In a dominant performance that he had to earn the right to cap off in the final corner, Chase Briscoe held off a hard-charging Tyler Reddick to win the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, earning his second-straight win in NASCAR's oldest crown jewel race and his second victory of the 2025 season. Briscoe's win is the fourth of his Cup career and makes him the first driver in the NASCAR playoffs field to advance to the Round of 12.

After a herculean effort earned him an improbable Southern 500 win in 2024, Briscoe came back one year later with what was prohibitively the best car in the field, driving to the lead multiple times on his way to leading over 300 laps. But on the final run, the handling on Briscoe's car went away, allowing both Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones to close in

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