Starting from 20th place Car 20 Christopher Bell DeWalt Toyota won the 74th Annual Xfinity 500, his 4th win in 107 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 3rd win & 19th Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 2nd Top 10 finish in 6 races at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from pole posted his 4th Top 10 finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 18th Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford, started from 4th place posted his 8th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Martinsville Speedway.
4th Place Car 6 Brad Keselowski Kohler Generators Ford, started from 6th place. 5th Place Car 1 Ross Chastain Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, started from 9th place. The real story of the race is Ross Chastain like a video game, increased speed & intentionally slide along the wall at corner 3 to the finish line. He did that to beat Denny Hamlin & get in the Championship 4. 6th Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Direct Toyota, started from 11th place, Hamlin admitted Chastain’s move was a good one. 7th Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 12th place followed by 8th place Car 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet, started from 25th place. 9th Place Car 45 Bubba Wallace Leidos Toyota, started from 24th place & lastly in the Top 10 was Car 14 Chase Briscoe Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford, in 10th place, started from 3rd place. Harrison Burton (12th ) was the highest finishing rookie.
The race had 6 Cautions for 53 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 132 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 262 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 274 for #1, 6 Crash Turn 3. 4th Caution on lap 321 for #3 Crash Turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 394 for #15 Spin Turn 3. 6th Caution on lap 468 for #77 Crash Turn 3.
The race had 8 Lead Changes among 5 drivers; K. Larson (P) 1-68; C. Elliott (P) 69-120; D. Hamlin (P) 121-323; C. Bell (P) 324-395; C. Elliott (P) 396; C. Bell (P) 397-469; C. Elliott (P) 470; C. Briscoe (P) 471-495; C. Bell (P) 496-500.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 9, 41, 5, 14, 6, 20, 12, 1, 99
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 9, 5, 41, 20, 12, 6, 22, 1, 99
Joey Logano (P), Chase Elliott (P), Christopher Bell (P) and Ross Chastain (P) have advanced to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Championship 4 Round.
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 35
Race Results for the 74th Annual Xfinity 500 – Sunday, October 30, 2022
Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 500 Laps – 263. Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 20. Car 20 Christopher Bell (P) DeWalt Toyota 500 Running 2. 1. Car 5 Kyle Larson (P) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 500 Running 3. 4. Car 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Discount Tire Ford 500 Running 4. 6. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Kohler Generators Ford 500 Running 5. 9. Car 1 Ross Chastain (P) Moose Fraternity Chevrolet 500 Running 6. 11. Car 11 Denny Hamlin (P) FedEx Freight Direct Toyota 500 Running 7. 12. Car 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 Running 8. 25. Car 24 William Byron (P) Liberty University Chevrolet 500 Running 9. 24. Car 45 Bubba Wallace Leidos Toyota 500 Running 10. 3. Car 14 Chase Briscoe (P) Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford 500 Running 11. 2. Car 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 500 Running 12. 10. Car 21 Harrison Burton # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 500 Running 13. 7. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Worldwide Expess Chevrolet 500 Running 14. 19. Car 38 Todd Gilliland # Moji Sushi Ford 500 Running 15. 5. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 500 Running 16. 15. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 500 Running 17. 8. Car 4 Kevin Harvick BOOsch Light Ford 500 Running 18. 13. Car 34 Michael McDowell Fr8Auctions.com Ford 500 Running 19. 23. Car 43 Erik Jones U.S. Air Force Chevrolet 498 Running 20. 26. Car 23 Ty Gibbs(i) Monster Energy Toyota 498 Running 21. 27. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 498 Running 22. 14. Car 7 Corey LaJoie ARK.io Chevrolet 498 Running 23. 31. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 498 Running 24. 21. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Pardon My Cheesesteak Chevrolet 498 Running 25. 22. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 497 Running 26. 17. Car 48 Noah Gragson(i) Ally Chevrolet 497 Running 27. 30. Car 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Richmond Ford 497 Running 28. 29. Car 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 497 Running 29. 36. Car 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT UBCF Ford 495 Running 30. 18. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Halloween Toyota 494 Running 31. 35. Car 15 JJ Yeley(i) Rad Cats Ford 488 Running 32. 32. Car 42 Ty Dillon U.S. Space Force Chevrolet 466 Brakes 33. 33. Car 77 Landon Cassill(i) Nations Guard Chevrolet 460 Accident 34. 16. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 316 Accident 35. 34. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) Motorsport Games Halloween Ford 225 Fire 36. 28. Car 8 Tyler Reddick 3CHI Chevrolet 188 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, no vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 24 Mins, 18 Secs. Average Speed: 77.239 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.869 Seconds. Caution Flags: 6 for 53 laps. Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: November 6, 2022 – Phoenix Raceway
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