2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 8 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Mi:	0.526
Course Km:	0.847
Distance Laps:	403
Distance Mi:	211.978
Distance Km:	341.341
Scheduled Laps:	400
Scheduled Mi:	210.4
Scheduled Km:	338.8
Avg:	79.244mph
Pole Driver:	Chase Elliott
Pole Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Pole Time:	19.694
Most Driver:	William Byron
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Most Laps:	212
Car:	24
First Driver:	William Byron
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	FS1
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Chad Knaus
Ratings:	1.10, 1.885 Million Viewers
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 9, 2022, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 403 laps – extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.526 mile (0.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the eighth race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. The Honorary starter for the race was Blue crew member Hunter Bowen and the Grand Marshal was Blue Crew member Whit Blattner

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Background

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526miles in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

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	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			Ford
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Chase Elliott was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 19.995 seconds and a speed of 94.704mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	9				19.995	94.704
2	18				20.032	94.529
3	23				20.038	94.500
Official practice results

Qualifying

Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.694 and a speed of 96.151mph.^[9]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	9			Chevrolet	19.746	19.694
2	10			Ford	19.841	19.799
3	41			Ford	19.724	19.808
4	17			Ford	19.774	19.850
5	24			Chevrolet	19.835	19.893
6	4			Ford	19.778	19.941
7	20			Toyota	19.875	19.965
8	5			Chevrolet	19.822	20.003
9	6			Ford	19.739	20.015
10	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	19.733	20.062
11	18			Toyota	19.775	—
12	12			Ford	19.789	—
13	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	19.790	—
14	22			Ford	19.792	—
15	48			Chevrolet	19.863	—
16	34			Ford	19.863	—
17	31			Chevrolet	19.867	—
18	45			Toyota	19.901	—
19	14			Ford	19.904	—
20	19			Toyota	19.937	—
21	23			Toyota	19.965	—
22	8			Chevrolet	19.982	—
23	3			Chevrolet	19.986	—
24	43			Chevrolet	19.996	—
25	11			Toyota	20.083	—
26	7			Chevrolet	20.095	—
27	1			Chevrolet	20.100	—
28	47			Chevrolet	20.113	—
29	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	20.134	—
30	99			Chevrolet	20.145	—
31	77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	20.269	—
32	15	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford	20.494	—
33	78			Ford	20.545	—
34	42			Chevrolet	20.591	—
35	51			Ford	21.021	—
36	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)		Chevrolet	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	5
7	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	8
4	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 220

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	5	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	403	58
2	14	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	403	46
3	23	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	403	39
4	12	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	403	44
5	27	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	403	32
6	18	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	403	32
7	11	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	403	30
8	2	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	403	39
9	19	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	403	28
10	1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	403	47
11	13	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	403	31
12	15	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	403	25
13	24	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	403	24
14	6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	403	29
15	4	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	403	22
16	21	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	403	21
17	9	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	403	20
18	22	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	403	19
19	8	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	403	18
20	7	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	402	26
21	3	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	402	30
22	20	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	401	15
23	34	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	401	14
24	36	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	401	0
25	16	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	400	12
26	29	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	11
27	28	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	400	10
28	25	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	9
29	30	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	399	8
30	10	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	399	7
31	17	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	398	6
32	26	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	397	5
33	35	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	394	4
34	32	15	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	392	0
35	31	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	391	0
36	33	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	132	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 5 among 4 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 4 for 36
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 30 seconds
• Average speed: 79.244mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 22nd race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, 2018 Spring Martinsville winner Clint Bowyer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series winning crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field races down the backstretch. Steve Post and Kim Coon worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Chase Elliott	288
1	2	Ryan Blaney	285 (–3)
1	3	William Byron	276 (–12)
1	4	Joey Logano	261 (–27)
1	5	Ross Chastain	246 (–42)
1	6	Alex Bowman	237 (–51)
4	7	Martin Truex Jr.	237 (–51)
3	8	Aric Almirola	223 (–65)
1	9	Kevin Harvick	222 (–66)
	10	Kyle Busch	221 (–67)
2	11	Chase Briscoe	220 (–68)
1	12	Tyler Reddick	202 (–86)
1	13	Kyle Larson	201 (–87)
1	14	Austin Cindric	201 (–87)
1	15	Austin Dillon	197 (–91)
2	16	Kurt Busch	187 (–101)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	296
	2	Ford	274 (–22)
	3	Toyota	268 (–28)

• 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. . March 7, 2022.
2. Web site: Martinsville Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. March 7, 2022. January 3, 2013. April 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425205616/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/martinsville-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 4, 2022. April 4, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 8, 2022. April 8, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 8, 2022. April 8, 2022.
6. Web site: Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. April 9, 2022. April 9, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. April 9, 2022. April 9, 2022.
8. Web site: Utter. Jim. Chase Elliott leads Kyle Busch in Martinsville Cup practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 8, 2022. Ridgeway, Virginia. April 8, 2022.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Chase Elliott rockets to the pole for Martinsville Cup race. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. April 8, 2022. Ridgeway, Virginia. April 8, 2022.