The 2022 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 3, 2022, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the seventh race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Background Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
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 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger (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 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.558 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.558 119.691 2 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 22.628 119.321 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.689 119.000Official practice results
Qualifying Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.541 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.432 22.541 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.557 22.578 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.458 22.634 4 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.473 22.658 5 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 22.442 22.747 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.460 22.761 7 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.387 22.761 8 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 22.359 22.767 9 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.442 22.804 10 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.500 22.819 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 22.516 — 12 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.520 — 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.523 — 14 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 22.544 — 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.552 — 16 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.586 — 17 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22.593 — 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 22.600 — 19 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 22.606 — 20 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 22.644 — 21 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.653 — 22 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.670 — 23 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.725 — 24 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.739 — 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.761 — 26 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 22.766 — 27 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 22.807 — 28 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.818 — 29 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 22.828 — 30 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 22.847 — 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.971 — 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.982 — 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.164 — 34 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 23.189 — 35 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.229 — 36 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — 37 44 Greg Biffle NY Racing Team Chevrolet 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 84 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 210 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 160
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 170
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 402 7 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 403 2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 434 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 505 21 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 346 9 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 447 1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 400 468 28 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 299 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 3710 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 2711 4 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 2612 16 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 2513 19 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 400 2714 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 3315 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 400 2216 14 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 400 2117 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 399 3018 17 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 399 1919 8 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 399 3420 20 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 399 1721 10 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 398 1622 12 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 398 1523 5 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 398 1424 30 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 398 1325 22 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 397 1226 29 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 397 1127 26 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 396 028 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 396 929 36 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 396 830 24 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 395 731 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 392 632 23 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 390 033 35 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 390 0 34 34 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 386 335 27 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 291 236 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 247 137 37 44 Greg Biffle NY Racing Team Chevrolet 96 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 13 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 21st race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Clint Bowyer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series winning crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FoxBooth announcersPit reportersIn-race analysts Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Chad Knaus Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynoldsJamie McMurray
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post and Kim Coon handled pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Backstretch: Mike Bagley Steve PostKim Coon
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Ryan Blaney 241 1 2 Chase Elliott 241 (–0) 4 3 Martin Truex Jr. 222 (–19) 2 4 William Byron 218 (–23) 2 5 Joey Logano 215 (–26) 1 6 Ross Chastain 214 (–27) 3 7 Alex Bowman 212 (–29) 6 8 Kevin Harvick 193 (–48) 9 Chase Briscoe 192 (–49) 1 10 Kyle Busch 191 (–50) 3 11 Aric Almirola 184 (–57) 4 12 Kyle Larson 183 (–58) 3 13 Tyler Reddick 183 (–58) 1 14 Daniel Suárez 171 (–70) 3 15 Austin Cindric 170 (–71) 2 16 Austin Dillon 158 (–83)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 256 2 Ford 239 (–17) 3 Toyota 237 (–19)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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