Entry List

The official 2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Phoenix Raceway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Ruoff Mortgage 500

Sunday, March 13th, 2022

Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, AZ

  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 28
  • Team: No. 12 - Menards/Maytag Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Pole Award for the 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500 with a lap of 27.127 seconds, 132.709 mph.
  • This is his seventh pole in 238 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and third top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his third pole in 13 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Denny Hamlin (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2022 and his 21st in 34 races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • William Byron (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his second in four races this season.
  • Austin Cindric (eighth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, March 13th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Chase Briscoe captures first-career Cup Series win at Phoenix

There was no shortage of motivation as three drivers all vying for their first-career victory in the marquee NASCAR Cup Series decided the dramatic outcome at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon.

Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe had to hold off the field on not one, not two, but three late race restarts on the one-mile desert oval, including the final restart with three laps remaining to earn his first career NASCAR Cup Series win in the Ruoff Mortgage 500.

The 27-year-old Briscoe is the 200th different winner in NASCAR's premier series and last year's Rookie of the Year earned the victory- by .771-seconds over Ross Chastain – in only his 40th start.

"It's unbelievable," said Briscoe, who drives the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.

"I was crying the whole last lap. This is definitely a team win, but I've got to thank everybody that's got me to this point. Just seven years ago I was sleeping on couches, volunteering at race shops and was literally driving home to give up.

"Unbelievable," he continued, smiling. "So blessed to be here driving for this organization this team and this car that was my hero's (NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart) growing up.

"To everybody that's believed in me, it's unbelievable."

Fast pit stops for Briscoe's John Klausmeier-led crew helped all day. His 101 laps out front was second only to pole-winner Ryan Blaney's 144 laps led. But Briscoe certainly had to earn this win on track holding off the field on those late race re-starts with cars sometimes fanning out seven-wide in the frenetic shuffle to the front.

Chevrolet drivers Chastain and Tyler Reddick took Briscoe three-wide on the final restart – all fueled by the motivation of that first win, but Briscoe's Ford was able to drive away leaving them to settle runner-up between themselves.

Chastain's runner-up finish is his second consecutive top-three finish for the Trackhouse Racing organization. Richard Childress Racing's Reddick placed third followed by polesitter, Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney and 23XI Racing's Kurt Busch.

"That was so much fun to get to race like that at this level," Chastain said, adding of the last lap competition, "That's so cool to race with Tyler and Chase. That's everything I've ever wanted."

Briscoe's veteran teammate Kevin Harvick finished sixth and that top-10 was good enough to tie a huge mark of success shared only by two NASCAR Hall of Famers. Harvick's 18th consecutive top-10 at Phoenix matches an all-time NASCAR Cup Series record set by both Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.

Another former series champion, Kyle Busch finished seventh leading the Joe Gibbs Racing charge. Penske Racing's Joey Logano, Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez and Roush-Fenway-Keselowski driver Chris Buescher rounded out the top-10 respectively.

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, who ran up front for much of the race, suffered a DNF – pitting with 74 laps remaining with what his crew diagnosed as a broken valve spring in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Larson was officially scored 34th – the second sub-30th place finish of the season, including a crash at the Daytona 500 (32nd place finish).

Larson already scored a victory at Auto Club Speedway this season, however, and is still ranked fourth in the championship, 10 points behind new leader Logano. Kyle Busch is third, five points back.

Both Hendrick Motorsports' William Byron and Penske's Blaney earned their first Stage wins of the season. There were 15 lead changes among six drivers.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 312
  • Margin of Victory: 0.771 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 6 Minutes 34 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 100.339
  • Cautions: 8 for 52 laps
  • Lead Changes: 14
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,058 (7.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Phoenix Raceway
  • 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500
  • Race Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 27
  • Team: No. 14 - Mahindra Tractors Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: John Klausmeier
  • Chase Briscoe won the 18th Annual Ruoff Mortgage 500, his first victory in 40 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his second top-five finish in 2022.
  • Tyler Reddick (third) posted his first top-10 finish in five races at Phoenix Raceway.
  • Todd Gilliland (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chase Briscoe becomes the third Cup Series driver to earn their first-career win at Phoenix (Alan Kulwicki in 1988 and Bobby Hamilton in 1996).
Ryan Blaney prepares to qualify
Avondale, Arizona - March 12, 2022 : Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Maytag Ford, prepares to qualify for the Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
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Ruoff Mortgage 500 at Phoenix Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 40 Chevrolet Built.com Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
2 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 37 Ford Rheem - Capitol Container Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
3 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 38 Ford Bass Pro Shops RFK Racing Matt Mccall
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 41 Toyota Fry's/ NOS Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
5 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 31 Ford Shell / Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
6 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 46 Ford DeWalt Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
7 45 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Aug 4, 1978 43 Toyota CommScope 23XI Racing Billy Scott
8 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 36 Toyota Ally/Best Friends Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
9 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 41 Toyota Nurtec ODT Ford Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
10 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 37 Ford Frontline Enterprises INC. Front Row Motorsports Blake Harris
11 77 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 32 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
12 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 31 Chevrolet Autotrader Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 34 Chevrolet Menards\Maytag JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
14 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 29 Chevrolet Get Bioethanol Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
15 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 28 Chevrolet Mahindra Tractors Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
16 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 28 Ford Dex Imaging Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
17 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 30 Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
18 42 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 30 Chevrolet Smithfield Petty GMS Motorsports Jerame Donley
19 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 26 Chevrolet Violet Defense Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
20 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 29 Ford Axalta RFK Racing Scott Graves
21 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 25 Chevrolet FedEx Office Petty GMS Motorsports Dave Elenz
22 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 38 Ford MoneyLion Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie
23 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 30 Chevrolet Action Industries TrackHouse Racing Travis Mack
24 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 26 Ford FOCUSfactor Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
25 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 29 Chevrolet K1 Speed TrackHouse Racing Phil Surgen
26 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 28 Toyota Premier Business Investments 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
27 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 24 Chevrolet Guaranteed Rate Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
28 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 24 Ford Black Rifle Coffee Company Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
29 15 Garrett Smithley Ligonier, PA Apr 27, 1992 29 Ford ROOT Insurance Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
30 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 26 Chevrolet Valvoline Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
31 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 22 Chevrolet UniFirst Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
32 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 27 Toyota Voyager: Crypto for All Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
33 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 23 Ford ITsavvy Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
34 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 27 Ford Shell Pennzoil Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
35 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 21 Ford LeafFilter Gutter Protection Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
36 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 21 Ford HaasTooling.com Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour