The 2022 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 11, 2022, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the intermediate speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, second race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 16.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here 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 Ty Gibbs (i) 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 Bubba Wallace 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 Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.184 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.184 178.903 2 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.266 178.418 3 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.267 178.412Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.899 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.853 29.899 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.915 29.936 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.960 29.964 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.080 30.057 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 29.870 30.066 6 45 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 30.170 30.124 7 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.225 30.142 8 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 30.123 30.158 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.010 30.180 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.262 30.266 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.051 — 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.105 — 13 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.129 — 14 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.177 — 15 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 30.200 — 16 23 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.362 — 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.396 — 18 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.419 — 19 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.434 — 20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.479 — 21 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.493 — 22 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.517 — 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.576 — 24 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.630 — 25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.633 — 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.645 — 27 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.658 — 28 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.673 — 29 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.745 — 30 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.885 — 31 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.901 — 32 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.913 — 33 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.064 — 34 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 31.528 — 35 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31.906 — 36 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 0.000 — Official qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 93 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 75 45 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 45 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 75 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 210 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 6 45 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 267 532 25 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 403 4 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 534 3 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 435 12 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 406 9 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 397 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 267 348 7 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 339 17 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 267 3910 15 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet 267 2711 22 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 3712 8 2 Austin Cindric (R) Team Penske Ford 267 2513 13 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 267 2414 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2415 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 267 2216 23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 267 2117 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 266 2518 28 16 Noah Gragson (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 019 27 31 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 266 1820 21 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 266 1721 36 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1622 29 41 Cole Custer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 266 1523 32 38 Todd Gilliland (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 1424 31 77 Landon Cassill (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 266 025 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 266 1226 20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 265 1527 30 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 265 1028 33 15 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 264 029 24 43 Erik Jones Petty GMS Motorsports Chevrolet 264 830 35 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 262 1431 34 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Ford 262 032 18 21 Harrison Burton (R) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 115 533 19 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 114 434 16 23 Ty Gibbs (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 90 035 1 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 67 236 14 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 32 1Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 16 among 12 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 43 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 10 minutes and 3 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA 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, Kim Coon and Parker Kligerman 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 BurnsKim CoonParker Kligerman
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Jason Toy & Brienne Pedigo covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Steve PostJason ToyBrienne Pedigo
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Christopher Bell 2,108 2 William Byron 2,098 (–10) 3 Denny Hamlin 2,097 (–11) 3 4 Joey Logano 2,090 (–18) 1 5 Ryan Blaney 2,086 (–22) 4 6 Alex Bowman 2,080 (–28) 2 7 Chase Elliott 2,078 (–30) 1 8 Kyle Larson 2,077 (–31) 1 9 Ross Chastain 2,076 (–32) 2 10 Daniel Suárez 2,056 (–52) 6 11 Tyler Reddick 2,052 (–56) 1 12 Austin Cindric 2,052 (–56) 2 13 Kyle Busch 2,050 (–58) 14 Austin Dillon 2,049 (–59) 15 Chase Briscoe 2,043 (–65) 16 Kevin Harvick 2,017 (–91)Official driver's standings
Christopher Bell (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing) has advanced on points in the driver's and owner's championship. The No. 45 23XI Racing team has advanced with the team win in the owner's championship.
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,032 2 Toyota 959 (–73) 3 Ford 921 (–111)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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