2022 Pennzoil 400 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 3 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Pennzoil 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	274
Distance Mi:	411
Distance Km:	657.6
Scheduled Laps:	267
Scheduled Mi:	400.5
Scheduled Km:	640.8
Avg:	117.552mph
Pole Driver:	Christopher Bell
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	29.561
Most Driver:	Ross Chastain
Most Team:	Trackhouse Racing Team
Most Laps:	83
Car:	48
First Driver:	Alex Bowman
First Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Network:	Fox
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick
Ratings:	2.71, 4.544 Million Viewers
Radio:	PRN
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Ann:	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2022 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was the third stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series and the 25th running of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5miles permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 267 laps to 274 due to a NASCAR overtime caused by a crash including Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace. At race's end, Alex Bowman, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would manage to climb to the front on the final restart and held off fellow teammate and eventual second-place finisher Kyle Larson to win his seventh career NASCAR Cup Series win and his first of the season.^[8] To fill out the top 3, Ross Chastain of the Trackhouse Racing Team would finish third.

Report

Background

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1200acres complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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			Ford
16	Daniel Hemric (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
44			Chevrolet
45			Toyota
47			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
78			Ford
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.804 seconds and a speed of 181.184mph.^[9]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	5				29.804	181.184
2	20				29.872	180.771
3	12				30.000	180.000
Official practice results

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.561 seconds and a speed of 182.673mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	20			Toyota	29.755	29.561
2	5			Chevrolet	29.613	29.668
3	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	29.799	29.704
4	14			Ford	29.795	29.714
5	9			Chevrolet	29.802	29.716
6	22			Ford	29.827	29.777
7	8			Chevrolet	29.770	29.801
8	11			Toyota	29.801	29.802
9	47			Chevrolet	29.925	30.040
10	3			Chevrolet	29.845	30.046
11	12		Team Penske	Ford	29.843	—
12	19			Toyota	29.884	—
13	48			Chevrolet	29.958	—
14	24			Chevrolet	29.996	—
15	6			Ford	30.031	—
16	16	Daniel Hemric (i)		Chevrolet	30.100	—
17	23			Toyota	30.147	—
18	1			Chevrolet	30.159	—
19	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	30.196	—
20	10			Ford	30.214	—
21	99			Chevrolet	30.219	—
22	34			Ford	30.232	—
23	43			Chevrolet	30.249	—
24	41			Ford	30.357	—
25	4			Ford	30.368	—
26	44			Chevrolet	30.467	—
27	17			Ford	30.528	—
28	31			Chevrolet	30.530	—
29	7			Chevrolet	30.628	—
30	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	30.686	—
31	45			Toyota	30.713	—
32	42			Chevrolet	30.777	—
33	51			Ford	31.195	—
34	77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	31.402	—
35	78			Ford	32.006	—
36	15			Ford	32.413	—
37	18			Toyota	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 80

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	2
10	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 85

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	10
2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	4
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	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	13	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	50
2	2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	48
3	18	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	274	52
4	37	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	274	41
5	14	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	48
6	20	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	274	31
7	7	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	274	30
8	12	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	274	34
9	5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	43
10	1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	274	28
11	10	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	274	26
12	25	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	274	28
13	31	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	274	24
14	6	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	274	27
15	29	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	22
16	19	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	274	21
17	28	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	274	20
18	27	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	274	19
19	3	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	274	18
20	32	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	274	17
21	9	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	274	16
22	16	16	Daniel Hemric (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	274	0
23	30	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	274	14
24	15	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	273	13
25	17	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	273	13
26	33	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	273	11
27	22	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	273	10
28	35	78	B. J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	272	9
29	34	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	271	0
30	36	15	Garrett Smithley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	267	7
31	23	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	264	6
32	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	219	14
33	24	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	170	4
34	26	44	Greg Biffle	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	147	3
35	4	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	135	5
36	11	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	104	5
37	21	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	92	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 23 among 15 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 12 for 60
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes and 50 seconds
• Average speed: 117.552mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 22nd race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
7	1	Kyle Larson	113
1	2	Martin Truex Jr.	107 (–6)
1	3	Joey Logano	104 (–9)
3	4	Austin Cindric	103 (–10)
6	5	Kyle Busch	102 (–11)
1	6	Aric Almirola	97 (–16)
12	7	Chase Elliott	88 (–25)
17	8	Alex Bowman	80 (–33)
	9	Bubba Wallace	78 (–35)
4	10	Austin Dillon	78 (–35)
1	11	Kurt Busch	77 (–36)
2	12	Brad Keselowski	77 (–36)
9	13	Ryan Blaney	75 (–38)
9	14	Chase Briscoe	74 (–39)
9	15	Erik Jones	74 (–39)
4	16	Kevin Harvick	69 (–44)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Chevrolet	107
1	2	Ford	103 (–4)
	3	Toyota	97 (–10)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 schedule . Jayski.com. . February 2, 2022.
2. Web site: Las Vegas Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. February 2, 2022. April 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170428042515/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/las-vegas-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 28, 2022. February 28, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 5, 2022. March 5, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 5, 2022. March 5, 2022.
6. Web site: Pennzoil 400 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 6, 2022. March 6, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 6, 2022. March 6, 2022.
8. Web site: Associated Press . Alex Bowman edges teammate Kyle Larson in overtime to win NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas . 2022-03-08 . USA TODAY . en-US.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Kyle Larson fastest in NASCAR Cup practice, Kyle Busch wrecks.. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 5, 2022. Las Vegas. March 5, 2022.
10. Web site: Utter. Jim. Christopher Bell tops Larson for Cup Series pole at Las Vegas. . Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 5, 2022. Las Vegas. March 5, 2022.