May 11 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:32:45 Template:Convert Report
2014 Saturday April 12 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 374* 510.884 (822.188) 3:53:37 Template:Convert Report
2015 Sunday September 6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:28:35 Template:Convert Report
2016 Sunday September 4 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:57:54 Template:Convert Report
2017 Sunday September 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:46:34 Template:Convert Report
2018 Sunday September 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:48:54 Template:Convert Report
2019 Sunday
Monday
September 1–2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:44:46 Template:Convert Report
2020 Sunday September 6 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:47:26 Template:Convert Report
2021 Sunday September 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:01 Template:Convert Report
2022 Sunday September 4 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:09:49 Template:Convert Report
2023 Sunday September 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 367 501.322 (806.799) 4:08:47 120.906 Report
2024 Sunday September 1 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 367 501.322 (806.799) 3:55:14 127.870 Report
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