2022 AdventHealth 400 explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 13 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	AdventHealth 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	267
Distance Mi:	400.5
Distance Km:	644.542
Avg:	124.476mph
Pole Driver:	Christopher Bell
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	30.071
Most Driver:	Kurt Busch
Most Team:	23XI Racing
Most Laps:	116
Car:	45
First Driver:	Kurt Busch
First Team:	23XI Racing
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Jamie McMurray
Ratings:	1.43; 2,337,000 viewers
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2022 AdventHealth 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on May 15, 2022, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5mile asphalt speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was also the last win of Kurt Busch’s career.

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Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5miles tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there 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			Chevrolet
2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford
3			Chevrolet
4			Ford
5			Chevrolet
6			Ford
7			Chevrolet
8			Chevrolet
9			Chevrolet
10			Ford
11			Toyota
12			Ford
14			Ford
15	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford
16	Noah Gragson (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford
22			Ford
23			Toyota
24			Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
45			Toyota
47			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
78			Ford
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.758 seconds and a speed of 175.564mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	45				30.758	175.564
2	18				30.784	175.416
3	8				30.845	175.069
Official practice results

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.071 seconds and a speed of 179.575mph.^[9]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	20			Toyota	30.073	30.071
2	8			Chevrolet	30.388	30.192
3	5			Chevrolet	30.515	30.206
4	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	30.507	30.261
5	45			Toyota	30.356	30.276
6	18			Toyota	30.496	30.340
7	10			Ford	30.456	30.355
8	48			Chevrolet	30.340	30.411
9	19			Toyota	30.463	30.606
10	12			Ford	30.554	30.618
11	1			Chevrolet	30.513	—
12	14			Ford	30.530	—
13	24			Chevrolet	30.553	—
14	9			Chevrolet	30.570	—
15	31			Chevrolet	30.617	—
16	41			Ford	30.676	—
17	42			Chevrolet	30.692	—
18	11			Toyota	30.701	—
19	99			Chevrolet	30.706	—
20	7			Chevrolet	30.743	—
21	3			Chevrolet	30.749	—
22	43			Chevrolet	30.759	—
23	4			Ford	30.762	—
24	23			Toyota	30.822	—
25	34			Ford	30.885	—
26	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	30.970	—
27	15	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford	31.013	—
28	16	Noah Gragson (i)		Chevrolet	31.457	—
29	51			Ford	31.467	—
30	6			Ford	31.644	—
31	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	31.701	—
32	77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	32.106	—
33	78			Ford	32.096	—
34	22			Ford	0.000	—
35	17			Ford	0.000	—
36	47			Chevrolet	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	9
3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	4
8	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	10
2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	4
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	5	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	267	50
2	3	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	40
3	6	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	53
4	18	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	36
5	1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	32
6	9	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	36
7	11	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	267	43
8	36	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	267	29
9	8	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	29
10	24	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	267	32
11	4	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	267	33
12	10	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	267	35
13	21	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	24
14	30	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	267	23
15	23	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	22
16	13	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	27
17	34	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	267	22
18	28	16	Noah Gragson (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	267	0
19	20	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	18
20	17	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	17
21	26	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	267	16
22	16	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	15
23	25	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	14
24	12	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	266	13
25	31	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	266	12
26	7	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	266	11
27	35	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	265	10
28	32	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	265	0
29	14	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	264	22
30	2	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	263	14
31	27	15	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	263	0
32	22	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	261	8
33	19	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	256	4
34	29	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	255	3
35	15	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	64	2
36	33	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	32	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 18 among 10 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 47
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 3 seconds
• Average speed: 124.476mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 11th race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Jamie McMurray called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Vince Welch handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Steve Post, Brienne Pedigo and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Chase Elliott	475
1	2	Ryan Blaney	423 (–52)
3	3	Kyle Busch	417 (–58)
2	4	William Byron	415 (–60)
	5	Ross Chastain	407 (–68)
1	6	Martin Truex Jr.	400 (–75)
3	7	Joey Logano	396 (–79)
	8	Alex Bowman	386 (–89)
	9	Kyle Larson	376 (–99)
	10	Christopher Bell	359 (–116)
	11	Kevin Harvick	335 (–140)
	12	Aric Almirola	322 (–153)
1	13	Austin Dillon	311 (–164)
1	14	Chase Briscoe	300 (–175)
	15	Tyler Reddick	300 (–175)
2	16	Austin Cindric	291 (–184)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	481
1	2	Toyota	445 (–36)
1	3	Ford	432 (–49)

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 schedule . Jayski.com. . April 10, 2022.
2. Web site: Kansas Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. April 10, 2022. January 3, 2013. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428025309/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/kansas-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 9, 2022. May 9, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 14, 2022. May 14, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 14, 2022. May 14, 2022.
6. Web site: AdventHealth 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. May 15, 2022. May 15, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 15, 2022. May 15, 2022.
8. Web site: Utter. Jim. Busch brothers fastest in spin-filled Kansas Cup practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 14, 2022. Kansas City, Kansas. May 14, 2022.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Christopher Bell rockets past Reddick for Kansas Cup pole. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 14, 2022. Kansas City, Kansas. May 14, 2022.