2022 Hollywood Casino 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 28 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Hollywood Casino 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	267
Distance Mi:	400.5
Distance Km:	640.8
Avg:	126.44mph
Pole Driver:	Tyler Reddick
Pole Team:	Richard Childress Racing
Pole Time:	29.899
Most Driver:	Alex Bowman
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Most Laps:	107
Car:	45
First Driver:	Bubba Wallace
First Team:	23XI Racing
Network:	USA
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2022 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 11, 2022, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5miles intermediate speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, second race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 16.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5miles tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also raced at here 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	Ty Gibbs (i)		Toyota
24			Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
45			Toyota
47	nowrap			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
77	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet
78	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford
99		nowrap		Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.184 seconds and a speed of 178.903mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	8				30.184	178.903
2	1				30.266	178.418
3	20				30.267	178.412
Official practice results

Qualifying

Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.899 and a speed of 180.608mph.^[9]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	8			Chevrolet	29.853	29.899
2	22			Ford	29.915	29.936
3	48			Chevrolet	29.960	29.964
4	20			Toyota	30.080	30.057
5	1			Chevrolet	29.870	30.066
6	45			Toyota	30.170	30.124
7	5			Chevrolet	30.225	30.142
8	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	30.123	30.158
9	24			Chevrolet	30.010	30.180
10	17			Ford	30.262	30.266
11	3			Chevrolet	30.051	—
12	19			Toyota	30.105	—
13	14			Ford	30.129	—
14	4			Ford	30.177	—
15	99			Chevrolet	30.200	—
16	23	Ty Gibbs (i)		Toyota	30.362	—
17	12			Ford	30.396	—
18	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	30.419	—
19	7			Chevrolet	30.434	—
20	18			Toyota	30.479	—
21	42			Chevrolet	30.493	—
22	9			Chevrolet	30.517	—
23	34			Ford	30.576	—
24	43			Chevrolet	30.630	—
25	11			Toyota	30.633	—
26	6			Ford	30.645	—
27	31			Chevrolet	30.658	—
28	16	Noah Gragson (i)		Chevrolet	30.673	—
29	41			Ford	30.745	—
30	51			Ford	30.885	—
31	77	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	30.901	—
32	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	30.913	—
33	15	J. J. Yeley (i)		Ford	31.064	—
34	78	B. J. McLeod (i)		Ford	31.528	—
35	47			Chevrolet	31.906	—
36	10			Ford	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	8
4	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	45	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	6
6	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4
8	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	3
9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	45	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	7
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 102

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	6	45	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	267	53
2	25	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	40
3	4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	53
4	3	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	43
5	12	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	40
6	9	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	39
7	5	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	267	34
8	7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	33
9	17	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	267	39
10	15	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	267	27
11	22	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	37
12	8	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	267	25
13	13	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	24
14	11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	24
15	10	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	267	22
16	23	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	21
17	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	266	25
18	28	16	Noah Gragson (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	266	0
19	27	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	266	18
20	21	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	17
21	36	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	266	16
22	29	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	266	15
23	32	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	266	14
24	31	77	Landon Cassill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	0
25	26	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	266	12
26	20	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	265	15
27	30	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	265	10
28	33	15	J. J. Yeley (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	264	0
29	24	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	264	8
30	35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	262	14
31	34	78	B. J. McLeod (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	262	0
32	18	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	115	5
33	19	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	114	4
34	16	23	Ty Gibbs (i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	90	0
35	1	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	67	2
36	14	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	32	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 16 among 12 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 9 for 43
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 10 minutes and 3 seconds
• Average speed: 126.44mph

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Parker Kligerman handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race for MRN from Turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley called the race for MRN from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Jason Toy & Brienne Pedigo covered the action for MRN from pit lane.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
3	1	Christopher Bell	2,108
	2	William Byron	2,098 (–10)
	3	Denny Hamlin	2,097 (–11)
3	4	Joey Logano	2,090 (–18)
1	5	Ryan Blaney	2,086 (–22)
4	6	Alex Bowman	2,080 (–28)
2	7	Chase Elliott	2,078 (–30)
1	8	Kyle Larson	2,077 (–31)
1	9	Ross Chastain	2,076 (–32)
2	10	Daniel Suárez	2,056 (–52)
6	11	Tyler Reddick	2,052 (–56)
1	12	Austin Cindric	2,052 (–56)
2	13	Kyle Busch	2,050 (–58)
	14	Austin Dillon	2,049 (–59)
	15	Chase Briscoe	2,043 (–65)
	16	Kevin Harvick	2,017 (–91)
Official driver's standings

Christopher Bell (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing) has advanced on points in the driver's and owner's championship.
The No. 45 23XI Racing team has advanced with the team win in the owner's championship.

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	1,032
	2	Toyota	959 (–73)
	3	Ford	921 (–111)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 schedule . Jayski.com. . August 14, 2022.
2. Web site: Kansas Speedway. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. January 3, 2013. NASCAR.com. August 14, 2022. 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. September 6, 2022. September 6, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 10, 2022. September 10, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 10, 2022. September 10, 2022.
6. Web site: Hollywood Casino 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. September 11, 2022. September 11, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 11, 2022. September 11, 2022.
8. Web site: Utter. Jim. Reddick tops NASCAR Cup practice at Kansas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 10, 2022. Kansas City, Kansas. September 10, 2022.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Tyler Reddick beats Logano for Cup pole at Kansas. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 10, 2022. Kansas City, Kansas. September 10, 2022.