Starting 5th place Car 45 Kurt Busch Jordan Brand Toyota won the 3rd Annual AdventHealth 400, his 34th win in 769 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st Win & 5th Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st Win & 14th Top 10 finish in 33 races at Kansas Speedway. 2nd Place Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, started from 3rd place posted his 7th Top 10 finish in 15 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 7th Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Crunchy Cookie Toyota, started from 6th place posted his 14th Top 10 finish in 29 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, started from 18th place followed by 5th place Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota, started from pole. 6th Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, started from 9th place followed by 7th place Car 1 Ross Chastain Advent Health Chevrolet, started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Dillons/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet, started from 36th place followed by 9th place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 8th place. Lastly in the Top 10 Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota, in 10th place, started from 24th place. Austin Cindric (11th) was the highest finishing rookie. Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 52 points over Ryan Blaney.
The race had 8 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 7 for #14 Spin Frontstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 35 for #78 Spin Frontstretch. 3rd Caution on lap 63 for #99 Crash Turn 4. 4th Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 5th Caution on lap 127 for #4 Spin Turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 167 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 7th Caution on lap 197 for #9 Spin Turn 3. 8th Caution on lap 230 for Fluid on track.
The race had 18 Lead Changes among 10 drivers; C. Bell 1-9; T. Reddick 10-33; K. Larson 34-36; C. Bell 37-64; R. Stenhouse Jr. 65-67; K. Busch 68-82; C. Elliott 83; R. Chastain 84-87; W. Byron 88-112; K. Busch 113-124; C. Elliott 125-133; K. Busch 134-136; R. Blaney 137; K. Busch 138-201; K. Larson 202-203; K. Busch 204-231; K. Busch 232-234; K. Larson 235-258; K. Busch 259-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 1, 9, 8, 24, 19, 23, 43, 12, 48
Stage 2 Top 10: 45, 18, 12, 2, 9, 5, 1, 11, 22, 23
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 13
Race Results for the 3rd Annual AdventHealth 400 – Sunday, May 15, 2022
Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 5. Car 45 Kurt Busch Jordan Brand Toyota 267 Running 2. 3. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running 3. 6. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Crunchy Cookie Toyota 267 Running 4. 18. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 267 Running 5. 1. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 267 Running 6. 9. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 267 Running 7. 11. Car 1 Ross Chastain Advent Health Chevrolet 267 Running 8. 36. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Dillons/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 267 Running 9. 8. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running 10. 24. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota 267 Running 11. 4. Car 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Monster Ford 267 Running 12. 10. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Wabash Ford 267 Running 13. 21. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet 267 Running 14. 30. Car 6 Brad Keselowski King’s Hawaiian Ford 267 Running 15. 23. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light #ForTheFarmers Ford 267 Running 16. 13. Car 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 267 Running 17. 34. Car 22 Joey Logano Verizon 5G Ford 267 Running 18. 28. Car 16 Noah Gragson(i) Chevrolet Chevrolet 267 Running 19. 20. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Garner Trucking Inc. Chevrolet 267 Running 20. 17. Car 42 Ty Dillon Chevyliners.com Chevrolet 267 Running 21. 26. Car 21 Harrison Burton # DEX Imaging Ford 267 Running 22. 16. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com/PAG Ford 267 Running 23. 25. Car 34 Michael McDowell Love’s Travel Stops Ford 267 Running 24. 12. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Rush Truck Centers/Cummins Ford 266 Running 25. 31. Car 38 Todd Gilliland # First Phase Credit Card Ford 266 Running 26. 7. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 266 Running 27. 35. Car 17 Chris Buescher Castrol GTX Full Synthetic Ford 265 Running 28. 33. Car 77 Josh Bilicki(i) UACC/Support Ukraine Chevrolet 265 Running 29. 14. Car 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet 264 Running 30. 2. Car 8 Tyler Reddick BetMGM Chevrolet 263 Running 31. 27. Car 15 JJ Yeley(i) Diagnostic Imaging Centers Ford 263 Running 32. 22. Car 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 261 Running 33. 19. Car 99 Daniel Suarez CommScope Chevrolet 256 Running 34. 29. Car 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 255 Running 35. 15. Car 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 64 Electrical
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race the following cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: #11, #38, #47 (unapproved adjustments), #22, #17 (backup car). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 13 Mins, 3 Secs. Average Speed: 124.476 MPH. Margin of Victory: 1.413 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 18 among 10 drivers. Busch Light Pole Award: Christopher Bell, #20 179.575 mph. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Austin Cindric, #2.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 22, 2022 – Texas Motor Speedway
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