NASCAR Cook Out Southern 500 Prize Money: How much is the winner expected to make at Darlington Raceway in 2024?

After an eventful Daytona race, the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series heads to Darlington, South Carolina, with the Cook Out Southern 500.

The 26th race of the season is expected to be exciting as the Next Gen car will run for the sixth time at the Darlington Raceway. All drivers taking the field will be racing to win Sunday’s (September 1) 367-lap race at the 1.366-mile-long track.

Along with the win, there will be monetary rewards for the winners across NASCAR’s all two national series. In 2024, the Cup Series race at the Darlington Fall race boasts a prize pool of $8,644,143. Meanwhile, the Xfinity Series races will reward the winner $1,303,907.

Live action of the Southern 500 can be enjoyed live on NBC Sports, Peacock and MRN. It will be broadcast on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.

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What is Cook Out Southern 500 prize money for 2024?

All 37 drivers participating in NASCAR’s top-tier series will compete for monetary incentives this weekend in Darlington, South Carolina.

Renowned FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass tweeted the total prize pool that will be up for grabs this weekend at Darlington across the Cup and Xfinity Series:

“Purses for Darlington weekend, including all payouts for all positions, contingency awards, year-end points fund contribution, for Cup all charter payouts for racing and historical performance: Cup: $8,644,143 Xfinity: $1,303,907”

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Cook Out Southern 500 Prize Money Breakdown: How much will the winner make at the Darlington Raceway?

According to NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass, the 2024 Cook Out Southern 500 winner is likely to receive between eight and 10 percent of the total purse. The remaining purse will be divided among the full-time NASCAR Cup Series' 36 charter teams according to their finishing positions, charter status, etc.

As per this assumption, the winner of Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington will likely get eight to 10 percent of the overall prize money of $8,644,143, which means a check of around $600,000–800,000.

NASCAR Cup Series action begins with practice and qualifying on Saturday (August 31) at 12:35 p.m. ET and 1:20 p.m. ET, while the main event is on Monday. Practice and qualifying for the final race of the regular season can be watched live on NBC Sports.

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List of Cook Out Southern 500 winners

1. 1950: Johnny Mantz
2. 1951: Herb Thomas
3. 1952: Fonty Flock
4. 1953: Buck Baker
5. 1954: Herb Thomas
6. 1955: Herb Thomas
7. 1956: Curtis Turner
8. 1957: Speedy Thompson
9. 1958: Fireball Roberts
10. 1959: Jim Reed
11. 1960: Buck Baker
12. 1961: Nelson Stacy
13. 1962: Larry Frank
14. 1963: Fireball Roberts
15. 1964: Buck Baker
16. 1965: Ned Jarrett
17. 1966: Darel Dieringer
18. 1967: Richard Petty
19. 1968: Cale Yarborough
20. 1969: LeeRoy Yarbrough
21. 1970: Buddy Baker
22. 1971: Bobby Allison
23. 1972: Bobby Allison
24. 1973: Cale Yarborough
25. 1974: Cale Yarborough
26. 1975: Bobby Allison
27. 1976: David Pearson
28. 1977: David Pearson
29. 1978: Cale Yarborough
30. 1979: David Pearson
31. 1980: Terry Labonte
32. 1981: Neil Bonnett
33. 1982: Cale Yarborough
34. 1983: Bobby Allison
35. 1984: Harry Gant
36. 1985: Bill Elliott*
37. 1986: Tim Richmond
38. 1987: Dale Earnhardt
39. 1988: Bill Elliott
40. 1989: Dale Earnhardt
41. 1990: Dale Earnhardt
42. 1991: Harry Gant
43. 1992: Darrell Waltrip
44. 1993: Mark Martin
45. 1994: Bill Elliott
46. 1995: Jeff Gordon
47. 1996: Jeff Gordon
48. 1997: Jeff Gordon*
49. 1998: Jeff Gordon
50. 1999: Jeff Burton
51. 2000: Bobby Labonte
52. 2001: Ward Burton
53. 2002: Jeff Gordon
54. 2003: Terry Labonte
55. 2004*: Jimmie Johnson
56. 2005: Greg Biffle
57. 2006: Greg Biffle
58. 2007: Jeff Gordon
59. 2008: Kyle Busch
60. 2009: Mark Martin
61. 2010: Denny Hamlin
62. 2011: Regan Smith
63. 2012: Jimmie Johnson
64. 2013: Matt Kenseth
65. 2014: Kevin Harvick
66. 2015: Carl Edwards
67. 2016: Martin Truex Jr.
68. 2017: Denny Hamlin
69. 2018: Brad Keselowski
70. 2019: Erik Jones
71. 2020: Kevin Harvick
72. 2021: Denny Hamlin
73. 2022: Erik Jones
74. 2023: Kyle Larson