The 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 31, 2022, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It was the 2nd running of the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on the road course, and officially the 29th edition of NASCAR at the speedway. Contested over 86 laps – extended from 82 laps due to an overtime finish, on the road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Background The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately west of Downtown Indianapolis.
Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
This will be the first official qualifying and race weekend in the Cup Series for Daniil Kvyat and also for Ty Gibbs. Gibbs made his Cup Series debut at Pocono following a medical disqualification of Kurt Busch, who remains under suspension by NASCAR as a result of concussion protocol following his Q2 crash at Pocono the previous week. Kvyat marked the first time a driver who was declared an Authorised Neutral Athlete was entered in a Cup race.
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 Joey Hand 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 26 Daniil Kvyat Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 27 Loris Hezemans (i) Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 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 Ty Gibbs (i)Official Statement from 23XI Racing 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 Josh Williams (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Austin Cindric was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:29.171 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 1:29.171 98.467 2 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 1:29.273 98.355 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:29.442 98.169Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 88.354 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 88.724 88.354 2 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 88.671 88.606 3 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 88.608 88.725 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 89.223 88.942 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 88.739 89.163 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 89.021 89.192 7 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 89.178 89.295 8 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 89.146 89.390 9 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 88.803 89.592 10 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 88.849 90.121 11 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 89.187 — 12 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 89.195 — 13 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 89.215 — 14 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 89.223 — 15 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 89.227 — 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 89.282 — 17 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 89.285 — 18 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 89.290 — 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 89.331 — 20 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 89.368 — 21 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 89.386 — 22 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 89.392 — 23 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 89.506 — 24 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 89.605 — 25 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 89.606 — 26 45 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 89.653 — 27 15 Joey Hand Rick Ware Racing Ford 89.660 — 28 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90.005 — 29 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90.061 — 30 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 90.196 — 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 90.634 — 32 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 91.039 — 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 91.311 — 34 27 Loris Hezemans (i) Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 91.495 — 35 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 91.504 — 36 26 Daniil Kvyat Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 91.942 — 37 78 Josh Williams (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 94.088 — 38 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 103.335 — Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 15
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 210 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 20
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 84 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 48 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 210 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 47
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 86 402 2 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 86 353 13 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 86 364 9 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 86 385 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 86 406 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 86 387 20 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 86 08 7 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 86 299 24 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 86 3110 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 86 2711 10 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 86 3812 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 86 3513 38 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 86 2414 15 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 86 2815 35 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 86 2416 8 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 86 3417 26 45 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 86 018 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 86 1919 17 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 86 1820 12 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 86 1721 25 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 86 1722 32 77 Josh Bilicki (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 86 023 3 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 86 2824 33 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 86 1425 37 78 Josh Williams (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 86 026 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 86 2027 21 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 86 1028 11 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 86 929 27 15 Joey Hand Rick Ware Racing Ford 85 830 29 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 85 731 23 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 79 1432 28 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 65 533 18 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 64 434 30 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 60 935 22 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 636 36 26 Daniil Kvyat Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Toyota 43 137 34 27 Loris Hezemans (i) Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing Ford 34 038 14 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 24 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 9 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 15 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 18 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and share stories from the track.
NBCBooth announcersPit reportersCityView reporter Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty Snider Rutledge Wood
Radio Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produce the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns announcers and two pit reporters were from IMS.
PRN/IMS RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark JaynesAnnouncer: Jeff Hammond Turns 1–4: Nick YeomanTurns 5–9: Pat PattersonTurns 10–11: Chris DenariTurns 12–14: Jake Query Brad GillieBrett McMillanRyan MyrehnMichael Young
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 821 1 2 Ryan Blaney 696 (–125) 1 3 Ross Chastain 692 (–129) 1 4 Martin Truex Jr. 671 (–150) 1 5 Kyle Larson 667 (–154) 6 Christopher Bell 640 (–181) 7 Joey Logano 637 (–184) 8 Kyle Busch 633 (–188) 9 William Byron 586 (–235) 10 Kevin Harvick 575 (–246) 3 11 Tyler Reddick 549 (–272) 1 12 Alex Bowman 541 (–280) 1 13 Daniel Suárez 535 (–286) 1 14 Austin Cindric 530 (–291) 1 15 Chase Briscoe 515 (–306) 3 16 Aric Almirola 515 (–306)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 817 2 Ford 738 (–79) 3 Toyota 730 (–87)
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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