Practice Results: 2025 NCS Cook Out 400 at Richmond

Kyle Busch paced NASCAR Cup Series practice for Saturday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway. The driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet turned a fast lap time of 22.848 seconds in the session, which was 0.120 seconds faster than John Hunter Nemechek, the runner-up driver in the session.

Here are the complete practice results for the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, race 25 of 36.

Cook Out 400 Practice Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Laps	Best Lap
1	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet	22.848	--	118.172	42	2
2	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota	22.860	0.012	118.110	42	1
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Toyota	22.899	0.051	117.909	52	2
4	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports ArmorGuard Ford	22.901	0.053	117.899	35	1
5	67	Corey Heim	23XI Racing Robinhood Toyota	22.964	0.116	117.575	43	2
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	22.986	0.138	117.463	56	2
7	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Sea Best Chevrolet	22.989	0.141	117.447	37	2
8	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Super League Chevrolet	22.991	0.143	117.437	40	2
9	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford	22.998	0.150	117.402	35	1
10	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota	23.017	0.169	117.305	44	2
11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro / Winchester Chevrolet	23.024	0.176	117.269	45	2
12	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Workforce Chevrolet	23.049	0.201	117.142	57	2
13	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford	23.052	0.204	117.126	40	2
14	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Toyota	23.083	0.235	116.969	46	2
15	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet	23.090	0.242	116.934	35	1
16	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Leidos Toyota	23.101	0.253	116.878	52	1
17	33	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing C4 Energy Chevrolet	23.107	0.259	116.848	42	2
18	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing Chumba Casino Toyota	23.107	0.259	116.848	42	1
19	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Quaker State Chevrolet	23.124	0.276	116.762	52	2
20	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske BodyArmor Ford	23.141	0.293	116.676	51	2
21	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Fifth Third Bank Ford	23.185	0.337	116.455	45	2
22	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Jockey Infinite Cool Underwear Chevrolet	23.185	0.337	116.455	52	2
23	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota	23.196	0.348	116.399	53	2
24	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet	23.196	0.348	116.399	42	3
25	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford	23.203	0.355	116.364	48	3
26	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Richmond Ford	23.222	0.374	116.269	46	1
27	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota	23.267	0.419	116.044	40	1
28	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing SiriusXM Toyota	23.291	0.443	115.925	45	1
29	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports UniFirst Chevrolet	23.299	0.451	115.885	56	2
30	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet	23.311	0.463	115.825	38	3
31	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Black's Tire Chevrolet	23.323	0.475	115.766	46	2
32	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet	23.326	0.478	115.751	48	2
33	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Arrowhead Brass Ford	23.335	0.487	115.706	41	2
34	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Eero Ford	23.364	0.516	115.562	41	1
35	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	23.408	0.560	115.345	39	1
36	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet	23.426	0.578	115.257	40	1
37	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Kroger / Kleenex Ford	23.538	0.690	114.708	48	3
38	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford	23.681	0.833	114.015	20	2