NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville, full Cook Out 400 race results
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Key Points:
- Martinsville Speedway is hosting the first short track race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series regular season, the 400-lap Cook Out 400, sponsored by Cook Out, following a preseason Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
- The race at the 0.526-mile Ridgeway, Virginia track is the first of two Martinsville events in 2026, with the second being the penultimate playoff race in November.
- The 2025 Martinsville winners, Denny Hamlin and William Byron, started strong in 2026, with Hamlin securing the pole position and Byron joining him on the front row.
- Hamlin won both Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Cook Out 400, with Byron and other top drivers like Josh Berry, Ty Gibbs, and Joey Logano also performing well during the race stages.
- Full race results and updated point standings are available for fans following the Cook Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway.
