2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 22 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Race Name:	Verizon 200 at the Brickyard
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Year:	2022
Location:	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course Mi:	2.439
Course Km:	3.925
Distance Laps:	86
Distance Mi:	209.754
Distance Km:	337.55
Scheduled Laps:	82
Scheduled Mi:	199.998
Scheduled Km:	321.85
Avg:	75.511mph
Pole Driver:	Tyler Reddick
Pole Team:	Richard Childress Racing
Pole Time:	88.354
Most Driver:	Tyler Reddick
Most Team:	Richard Childress Racing
Most Laps:	39
Car:	8
First Driver:	Tyler Reddick
First Team:	Richard Childress Racing
Network:	NBC
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Ratings:	2.05 (3,373,000 viewers)
Radio:	PRN IMS Radio
Booth Ann:	Doug Rice, Mark Jaynes and Jeff Hammond
Turn Ann:	Nick Yeoman (Turns 1–4), Pat Patterson (Turns 5–9), Chris Denari (Turns 10–11) and Jake Query (Turns 12–14)

The 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 31, 2022, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It was the 2nd running of the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on the road course, and officially the 29th edition of NASCAR at the speedway. Contested over 86 laps – extended from 82 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.439miles road course, it was the 22nd race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 60NaN0 west of Downtown Indianapolis.

Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.

This will be the first official qualifying and race weekend in the Cup Series for Daniil Kvyat and also for Ty Gibbs. Gibbs made his Cup Series debut at Pocono following a medical disqualification of Kurt Busch, who remains under suspension by NASCAR as a result of concussion protocol following his Q2 crash at Pocono the previous week. Kvyat marked the first time a driver who was declared an Authorised Neutral Athlete was entered in a Cup race.

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	nowrap	A. J. Allmendinger (i)		Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19			Toyota
20			Toyota
21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford
22			Ford
23			Toyota
24			Chevrolet
26			Toyota
27	Loris Hezemans (i)	nowrap		Ford
31			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Chevrolet
45	Ty Gibbs (i) Official Statement from 23XI Racing		Toyota
47			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51			Ford
77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet
78	Josh Williams (i)		Ford
99			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 1:29.171 seconds and a speed of 98.468mph.^[8]

Practice results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	2	Austin Cindric (R)			1:29.171	98.467
2	99				1:29.273	98.355
3	12				1:29.442	98.169
Official practice results

Qualifying

Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 88.354 and a speed of 99.378mph.^[9]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	8			Chevrolet	88.724	88.354
2	2	Austin Cindric (R)		Ford	88.671	88.606
3	14			Ford	88.608	88.725
4	20			Toyota	89.223	88.942
5	22			Ford	88.739	89.163
6	12			Ford	89.021	89.192
7	34			Ford	89.178	89.295
8	9			Chevrolet	89.146	89.390
9	38	Todd Gilliland (R)		Ford	88.803	89.592
10	18			Toyota	88.849	90.121
11	99			Chevrolet	89.187	—
12	6			Ford	89.195	—
13	21	Harrison Burton (R)		Ford	89.215	—
14	10			Ford	89.223	—
15	11			Toyota	89.227	—
16	17			Ford	89.282	—
17	31			Chevrolet	89.285	—
18	4			Ford	89.290	—
19	23			Toyota	89.331	—
20	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)		Chevrolet	89.368	—
21	1			Chevrolet	89.386	—
22	5			Chevrolet	89.392	—
23	24			Chevrolet	89.506	—
24	41			Ford	89.605	—
25	19			Toyota	89.606	—
26	45	Ty Gibbs (i)		Toyota	89.653	—
27	15			Ford	89.660	—
28	48			Chevrolet	90.005	—
29	3			Chevrolet	90.061	—
30	42			Chevrolet	90.196	—
31	7			Chevrolet	90.634	—
32	77	Josh Bilicki (i)		Chevrolet	91.039	—
33	51			Ford	91.311	—
34	27	Loris Hezemans (i)		Ford	91.495	—
35	43			Chevrolet	91.504	—
36	26			Toyota	91.942	—
37	78	Josh Williams (i)		Ford	94.088	—
38	47			Chevrolet	103.335	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 15

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	10
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	9
3	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	5
7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	2
10	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage one results

Stage TwoLaps: 20

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	8
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	7
5	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	6
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 47

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	1	8	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	86	40
2	2	2	Austin Cindric (R)	Team Penske	Ford	86	35
3	13	21	Harrison Burton (R)	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	86	36
4	9	38	Todd Gilliland (R)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	86	38
5	19	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	86	40
6	5	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	86	38
7	20	16	A. J. Allmendinger (i)	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	86	0
8	7	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	86	29
9	24	41	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	86	31
10	16	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	86	27
11	10	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	86	38
12	4	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	86	35
13	38	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	86	24
14	15	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	86	28
15	35	43	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	24
16	8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	34
17	26	45	Ty Gibbs (i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	86	0
18	31	7	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	19
19	17	31	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	86	18
20	12	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	86	17
21	25	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	86	17
22	32	77	Josh Bilicki (i)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	86	0
23	3	14	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	86	28
24	33	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	86	14
25	37	78	Josh Williams (i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford	86	0
26	6	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	86	20
27	21	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	86	10
28	11	99	Daniel Suárez	Trackhouse Racing Team	Chevrolet	86	9
29	27	15	Joey Hand	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	85	8
30	29	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	85	7
31	23	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	79	14
32	28	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	65	5
33	18	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	64	4
34	30	42	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet	60	9
35	22	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	57	6
36	36	26	Daniil Kvyat	Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing	Toyota	43	1
37	34	27	Loris Hezemans (i)	Team Hezeberg Powered by Reaume Brothers Racing	Ford	34	0
38	14	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	24	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 9 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 15
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 40 minutes and 18 seconds
• Average speed: 75.511mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports 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, Parker Kligerman, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and share stories from the track.

Radio

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produce the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns announcers and two pit reporters were from IMS.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Chase Elliott	821
1	2	Ryan Blaney	696 (–125)
1	3	Ross Chastain	692 (–129)
1	4	Martin Truex Jr.	671 (–150)
1	5	Kyle Larson	667 (–154)
	6	Christopher Bell	640 (–181)
	7	Joey Logano	637 (–184)
	8	Kyle Busch	633 (–188)
	9	William Byron	586 (–235)
	10	Kevin Harvick	575 (–246)
3	11	Tyler Reddick	549 (–272)
1	12	Alex Bowman	541 (–280)
1	13	Daniel Suárez	535 (–286)
1	14	Austin Cindric	530 (–291)
1	15	Chase Briscoe	515 (–306)
3	16	Aric Almirola	515 (–306)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	817
	2	Ford	738 (–79)
	3	Toyota	730 (–87)

• 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. . June 29, 2022.
2. Web site: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. June 29, 2022. January 3, 2013. July 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150717184638/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/indianapolis-motor-speedway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 26, 2022. July 26, 2022.
4. Web site: Practice Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 30, 2022. June 30, 2022.
5. Web site: Qualifying Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 30, 2022. July 30, 2022.
6. Web site: Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Results. NASCAR.com. NASCAR. July 31, 2022. July 31, 2022.
7. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 31, 2022. July 31, 2022.
8. Web site: Utter. Jim. Austin Cindric tops NASCAR Cup practice on Indy RC. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 30, 2022. Speedway, Indiana. July 30, 2022.
9. Web site: Utter. Jim. Tyler Reddick rockets to Cup pole on Indy Road Course. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. July 30, 2022. Speedway, Indiana. July 30, 2022.