The Goodyear 400 will start off the NASCAR Cup Series action in April during the 2025 season. The Goodyear 400 has seen many changes throughout its history including a drop-off in favor of other tracks. The race will set the tone for the upcoming season and will be a prime event to watch. The Darlington race will be defined by the Darlington stripes which will win their place on the driver’s car. The stripes are a sequence of scratches which emerge on drivers’ automobiles, as they navigate the unpredictable curves driving along the walls of the circuit. The 2025 Goodyear 400 will represent the 123rd event hosted by the Darlington Raceway. Kevin Harvick won his fiftyth race at the Goodyear 400.
Aaron’s 499 in 2011 and the Goodyear 400 in 2003 are tied for the NASCAR’s closest finish. Richard Petty’s horrific crash in 1970 at the Darlington Raceway caused NASCAR to develop window nets, to prevent the driver’s head from hitting the track in case of a crash.
Goodyear 400’s history
The Goodyear 400 race was started in 1952 and the race was won by Dick Rathamann in its inaugural season. However, it did not become a regular race on the NASCAR schedule until the 1957 season. The Goodyear 400 changed its total race distance many times before it was relegated to 400 miles in the 1994 Cup Series season.
The Ferko lawsuit caused it to be dropped in 2005, but it was brought back during COVID in 2020. For all three NASCAR series, the Goodyear 400 weekend is the throwback weekend. In 2021, Goodyear became the race’s title sponsor. In 2024, Brad Keselowski ended his run of 110 Cup Series races without a race win by winning the Goodyear 400, his sole victory of the season. Schedule for Goodyear 400 in 2025 On NASCAR’s official website, the Goodyear 400 is scheduled for April 5–6, 2025. 400 miles will be covered in 293 laps during the race. It will be broken down into three phases. Ninety and ninety-five laps will make up the first and second stages respectively, whereas the final stage of the race will be 108 laps long.
The Goodyear 400 qualifying session is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, starting at 11:20 AM Eastern Time, according to NASCAR’s official website. The race is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, May 6.
Location of Goodyear 400 2025
The Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, will host the Goodyear 400. The Speedway oval track is asphalt. The course is 1.366 miles long, with a 6 degree banking on the straights and a 23 degree banking on the corners. Denny Hamlin holds the track record. In 2018, he set a time of 0:28.332 in his Toyota Camry at the Bojangles’ Southern 500. Darlington Raceway is sometimes marketed as a course that is “Too Tough to Tame.”
The Goodyear 400 drivers with the most victories
NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson has the most victories in the Goodyear 400. He has won the race seven times, including three straight from 1972 to 1974. In 1980, David Pearson won the Goodyear 400 for the final time. Dale Earnhardt, who won six races, is right behind him. As of February 2025, Holman Moody had won seven races up till the 1970 season, making them the best team in the race.
Where can I watch the 2025 Goodyear 400?
According to NASCAR’s official website, the FS1 network will broadcast the Goodyear 400 2024. Throughout the event, MRN and SiriusXM will provide radio coverage.
