The 2022 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 14, 2022, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the D-shaped short track, it was the 24th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season and was won by Kevin Harvick of Stewart-Haas Racing, the 60th and final win of his NASCAR Cup Series career.
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Background
Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), 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, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the IndyCar series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted two USAC sprint car races. Chase Young, the 2020 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, was the honorary pace car driver.
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 Ty Gibbs (i) 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 (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.976 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 22.976 117.514 2 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.064 117.066 3 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 23.087 116.949Official practice results
Qualifying Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 23.042 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.863 23.042 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 23.207 23.100 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.100 23.179 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.933 23.182 5 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.916 23.199 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.155 23.235 7 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.952 23.248 8 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 22.936 23.255 9 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 23.204 23.263 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 22.916 23.319 11 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 22.989 — 12 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.086 — 13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 23.101 — 14 45 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 23.118 — 15 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 23.138 — 16 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.159 — 17 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23.165 — 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 23.172 — 19 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23.207 — 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 23.223 — 21 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.265 — 22 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 23.265 — 23 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.306 — 24 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 23.344 — 25 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 23.364 — 26 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.505 — 27 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23.539 — 28 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 23.555 — 29 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.581 — 30 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 23.705 — 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 23.710 — 32 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 23.767 — 33 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 23.781 — 34 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.814 — 35 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 24.268 — 36 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 160
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 210 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 170
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 472 21 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 353 18 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 400 384 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 505 23 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 356 17 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 457 6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 318 32 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 400 349 29 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 2910 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 400 3811 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 3212 33 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 399 2513 11 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 399 2414 1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 4015 8 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 399 2916 12 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 399 2117 22 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 398 2018 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 398 2919 24 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 398 1820 5 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 2021 27 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 398 1622 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 398 1523 15 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 397 1624 19 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 397 0 25 30 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 397 1226 7 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 397 1327 16 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 397 1028 31 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 397 929 34 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 395 830 25 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 395 031 26 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 394 632 35 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 393 033 36 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 392 034 28 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 391 335 9 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 240 236 14 45 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 180 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 16 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 28 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 27 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner 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.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty Snider
Radio The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race from the broadcast booth for MRN when the field races through the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from a platform when the field races down the backstraightaway. Winston Kelley, Glenn Jarrett and Kim Coon called the action for MRN from pit lane.
MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle Backstretch: Dave Moody Winston KelleyGlenn JarrettKim Coon
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 882 2 Ryan Blaney 766 (–116) 2 3 Kyle Larson 745 (–137) 4 Martin Truex Jr. 740 (–142) 2 5 Ross Chastain 739 (–143) 6 Joey Logano 718 (–164) 7 Christopher Bell 703 (–179) 1 8 Kevin Harvick 665 (–217) 1 9 Kyle Busch 663 (–219) 10 William Byron 649 (–233) 11 Alex Bowman 592 (–290) 5 12 Denny Hamlin 574 (–308) 13 Daniel Suárez 574 (–308) 2 14 Tyler Reddick 563 (–319) 1 15 Austin Cindric 556 (–326) 2 16 Aric Almirola 552 (–330)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 879 2 Ford 818 (–61) 3 Toyota 800 (–79)
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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