Starting from 6th place Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford won the 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500, his 1st win in 40 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 3 races at Phoenix Raceway. Chase Briscoe becomes the third Cup Series driver to earn their 1st-career win at Phoenix (Alan Kulwicki in 1988 and Bobby Hamilton in 1996). 2nd Place Car 1 Ross Chastain K1 Speed Chevrolet, started from 17th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 8 races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 2nd Top 5 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Car 8 Tyler Reddick Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet, started from 12th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 5 races at Phoenix Raceway.
4th Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Maytag Ford, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 45 Kurt Busch MoneyLion Toyota, started from 15th place. 6th Place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford, started from 16th place followed by 7th place Car 18 Kyle Busch DeWalt Toyota, started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 10th place followed by 9th place Car 99 Daniel Suarez CommScope Chevrolet, started from 23rd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 17 Chris Buescher ITsavvy Ford, in 10th place, started from 26th place. Todd Gilliland (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
The race 8 Cautions for 52 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 27 for Competition Caution. 2nd Caution on lap 47 for Debris from #7. 3rd Caution on lap 62 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 120 for #20 Spin Backstretch. 5th Caution on lap 187 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 222 for #19 Crash on the Basckstretch. 7th Caution on lap 287 for #43 Crash on the Backstretch. 8th Caution on lap 305 for #9 Spin Backstretch.
The race had 14 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; R. Blaney 1-27; K. Larson 28; J. Logano 29-32; C. Briscoe 33-51; W. Byron 52-63; K. Larson 64; R. Blaney 65-121; C. Elliott 122-132; R. Blaney 133-189; C. Elliott 190-224; R. Blaney 225; C. Elliott 226-229; C. Briscoe 230-287; R. Blaney 288; C. Briscoe 289-312.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 24, 14, 9, 8, 48, 20, 5, 4, 22, 3
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 9, 4, 24, 5, 8, 1, 14, 3, 22
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 4
Race Results for the 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500 – Sunday, March 13, 2022. Phoenix Raceway – Avondale, AZ – 1. – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 312 Laps – 312. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
| 1. 6. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 312 Running |
| 2. 17. Car 1 Ross Chastain K1 Speed Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 3. 12. Car 8 Tyler Reddick Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 4. 1. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Maytag Ford 312 Running |
| 5. 15. Car 45 Kurt Busch MoneyLion Toyota 312 Running |
| 6. 16. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford 312 Running |
| 7. 11. Car 18 Kyle Busch DeWalt Toyota 312 Running |
| 8. 10. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 312 Running |
| 9. 23. Car 99 Daniel Suarez CommScope Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 10. 26. Car 17 Chris Buescher ITsavvy Ford 312 Running |
| 11. 19. Car 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 12. 5. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 312 Running |
| 13. 2. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 312 Running |
| 14. 9. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally/Best Friends Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 15. 21. Car 42 Ty Dillon Black Rifle Coffee Company Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 16. 25. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 312 Running |
| 17. 28. Car 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 18. 3. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 19. 33. Car 38 Todd Gilliland # Frontline Enterprises Inc. Ford 312 Running |
| 20. 29. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Action Industries Chevrolet 312 Running |
| 21. 13. Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 311 Accident |
| 22. 27. Car 23 Bubba Wallace ROOT Insurance Toyota 311 Running |
| 23. 18. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Violet Defense Ford 311 Running |
| 24. 8. Car 2 Austin Cindric # Autotrader Ford 311 Running |
| 25. 14. Car 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 311 Running |
| 26. 4. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem – Capitol Container Toyota 310 Running |
| 27. 22. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 310 Running |
| 28. 36. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fry’s/NOS Chevrolet 310 Running |
| 29. 24. Car 21 Harrison Burton # DEX Imaging Ford 309 Running |
| 30. 31. Car 77 Landon Cassill(i) Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet 308 Running |
| 31. 32. Car 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 307 Running |
| 32. 35. Car 15 Garrett Smithley Jacob Companies Ford 305 Running |
| 33. 34. Car 78 BJ McLeod Premier Business Investments Ford 304 Running |
| 34. 7. Car 5 Kyle Larson Valvoline Chevrolet 239 Engine |
| 35. 20. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 219 Accident |
| 36. 30. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Built.com Chevrolet 45 Accident |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 5, 21 (unapproved adjustments), 47 (engine change). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 6 Mins, 34 Secs. Average Speed: 100.339 MPH. Margin of Victory: .771 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 52 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 6 drivers. Busch Light Pole Award to the driver with the fastest qualifying time eligible to participate.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: March 20, 2022 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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