NASCAR Cook Out 400 Prize Money: How much is the winner expected to make at Martinsville Speedway in 2025?

After the Straight Talk Wireless 400, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to the Martinsville Speedway for the 2025 Cook Out 400.

The season’s seventh race is expected to be exciting as the Next Gen car will run for the seventh time at the Martinsville Speedway. All drivers taking the field will be racing to win Sunday’s (March 30) 400-lap race at the 0.526-mile oval track.

The Cook Out 400 winner will receive monetary rewards. In 2025, the Martinsville Spring Cup race boasts a prize pool of $11,055,250.

Live action of the 2025 Martinsville race will be broadcast live on FS1 and MRN radio on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

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What is the prize money for the Cook Out 400 2025?

All 38 drivers participating in NASCAR’s top-tier series will compete for monetary incentives this weekend in Ridgeway, Virginia.

Renowned NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass posted on X the total prize pool that will be up for grabs this weekend in Ridgeway, Virginia:

“Purses for Martinsville weekend including all payouts for all positions and all charter payouts: Cup: $11,055,250 Xfinity: $1,651,939 Truck: $782,900”

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Cook Out 400 Prize Money Breakdown: How much will the winner make at the Martinsville Speedway?

According to NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass, the 2025 Cook Out 400 winner is likely to receive between eight and 10 percent of the total purse.

According to this assumption, this year’s Cook Out 400 winner at Martinsville will likely get eight to 10 percent of the overall prize money of $11,055,250, which means a check of around $884,420 to $1,105,525.

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Explore the 2025 Martinsville Spring NASCAR Cup Series payout per position

After deducting the winner's money from the total purse of $11,055,250, the remaining amount will be divided among the charter teams according to their finishing positions in the race, charter status, etc.

With the start of the charter system in NASCAR, individual payouts per finishing position are no longer published.

NASCAR Cup Series action begins with practice and qualifying on Saturday (March 29) before the main event on Sunday afternoon. Practice and qualifying actions will be available on Prime.

List of Martinsville Spring NASCAR Cup Series race winners

1. 1950: Curtis Turner
2. 1951: Curtis Turner
3. 1952: Dick Rathmann
4. 1953: Lee Petty
5. 1954: Jim Paschal
6. 1955: Tim Flock
7. 1956: Buck Baker
8. 1957: Buck Baker
9. 1958: Bob Welborn
10. 1959: Lee Petty
11. 1960: Richard Petty
12. 1961*: Fred Lorenzen
13. 1961:Junior Johnson
14. 1962: Richard Petty
15. 1963: Richard Petty
16. 1964: Fred Lorenzen
17. 1965: Fred Lorenzen
18. 1966: Jim Paschal
19. 1967: Richard Petty
20. 1968: Cale Yarborough
21. 1969: Richard Petty
22. 1970: Bobby Isaac
23. 1971: Richard Petty
24. 1972: Richard Petty
25. 1973: David Pearson
26. 1974: Cale Yarborough
27. 1975: Richard Petty
28. 1976: Darrell Waltrip
29. 1977: Cale Yarborough
30. 1978: Darrell Waltrip
31. 1979: Richard Petty
32. 1980: Darrell Waltrip
33. 1981: Morgan Shepherd
34. 1982: Harry Gant
35. 1983: Darrell Waltrip
36. 1984: Geoffrey Bodine
37. 1985: Harry Gant
38. 1986: Ricky Rudd
39. 1987: Dale Earnhardt
40. 1988: Dale Earnhardt
41. 1989: Darrell Waltrip
42. 1990: Geoffrey Bodine
43. 1991: Dale Earnhardt
44. 1992: Mark Martin
45. 1993: Rusty Wallace
46. 1994: Rusty Wallace
47. 1995: Rusty Wallace
48. 1996: Rusty Wallace
49. 1997: Jeff Gordon
50. 1998: Bobby Hamilton
51. 1999: John Andretti
52. 2000: Mark Martin
53. 2001: Dale Jarrett
54. 2002: Bobby Labonte
55. 2003: Jeff Gordon
56. 2004: Rusty Wallace
57. 2005: Jeff Gordon
58. 2006: Tony Stewart
59. 2007: Jimmie Johnson
60. 2008: Denny Hamlin
61. 2009: Jimmie Johnson
62. 2010: Denny Hamlin
63. 2011: Kevin Harvick
64. 2012: Ryan Newman
65. 2013: Jimmie Johnson
66. 2014: Kurt Busch
67. 2015: Denny Hamlin
68. 2016: Kyle Busch
69. 2017: Brad Keselowski
70. 2018: Clint Bowyer
71. 2019: Brad Keselowski
72. 2020: Martin Truex Jr.
73. 2021: Martin Truex Jr.
74. 2022*: William Byron
75. 2023: Kyle Larson
76. 2024: William Byron