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Federated Auto Parts 400

Sunday, August 14th, 2022

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 15 Chevrolet

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 65th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the Pole Award for the 65th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400 with a lap of 23.042 seconds, 117.177 mph.
  • This is his 13th pole in 283 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 17th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in 16 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Ross Chastain (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2022 and his second in eight races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his 21st top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his 13th in 24 races this season.
  • Todd Gilliland (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, August 14th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Kevin Harvick doubles up with NASCAR Cup victory at Richmond

Last Sunday at Michigan, Kevin Harvick broke a 65-race drought.

Now the driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford has a two-race winning streak.

Chased by runner-up Christopher Bell and third-place finisher Chris Buescher over the closing laps, Harvick threaded his way through traffic to win Sunday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway by .441 seconds.

The NASCAR Cup Series victory was Harvick’s fourth at the .75-mile short track—his first there since 2013—and the 60th of his career, tying him with Kyle Busch for most among active drivers and ninth all-time.

Harvick led twice for 55 laps, passing eventual sixth-place finisher Joey Logano for the lead on Lap 334 and regaining it from Denny Hamlin on Lap 353 at the end of a cycle of green-flag pit stops.

“It’s like I said last week, the cars have been running good week-in and week-out,” Harvick said, “and you see that we have a lot better understanding of what’s going on with how we adjusted on the car after the first run and were able to get our car handling a lot better.

“I think as it got dark, the race track really came to our Mobil 1 Ford Mustang.”

By pitting one circuit earlier than Logano on Lap 340, Buescher leap-frogged the Team Penske driver and began to chase Harvick, who led the final 48 laps. Buescher got to Harvick’s bumper in traffic but couldn’t make a run for the lead.

The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford lost his chance for a serendipitous victory when Harvick lapped Bubba Wallace and Buescher stayed trapped behind Wallace’s No. 23 Toyota and fell two seconds behind.

“Just burned the rear tires up,” said Buescher, who needs a victory to qualify for the Cup Playoffs. “Ultimately that’s on me. Lapped traffic didn’t do us any favors, either, but ultimately just got to keep the rears under us a little bit better so we can have a little bit better shot there to get after him for the win.”

On 12-lap fresher tires, Bell charged forward, slipped past Buescher on Lap 396 of 400 and closed on Harvick before running out of time.

“Well, I knew he was coming, but I forgot to shift down the front straightaway the last time,” Harvick said. “I was not paying attention, and he got closer than he should have. I made a mistake there a couple laps doing the same thing. I wasn’t shifting on the back, and I was shifting on the front. There was a lot going on, and made a couple mistakes, let him get too close.”

Bell, who already has a victory to his credit this season, seemed pleased with the runner-up result.

“Really, really proud of (crew chief) Adam Stevens, this entire 20 group,” Bell said. “The Rheem Camry didn’t feel very good at the beginning, and we had our fair share of troubles (including a spin on Lap 250), and the pit crew really came through at the end there with some blazing stops and allowed us to get in front of the 11 (Hamlin), who was on the same strategy as us and get up there and contend.”

In the battle for the last position in the Playoffs, Ryan Blaney widened his advantage over Martin Truex Jr. despite finishing 10th to Truex’s seventh. The difference was in stage points. Blaney scored 11 to none for Truex and now leads the 2017 series champion by 26 with two races left in the regular season.

Hamlin came home fourth, followed by Chase Elliott. Logano led a race-high 222 laps, but his No. 22 Ford wasn’t as strong in the twilight as it had been earlier in the race.

“Yeah, I think just as the sun went down and the track cooled off, (we) lost some turn on our car,” Logano said. “Kevin and some others got a lot better the last couple of runs in the race. When it was hot and slick, that was probably our strength with the Shell Pennzoil Mustang.”

The Cup Series heads for Watkins Glen next Sunday for the 25th regular-season race.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 0.441 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 3 Minutes 27 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 98.110
  • Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
  • Lead Changes: 16
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,559 (9.6 passes per green flag lap)

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 65th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400
  • Race Winner: Kevin Harvick
  • Age: 46
  • Team : No. 4 - Mobil 1 Ford
  • Owner: Tony Stewart
  • Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
  • Kevin Harvick won the 65th Annual Federated Auto Parts 400, his 60th victory in 778 Cup Series races.
  • This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his fourth victory and 29th top-10 finish in 43 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Christopher Bell (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Richmond Raceway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Chris Buescher (third) posted his first top-10 finish in 13 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Austin Cindric (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 116 points over Ryan Blaney.
Denny Hamlin celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane
Richmond, Virginia - April 3, 2022 : Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, celebrates in the Ruoff Mortgage victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.
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Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
2 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford RoushParts.com RFK Racing Matt McCall
3 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
4 15 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Ford Unsponsored Rick Ware Racing Kevyn Rebolledo
5 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
6 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Mobil 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
7 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
8 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
9 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Chicago Pneumatic Compressors Front Row Motorsports Chris Yerges
10 77 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
11 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Huk Performance Fishing Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
12 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Kroger/ Richmond JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
13 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
14 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
15 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford BodyArmor Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
16 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Built.com Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
17 42 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Allegiant Petty GMS Motorsports Jerame Donley
18 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
19 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fastenal RFK Racing Scott Graves
20 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet FOCUSfactor Petty GMS Motorsports Dave Elenz
21 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Ford Blaster Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie
22 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet CommScope TrackHouse Racing Travis Mack
23 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Ford Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
24 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet Moose Fraternity TrackHouse Racing Phil Surgen
25 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota leidos 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
26 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
27 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford Jacob Construction Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
28 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet 3CHI Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
29 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
30 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota Rheem Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
31 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Menards\Duracell Team Penske Grant Hutchens
32 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford HighPoint.com Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
33 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Ford Menards \ Dutch Boy Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
34 16 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Chevy Accessories Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
35 45 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Jordan Brand 23XI Racing Billy Scott
36 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 24 Ford The Pete Store Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour