The 2022 Quaker State 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 10, 2022, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the 19th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
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Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.
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 (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 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team ChevroletOfficial entry list
Rule Change On June 14, Bob Pockrass reported NASCAR will use the superspeedway format for Atlanta, with no practice session. Teams will qualify after inspection.
Qualifying Qualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Chase Elliott, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.
Starting lineup Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 7 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 16 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 17 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 18 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 22 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 23 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 24 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 25 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 26 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 32 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 33 15 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 35 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 36 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports ChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 93 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 66 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 48 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 210 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 100
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 602 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 260 453 5 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 260 344 25 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 260 335 6 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 260 466 7 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 260 317 24 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 260 308 22 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 260 299 18 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 260 2810 27 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 260 3111 9 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 260 2612 10 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 260 2513 3 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 2614 32 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 260 2315 12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 260 2216 14 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 260 2117 28 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 260 2018 31 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 260 2719 15 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 260 2420 19 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 260 2221 30 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 260 1722 21 45 Kurt Busch 23XI Racing Toyota 259 2523 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 259 1424 36 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 259 025 16 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 259 1526 17 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 252 1127 33 15 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 252 028 23 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 174 929 4 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 170 1730 13 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 170 1631 20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 162 632 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 1433 11 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 107 434 29 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 91 035 26 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 236 35 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 77 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 27 among 12 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 13 for 64 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 22 minutes and 18 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and 2004 Atlanta winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and share stories from the famed Dawsonville Pool Room and Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.
USABooth announcersPit reportersCityView reporter Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve LetarteColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider Rutledge Wood
Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Doug Turnbull called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2 & Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and Wendy Venturini.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Doug TurnbullTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 684 2 Ryan Blaney 637 (–47) 3 Ross Chastain 634 (–50) 4 Kyle Larson 579 (–105) 1 5 Kyle Busch 569 (–115) 1 6 Martin Truex Jr. 566 (–118) 2 7 Joey Logano 562 (–122) 8 Christopher Bell 523 (–161) 9 Alex Bowman 508 (–176) 10 William Byron 505 (–179) 11 Kevin Harvick 504 (–180) 12 Aric Almirola 481 (–203) 1 13 Austin Cindric 465 (–219) 1 14 Tyler Reddick 458 (–226) 2 15 Daniel Suárez 451 (–233) 1 16 Kurt Busch 449 (–235)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 702 2 Ford 640 (–62) 3 Toyota 625 (–77)
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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