Race Lineup

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.
Kyle Larson drives during practice
Richmond, Virginia - August 13, 2022 : Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, drives during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway.
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Race lineup for the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
2 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet Moose Fraternity Trackhouse Racing Phil Surgen
3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
4 24 William Byron Chevrolet Liberty University Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
5 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
6 19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
7 41 Cole Custer Ford Jacob Construction Stewart-haas Racing Mike Shiplett
8 6 Brad Keselowski Ford RoushParts.com Rfk Racing Matt McCall
9 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet FOCUSfactor Petty Gms Motorsports Dave Elenz
10 12 Ryan Blaney Ford BodyArmor Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
11 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota leidos 23xi Racing Bootie Barker
12 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Huk Performance Fishing Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
13 4 Kevin Harvick Ford Mobil 1 Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
14 45 Ty Gibbs Toyota Jordan Brand 23xi Racing Billy Scott
15 14 Chase Briscoe Ford HighPoint.com Stewart-haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
16 38 Todd Gilliland Ford The Pete Store Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
17 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
18 17 Chris Buescher Ford Fastenal Rfk Racing Scott Graves
19 16 Noah Gragson Chevrolet Chevy Accessories Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
20 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet Kroger/ Richmond Jtg Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
21 20 Christopher Bell Toyota Rheem Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
22 42 Ty Dillon Chevrolet Allegiant Petty Gms Motorsports Jerame Donley
23 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
24 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet CommScope Trackhouse Racing Travis Mack
25 77 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Voyager: Crypto for All Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
26 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 3CHI Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
27 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
28 51 Cody Ware Ford Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
29 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
30 21 Harrison Burton Ford Menards \ Dutch Boy Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
31 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet Built.com Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
32 10 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Stewart-haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
33 2 Austin Cindric Ford Menards\Duracell Team Penske Grant Hutchens
34 34 Michael McDowell Ford Chicago Pneumatic Compressors Front Row Motorsports Chris Yerges
35 15 JJ Yeley Ford Unsponsored Rick Ware Racing Kevyn Rebolledo
36 78 BJ McLeod Ford Blaster Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie