The 2022 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was the third stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series and the 25th running of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 267 laps to 274 due to a NASCAR overtime caused by a crash including Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace. At race's end, Alex Bowman, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would manage to climb to the front on the final restart and held off teammate and eventual second-place finisher Kyle Larson to win his seventh career NASCAR Cup Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the top 3, Ross Chastain of the Trackhouse Racing Team would finish third.
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Background
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 44 Greg Biffle NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.804 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.804 181.184 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.872 180.771 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.000 180.000Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.561 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.755 29.561 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.613 29.668 3 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 29.799 29.704 4 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.795 29.714 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.802 29.716 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.827 29.777 7 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.770 29.801 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.801 29.802 9 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.925 30.040 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.845 30.046 11 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.843 — 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.884 — 13 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.958 — 14 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.996 — 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.031 — 16 16 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.100 — 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.147 — 18 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.159 — 19 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.196 — 20 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.214 — 21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.219 — 22 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.232 — 23 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.249 — 24 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.357 — 25 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.368 — 26 44 Greg Biffle NY Racing Team Chevrolet 30.467 — 27 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.528 — 28 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.530 — 29 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.628 — 30 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.686 — 31 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 30.713 — 32 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.777 — 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.195 — 34 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.402 — 35 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 32.006 — 36 15 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing Ford 32.413 — 37 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.000 —Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 84 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 502 2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 483 18 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 274 524 37 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 415 14 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 486 20 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 274 317 7 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 274 308 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 349 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 274 4310 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 274 2811 10 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 274 2612 25 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 274 2813 31 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 274 2414 6 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 274 2715 29 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 274 2216 19 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 274 2117 28 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 274 2018 27 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 274 1919 3 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 274 1820 32 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 274 1721 9 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 274 1622 16 16 Daniel Hemric (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 274 023 30 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 274 1424 15 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 273 1325 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 273 1326 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 273 1127 22 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 273 1028 35 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 272 929 34 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 271 030 36 15 Garrett Smithley Rick Ware Racing Ford 267 731 23 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 264 632 8 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 219 1433 24 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 170 434 26 44 Greg Biffle NY Racing Team Chevrolet 147 335 4 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 135 536 11 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 104 537 21 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 92 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 23 among 15 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 12 for 60 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes and 50 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 22nd race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Danica Patrick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.
PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy VenturiniHeather Debeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 7 1 Kyle Larson 113 1 2 Martin Truex Jr. 107 (–6) 1 3 Joey Logano 104 (–9) 3 4 Austin Cindric 103 (–10) 6 5 Kyle Busch 102 (–11) 1 6 Aric Almirola 97 (–16) 12 7 Chase Elliott 88 (–25) 17 8 Alex Bowman 80 (–33) 9 Bubba Wallace 78 (–35) 4 10 Austin Dillon 78 (–35) 1 11 Kurt Busch 77 (–36) 2 12 Brad Keselowski 77 (–36) 9 13 Ryan Blaney 75 (–38) 9 14 Chase Briscoe 74 (–39) 9 15 Erik Jones 74 (–39) 4 16 Kevin Harvick 69 (–44)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Chevrolet 107 1 2 Ford 103 (–4) 3 Toyota 97 (–10)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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