2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 Explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 4 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Ruoff Mortgage 500
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Mi:	1.022
Course Km:	1.645
Distance Laps:	312
Distance Mi:	318.864
Distance Km:	513.162
Avg:	100.339mph
Pole Driver:	Ryan Blaney
Pole Team:	Team Penske
Pole Time:	27.127
Most Driver:	Ryan Blaney
Most Team:	Team Penske
Most Laps:	143
Car:	14
First Driver:	Chase Briscoe
First Team:	Stewart-Haas Racing
Network:	Fox
Announcers:	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick
Ratings:	2.33, 3.991 Million Viewers
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle
Turn Ann:	Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The 2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series and the 18th running of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix Raceway, a 1miles permanent low-banked tri-oval race track. The race took the scheduled 312 laps to complete. At race's end, Chase Briscoe, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, pulled away on the final restart with three laps to go to capture his first 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 and Tyler Reddick of Richard Childress Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Report

Background

Phoenix Raceway, is a 1.022miles, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.

The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.

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	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	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet
78			Ford
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 27.462 seconds and a speed of 131.09mph.^[9]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	2	Austin Cindric (R)			27.462	131.090
2	12				27.471	131.047
3	8				27.477	131.019
Official practice results

Qualifying

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.127 seconds and a speed of 132.709mph.^[10]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	12			Ford	27.116	27.127
2	11			Toyota	27.189	27.200
3	24			Chevrolet	27.303	27.216
4	20			Toyota	27.170	27.217
5	10			Ford	27.159	27.276
6	14			Ford	27.377	27.284
7	5			Chevrolet	27.177	27.285
8	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	27.359	27.299
9	48			Chevrolet	27.412	27.320
10	22			Ford	27.478	27.709
11	18			Toyota	27.254	—
12	8			Chevrolet	27.323	—
13	3			Chevrolet	27.360	—
14	43			Chevrolet	27.466	—
15	45			Toyota	27.505	—
16	4			Ford	27.519	—
17	1			Chevrolet	27.539	—
18	6			Ford	27.544	—
19	9			Chevrolet	27.586	—
20	19			Toyota	27.602	—
21	42			Chevrolet	27.623	—
22	34			Ford	27.663	—
23	99			Chevrolet	27.669	—
24	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	27.673	—
25	41			Ford	27.691	—
26	17			Ford	27.714	—
27	23			Toyota	27.738	—
28	31			Chevrolet	27.765	—
29	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)		Chevrolet	27.806	—
30	7			Chevrolet	28.046	—
31	77	Landon Cassill (i)		Chevrolet	28.285	—
32	51			Ford	28.288	—
33	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	28.299	—
34	78			Ford	28.451	—
35	15			Ford	29.193	—
36	47			Chevrolet	0.000	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 60

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 125

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	10
2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	4
8	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 127

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	6	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	312	52
2	17	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	312	39
3	12	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	312	46
4	1	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	312	43
5	15	45	Kurt Busch	23XI Racing	Toyota	312	32
6	16	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	312	42
7	11	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	312	30
8	10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	312	32
9	23	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	312	28
10	26	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	312	27
11	19	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	312	43
12	5	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	312	25
13	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	312	24
14	9	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	312	29
15	21	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	312	22
16	25	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	312	21
17	28	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	312	20
18	3	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	312	36
19	33	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	312	18
20	29	16	A.J. Allmendinger (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	312	0
21	13	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	312	19
22	27	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	311	15
23	18	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	311	14
24	8	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	311	13
25	14	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	311	12
26	4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	310	16
27	22	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	310	10
28	36	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	310	9
29	24	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	309	8
30	31	77	Landon Cassill (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	308	0
31	32	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	307	6
32	35	15	Garrett Smithley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	305	5
33	34	78	B.J. McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	304	4
34	7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	239	13
35	20	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	219	2
36	30	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	45	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 14 among 6 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 52
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes and 34 seconds
• Average speed: 100.339mph

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their 17th race at the Phoenix Raceway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road, while Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN covered the radio action for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race when the field raced past the start/finish line. Dan Hubbard called the action from turns 1 & 2, and Kyle Rickey called the action from turns 3 & 4. Pit lane was manned by Steve Post and Jason Toy.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
2	1	Joey Logano	136
3	2	Kyle Busch	132 (–4)
4	3	Chase Elliott	131 (–5)
3	4	Kyle Larson	126 (–10)
9	5	Chase Briscoe	126 (–10)
	6	Aric Almirola	122 (–14)
6	7	Ryan Blaney	118 (–18)
4	8	Austin Cindric	116 (–20)
9	9	Tyler Reddick	114 (–22)
6	10	Kevin Harvick	111 (–25)
3	11	Alex Bowman	109 (–27)
1	12	Kurt Busch	109 (–27)
11	13	Martin Truex Jr.	109 (–27)
6	14	Ross Chastain	101 (–35)
6	15	William Byron	98 (–38)
6	16	Austin Dillon	97 (–39)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Ford	143
1	2	Chevrolet	142 (–1)
	3	Toyota	129 (–14)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 schedule . Jayski.com. . February 7, 2022.
2. Web site: Phoenix International Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. February 7, 2022. January 3, 2013. March 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170310031052/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/phoenix-international-raceway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 7, 2022. March 7, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 12, 2022. March 12, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 12, 2022. March 12, 2022.
6. Web site: Ruoff Mortgage 500 Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 13, 2022. March 13, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 13, 2022. March 13, 2022.
8. Web site: Pearce . Al . 2022-03-14 . How Chase Briscoe Scored His First Cup Series Win at Phoenix . 2022-03-14 . Autoweek . en-US.
9. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Penske drivers top NASCAR Cup practice at Phoenix. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 12, 2022. Avondale, Arizona. March 12, 2022.
10. Web site: DeGroot. Nick. Ryan Blaney takes Phoenix Cup pole for Team Penske. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. March 12, 2022. Avondale, Arizona. March 12, 2022.