Starting from 5th place Car 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet won the 73rd Annual Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400, his 4th win in 152 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 2nd win & 4th Top 10 finish in 2022. This is his 1st win & 5th Top 10 finish in 9 races at Martinsville Speedway. William Byron also won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on Thursday at Martinsville Speedway. 2nd Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford, started from 14th place posted his 15th Top 10 finish in 27 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 4th Top 10 finish in 2022. 3rd Place Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet, started from 23rd place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 17 races at Martinsville Speedway.
4th Place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford, started from 12th place followed by 5th place Car 1 Ross Chastain GoPro Chevrolet, started from 27th place. 6th Place Car 45 Kurt Busch McDonald’s/Money Lion Toyota, started from 18th place followed by 7th place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Crunchy Cookie Toyota, started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Spirals Ford, started from 2nd place followed by 9th place Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford, started from 19th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from pole. Austin Cindric (11th) was the highest finishing rookie. Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 3 points over Ryan Blaney.
The race had 4 Cautions for 36 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 2nd Caution on lap 182 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 313 for #11 stalled on frontstretch. 4th Caution on lap 395 for #38 Crash in Turn 4.
The race 5 Lead Changes among 4 drivers; C. Elliott 1-185; W. Byron 186-303; R. Blaney 304-308; W. Byron 309-319; A. Dillon 320; W. Byron 321-403.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 9, 24, 41, 20, 10, 4, 12, 22, 2, 45
Stage 2 Top 10: 9, 24, 22, 12, 41, 3, 10, 2, 20, 4
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 8
Race Results for the 73rd Annual Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 – Saturday, April 9, 2022. Martinsville Speedway – Martinsville, VA – 0.526 – Mile Paved Total Race Length – 403 Laps – 211.978 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 5. Car 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 403 Running |
2. 14. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 403 Running |
3. 23. Car 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 403 Running |
4. 12. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 403 Running |
5. 27. Car 1 Ross Chastain GoPro Chevrolet 403 Running |
6. 18. Car 45 Kurt Busch McDonald’s/Money Lion Toyota 403 Running |
7. 11. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Crunchy Cookie Toyota 403 Running |
8. 2. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Spirals Ford 403 Running |
9. 19. Car 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 403 Running |
10. 1. Car 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet 403 Running |
11. 13. Car 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Moen Ford 403 Running |
12. 15. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 403 Running |
13. 24. Car 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 403 Running |
14. 6. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Subway Ford 403 Running |
15. 4. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 403 Running |
16. 21. Car 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota 403 Running |
17. 9. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Fastenal Ford 403 Running |
18. 22. Car 8 Tyler Reddick 3CHI Chevrolet 403 Running |
19. 8. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 403 Running |
20. 7. Car 20 Christopher Bell Yahoo! Toyota 402 Running |
21. 3. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 402 Running |
22. 20. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 401 Running |
23. 34. Car 42 Ty Dillon Chevyliners.com Chevrolet 401 Running |
24. 36. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Action Industries Chevrolet 401 Running |
25. 16. Car 34 Michael McDowell Navage Nasal Care Ford 400 Running |
26. 29. Car 21 Harrison Burton # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 400 Running |
27. 28. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 400 Running |
28. 25. Car 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 400 Running |
29. 30. Car 99 Daniel Suarez GoPro Chevrolet 399 Running |
30. 10. Car 38 Todd Gilliland # Cross Country Adjusting Ford 399 Running |
31. 17. Car 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 398 Running |
32. 26. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Built.com Chevrolet 397 Running |
33. 35. Car 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 394 Running |
34. 32. Car 15 JJ Yeley(i) Ford 392 Running |
35. 31. Car 77 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 391 Running |
36. 33. Car 78 BJ McLeod Epilepsy Foundation Ford 132 Handling |
Race Comments: Prior to the race, the No. 16 was not allowed to qualify because of three inspection failures and had to perform a pass-through after taking the green on the track. Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 40 Mins, 30 Secs. Average Speed: 79.244 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.303 Seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 36 laps. Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers. Busch Light Pole Award to be awarded to the fastest qualifier eligible to participate: Chase Elliott, #9 96.151. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Austin Cindric, #2.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 17, 2022 – Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt
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