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Toyota Owners 400

Sunday, April 3rd, 2022

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 67th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400
  • Busch Light Pole Award Pole Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 28
  • Team : No. 12 - Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Busch Light Pole Award for the 67th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400 with a lap of 22.541 seconds, 119.782 mph.
  • This is his ninth pole in 241 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his third pole and sixth top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in 12 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • William Byron (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2022 and his fourth in eight races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Kyle Busch (third) posted his 19th top-10 start at Richmond Raceway. It is his fourth in seven races this season.
  • Harrison Burton (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

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Denny Hamlin Becomes Seventh Different NASCAR Cup Series Race Winner in Seven Races

Perhaps there was no better place for Denny Hamlin to finally notch his first win of 2022. Much to the pleasure of the fans at Richmond Raceway, the hometown favorite from Chesterfield, Virginia took the lead of the Toyota Owners 400 from William Byron with five laps remaining and held off the field for a .552-second victory over Kevin Harvick and Byron.

It was amazingly Hamlin's first top 10 of the 2022 season, though it marked his fourth NASCAR Cup Series victory at the 0.75-mile track - the very place the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota grew up watching NASCAR as a young fan.

It is the sixth win for the JGR Toyota team in the last eight races at the Richmond track - 18thin the team's history there. And it is the third consecutive race there that all four JGR drivers finished in the top 10.

The victory was also significant in that the 41-year old Hamlin stopped a 12-race victory run by drivers 30-year old or younger - a mark dating back to last season.

"Just drove as hard as I could," said Hamlin, a perennial championship contender who had been ranked an uncharacteristic 20th in the standings before the Richmond race.

"So proud of this whole FedEx Camry team, they just never gave up.

"There was no doubt in my mind, maybe just a little, but they got this car right there towards the end," Hamlin continued. "Wow this it's just unbelievable."

"We needed a data point, something, a good run to kind of balance ourselves on other tracks. Obviously, I think we got it here."

Byron and his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team opted to stay out on older tires for the last 90 laps and at one point held a strong five-second lead on the field. But as the teams opted for fresher tires during a series of late race green flag pit stops, it became apparent that Byron would have to really work for the win - and do so on worn tires.

Ultimately, Hamlin, who got new tires with 47 laps to go, was able to dice his way through the field, taking the runner-up spot from his JGR teammate Martin Truex Jr. with six laps to go and continue moving forward to dive low and move into the lead around Byron with five laps remaining. Also on fresher tires, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver Harvick was able to pass both Byron and Truex to take his best finish of the season as well.

"Really it's the first clean day we've had all year," said the 2014 series champion Harvick. "The cars have been fast and we had a shot there at the end just, I wanted to be close enough at the white [flag] to just take a swipe at him but the lapped cars got in the way and I lost a little bit of ground. Still a great day for us and hopefully a little bit of momentum."

Truex, who has three wins in the last five Richmond races, finished fourth, followed by reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion, Hendrick Motorsports Kyle Larson.

JRG driver Christopher Bell was sixth, followed by Penske Racing's Ryan Blaney, the polesitter who led the first 128 laps of the race - most on the day. Hendrick Motorsports' Alex Bowman recovered from a pit road penalty to finish eighth. Kyle Busch recovered from a late race penalty as well, to claim ninth place and Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon was 10 th.

Blaney (first) and Truex (second) each won a stage and are the only three-time stage winners so far this season.

Blaney and Elliott are now tied for the NASCAR Cup Series championship lead with a 19-point advantage on third place Truex.

  • Drivers Entered: 37
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: 0.552 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 4 Minutes 43 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 97.447
  • Cautions: 5 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,072 (8.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Richmond Raceway
  • 67th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400
  • Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 41
  • Team : No. 11 - FedEx Express Toyota
  • Owner: Coy Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the 67th Annual TOYOTA OWNERS 400, his 47th victory in 585 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his fourth victory and 20th top-10 finish in 31 races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 28th top-10 finish in 42 races at Richmond Raceway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2022.
  • William Byron (third) posted his second top-10 finish in eight races at Richmond Raceway.
  • Harrison Burton (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ryan Blaney leads the point standings by 0 points over Chase Elliott.
Alex Bowman celebrates with a burnout
Richmond, Virginia - April 18, 2021 : Alex Bowman, driver of the #48 Ally Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.
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Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Action Industries Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
2 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
3 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Violet Defense RFK Racing Josh Sell
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
5 44 Greg Biffle Vancouver, WA Dec 23, 1969 54 Chevrolet Norfolk State University NY Racing Team Jay Guy
6 15 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Ford Nabor Force Rick Ware Racing Ken Evans
7 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
8 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Mobil 1 Triple Action Formula Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
9 45 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Aug 4, 1978 46 Toyota Embrace Home Loans 23XI Racing Billy Scott
10 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota Mars Crunchy Cookie Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
11 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Auto-Owners Insurance Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
12 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Navage Nasal Care Front Row Motorsports Blake Harris
13 77 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
14 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet BREZTRI Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
15 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet SunnyD JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
16 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
17 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
18 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Menards\Richmond Water Heaters Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
19 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Nations Guard Spire Motorsports Peter Sospenzo
20 42 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Chevyliners.com Petty GMS Motorsports Jerame Donley
21 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet A SHOC Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
22 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Violet Defense RFK Racing Scott Graves
23 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet FOCUSfactor Petty GMS Motorsports Dave Elenz
24 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Ford Surface Sunscreen Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie
25 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet CommScope TrackHouse Racing Travis Mack
26 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Ford Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
27 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet ONX Homes / iFly TrackHouse Racing Phil Surgen
28 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota Dr Pepper 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
29 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
30 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford HaasTooling.com Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
31 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet Guaranteed Rate Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
32 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Caleb Williams
33 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota Sirius XM Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
34 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
35 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford Mahindra Tractors Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
36 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Ford Motorcraft \ Quick Lane Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
37 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 24 Ford Black's Tire Front Row Motorsports Troy Raker