Practice

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.
Ross Chastain drives during practice
Richmond, Virginia - August 13, 2022 : Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, drives during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway.
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Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
10 Aric Almirola Ford 4 116.903 23.096 0.120 2 46 23.305 23.516 23.694 23.848 23.965 24.080 114.831 1 10
6 Brad Keselowski Ford 28 114.088 23.666 0.690 1 40 23.824 23.973 24.070 24.170 24.241 24.309 112.633 1 10
11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 6 116.611 23.154 0.178 1 42 23.293 23.558 23.749 23.876 23.983 24.089 114.630 1 10
15 JJ Yeley Ford 30 113.842 23.717 0.741 2 20 23.861 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
22 Joey Logano Ford 13 115.488 23.379 0.403 2 47 23.542 23.749 23.876 23.965 24.079 24.166 113.703 1 10
4 Kevin Harvick Ford 19 114.815 23.516 0.540 2 39 23.654 23.854 24.092 24.151 24.208 24.330 113.201 1 10
18 Kyle Busch Toyota 11 115.979 23.280 0.304 3 33 23.442 23.600 23.788 23.919 24.022 24.116 114.413 1 10
19 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 5 116.782 23.120 0.144 2 37 23.323 23.556 23.760 23.901 24.003 24.107 114.637 2 11
34 Michael McDowell Ford 16 115.247 23.428 0.452 2 23 23.572 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
77 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 35 110.983 24.328 1.352 1 28 24.400 24.435 0 0 0 0 110.499 3 12
3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 25 114.320 23.618 0.642 4 32 24.164 24.534 24.596 0 0 0 110.054 15 24
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 31 113.612 23.765 0.789 5 40 23.845 23.988 24.078 24.181 24.278 24.383 112.562 1 10
5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 17 115.178 23.442 0.466 2 29 23.600 23.787 23.917 24.025 0 0 113.518 1 10
48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 15 115.385 23.400 0.424 2 24 24.443 24.577 0 0 0 0 109.868 11 20
12 Ryan Blaney Ford 21 114.635 23.553 0.577 3 42 23.601 23.693 23.793 23.883 23.984 24.088 113.961 1 10
7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 14 115.419 23.393 0.417 2 30 23.593 24.813 0 0 0 0 108.817 18 27
42 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 23 114.494 23.582 0.606 3 30 23.653 24.353 24.437 24.508 0 0 110.873 9 18
9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 8 116.359 23.204 0.228 2 36 23.370 23.519 23.712 23.868 24.046 0 114.808 1 10
17 Chris Buescher Ford 29 113.871 23.711 0.735 3 28 23.877 24.611 0 0 0 0 109.707 16 25
43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 7 116.595 23.157 0.181 2 17 24.065 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
78 BJ McLeod Ford 36 104.513 25.834 2.858 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 9 116.269 23.222 0.246 3 28 23.405 24.411 24.531 0 0 0 110.614 11 20
51 Cody Ware Ford 33 112.994 23.895 0.919 1 16 24.909 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1 117.514 22.976 0.000 2 38 23.117 23.398 24.513 24.555 24.608 0 115.419 1 10
23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 24 114.416 23.598 0.622 3 22 23.736 24.409 0 0 0 0 110.619 12 21
24 William Byron Chevrolet 20 114.650 23.550 0.574 3 28 23.732 23.863 24.458 0 0 0 113.156 1 10
41 Cole Custer Ford 22 114.625 23.555 0.579 1 34 23.647 23.816 24.475 24.527 0 0 113.376 1 10
8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 2 117.066 23.064 0.088 3 25 23.243 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 10 116.049 23.266 0.290 3 28 23.454 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
20 Christopher Bell Toyota 18 114.830 23.513 0.537 3 33 24.024 24.213 24.304 24.381 24.437 0 111.519 8 17
2 Austin Cindric Ford 3 116.949 23.087 0.111 2 44 23.307 23.558 23.781 23.944 24.054 24.173 114.629 1 10
14 Chase Briscoe Ford 26 114.300 23.622 0.646 4 30 23.835 23.950 24.744 0 0 0 112.742 1 10
21 Harrison Burton Ford 12 115.726 23.331 0.355 3 47 23.439 23.668 23.852 23.981 24.084 24.184 114.089 1 10
16 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 34 112.721 23.953 0.977 4 28 24.184 24.256 24.345 24.418 0 0 111.315 6 15
45 Ty Gibbs Toyota 27 114.271 23.628 0.652 3 30 23.771 23.889 24.012 24.096 0 0 113.029 1 10
38 Todd Gilliland Ford 32 113.541 23.780 0.804 1 25 23.891 24.676 0 0 0 0 109.424 15 24