The 2022 AdventHealth 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on May 15, 2022, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was also the 34th and final win of Kurt Busch’s career, who would be forced to retire following a crash at Pocono in the same year.
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Background Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.
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 Noah Gragson (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 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 Kurt Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.758 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 30.758 175.564 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.784 175.416 3 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.845 175.069Official practice results
Qualifying Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.071 seconds and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.073 30.071 2 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.388 30.192 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.515 30.206 4 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 30.507 30.261 5 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 30.356 30.276 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.496 30.340 7 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.456 30.355 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.340 30.411 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.463 30.606 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.554 30.618 11 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.513 — 12 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.530 — 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.553 — 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.570 — 15 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.617 — 16 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.676 — 17 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.692 — 18 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.701 — 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.706 — 20 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.743 — 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.749 — 22 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.759 — 23 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.762 — 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.822 — 25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.885 — 26 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.970 — 27 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.013 — 28 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 31.457 — 29 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.467 — 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 31.644 — 31 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.701 — 32 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 32.106 — 33 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 32.096 — 34 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 0.000 — 35 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 0.000 — 36 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Kurt Busch 23XL racing Toyota 102 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 93 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 48 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 102 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 84 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 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 5 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 267 502 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 403 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 534 18 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 365 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 326 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 367 11 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 267 438 36 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 267 299 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2910 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 3211 4 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 267 3312 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 3513 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2414 30 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 267 2315 23 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 2216 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 2717 34 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 2218 28 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 267 019 20 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1820 17 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 267 1721 26 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 267 1622 16 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 1523 25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 1424 12 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1325 31 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 1226 7 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1127 35 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 265 1028 32 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 265 029 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 264 2230 2 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 263 1431 27 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 263 032 22 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 261 833 19 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 256 434 29 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 255 335 15 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 64 236 33 78 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Ford 32 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 18 among 10 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 47 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 3 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered their 11th race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Vince Welch handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analystLap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Jamie McMurray Jamie LittleVince Welch Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast 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 through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.
MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kurt Becker Steve PostBrienne PedigoJason Toy
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 475 1 2 Ryan Blaney 423 (–52) 3 3 Kyle Busch 417 (–58) 2 4 William Byron 415 (–60) 5 Ross Chastain 407 (–68) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 400 (–75) 3 7 Joey Logano 396 (–79) 8 Alex Bowman 386 (–89) 9 Kyle Larson 376 (–99) 10 Christopher Bell 359 (–116) 11 Kevin Harvick 335 (–140) 12 Aric Almirola 322 (–153) 1 13 Austin Dillon 311 (–164) 1 14 Chase Briscoe 300 (–175) 15 Tyler Reddick 300 (–175) 2 16 Austin Cindric 291 (–184)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 481 1 2 Toyota 445 (–36) 1 3 Ford 432 (–49)
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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