2022 Ally 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 17 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Ally 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee
Course Mi:	1.333
Course Km:	2.145
Distance Laps:	300
Distance Mi:	400
Distance Km:	640
Avg:	111.22mph
Pole Driver:	Denny Hamlin
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	29.848
Most Driver:	Denny Hamlin
Most Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most Laps:	114
Car:	9
First Driver:	Chase Elliott
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	NBC / USA
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ratings:	1.81 (2.921 million)
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1–2) and Kyle Rickey (3–4)

The 2022 Ally 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 26, 2022, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the NaN3NaN3 superspeedway, it was the 17th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee (though the track has a Lebanon address), United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.

It is a concrete oval track NaNmile long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

	Driver	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	A. J. Allmendinger (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	B. J. McLeod (i)	Ford
99		Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Bubba Wallace was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.609 seconds and a speed of 161.708mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Time
1	23	29.609	161.708
2	18	29.751	160.936
3	8	29.840	160.936
Official practice results

Qualifying

Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.848 seconds and a speed of 160.413mph.^[9] The final round of qualifying was cancelled due to rain.

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Manufacturer
1	11		Toyota	29.848	—
2	22		Ford	29.905	—
3	5		Chevrolet	29.932	—
4	9		Chevrolet	29.938	—
5	99		Chevrolet	29.948	—
6	12		Ford	29.950	—
7	1		Chevrolet	29.977	—
8	4		Ford	29.989	—
9	20		Toyota	30.070	—
10	19		Toyota	30.074	—
11	10		Ford	29.999	—
12	48		Chevrolet	30.015	—
13	24		Chevrolet	30.021	—
14	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Chevrolet	30.108	—
15	17		Ford	30.120	—
16	8		Chevrolet	30.136	—
17	41		Ford	30.140	—
18	34		Ford	30.142	—
19	45		Toyota	30.143	—
20	3		Chevrolet	30.152	—
21	31		Chevrolet	30.253	—
22	7		Chevrolet	30.288	—
23	43		Chevrolet	30.326	—
24	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Ford	30.360	—
25	47		Chevrolet	30.407	—
26	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Ford	30.471	—
27	6		Ford	30.472	—
28	14		Ford	30.475	—
29	42		Chevrolet	30.641	—
30	23		Toyota	30.688	—
31	51		Ford	30.863	—
32	15	J. J. Yeley (i)	Ford	30.876	—
33	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Ford	30.952	—
34	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Chevrolet	31.091	—
35	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Chevrolet	31.985	—
36	18		Toyota	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 90

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	4
8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 95

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	6
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	4
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 115

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	50
2	19	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	300	42
3	6	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	300	44
4	3	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	43
5	7	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	300	36
6	1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300	49
7	24	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	300	30
8	9	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300	36
9	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	300	28
10	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	300	36
11	23	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	26
12	30	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	300	29
13	18	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	300	25
14	20	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	300	23
15	5	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	300	22
16	25	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	300	21
17	11	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	300	20
18	16	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	300	19
19	14	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	300	0
20	22	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	17
21	36	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300	26
22	10	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300	35
23	21	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	300	14
24	33	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	300	13
25	26	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	300	12
26	17	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	300	11
27	31	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	298	10
28	32	15	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	298	0
29	27	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	298	8
30	15	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	297	7
31	29	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	297	6
32	35	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	295	0
33	34	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	285	0
34	28	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	269	3
35	13	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	262	2
36	12	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49	1
Official race results

Race statistics

Lead changes: 18 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 10 for 57
Red flags: 2 for weather
Time of race: 3 hours, 35 minutes and 15 seconds
Average speed: 111.22mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Although NBC was scheduled to air the race, the numerous lightning delays, which caused the race to run past NBC's window, necessitated that the race's conclusion be moved to USA Network. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and shared stories from Nashville's famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. This would be the final Nashville race covered by MRN Radio, radio rights shifted to PRN for 2023 onwards.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Chase Elliott	586
	2	Ross Chastain	556 (–30)
1	3	Ryan Blaney	555 (–31)
1	4	Kyle Busch	539 (–47)
	5	Joey Logano	534 (–52)
1	6	Kyle Larson	519 (–67)
1	7	Martin Truex Jr.	516 (–70)
2	8	Christopher Bell	480 (–106)
1	9	William Byron	468 (–118)
1	10	Alex Bowman	461 (–125)
1	11	Kevin Harvick	452 (–134)
1	12	Aric Almirola	443 (–143)
1	13	Tyler Reddick	400 (–186)
1	14	Austin Dillon	399 (–187)
4	15	Kurt Busch	397 (–189)
	16	Erik Jones	394 (–192)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	622
2	Ford	575 (–47)
3	Toyota	575 (–47)

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

Web site: 2022 schedule . Jayski.com. . May 17, 2022.
Web site: Nashville Superspeedway . May 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050413012726/http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com/aboutUs.html . 13 April 2005 . dead.
Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 20, 2022. June 20, 2022.
Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. June 24, 2022. June 24, 2022.
Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. June 25, 2022. June 25, 2022.
Web site: Ally 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. June 26, 2022. June 26, 2022.
Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 26, 2022. June 26, 2022.
Web site: Utter. Jim. Bubba Wallace fastest in NASCAR Cup practice at Nashville. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. June 24, 2022. Nashville, Tennessee. June 24, 2022.
Web site: Utter. Jim. Hamlin wins Nashville NASCAR Cup pole in rain-shortened qualifying. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. June 25, 2022. Nashville, Tennessee. June 25, 2022.