The 2022 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 3, 2022, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the seventh race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Report
Background
Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.558 seconds and a speed of 119.691 mph (192.624 km/h).
Practice results
Qualifying
Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.541 seconds and a speed of 119.782 mph (192.770 km/h).
Qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 70
Stage Two Laps: 160
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 170
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 13 among 7 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds
- Average speed: 97.447 miles per hour (156.826 km/h)
Media
Television
Fox Sports covered their 21st race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Clint Bowyer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series winning crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.
Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post and Kim Coon handled pit road for the radio side.
Standings after the race
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