Entry List : Pocono Raceway

• Pocono Raceway
• 49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400
• Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin
• Age: 41
• Team : No. 11 - FedEx Office Toyota
• Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
• Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
• Denny Hamlin won the Pole Award for the 49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400 with a lap of 52.944 seconds, 169.991 mph.
• This is his 36th pole in 599 NASCAR Cup Series races.
• This is his third pole and 11th top-10 start in 2022.
• This is his fourth pole in 33 races at Pocono Raceway.
• Kyle Busch (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2022 and his 22nd in 35 races at Pocono Raceway.
• Chase Elliott (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Pocono Raceway. It is his 12th in 21 races this season.
• Austin Cindric (20th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

• Sunday, July 24th, 2022
• NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain

Elliott wins Cup race at Pocono after Hamlin, Busch fail post-race inspection

Chase Elliott has been declared the winner of Sunday’s M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway after first and second place finishers, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch were disqualified following post-race technical inspection.

It’s a series-best fourth race victory for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, who now leads the championship standings by 105-points over Ross Chastain and 111-points over Ryan Blaney.

It is the first time this season a race winner has been disqualified.

"Yeah, unfortunately we were doing our post-race inspections, which we do," said NASCAR Cup Series managing director Brad Moran. "There were some issues discovered that affect aero of the vehicle. The part was the front fascia. There really was no reason why there was some material that was somewhere it shouldn't have been, and that does basically come down to a DQ. It is a penalty, both for the 11 of Denny Hamlin and the 18 of Kyle Busch have been DQed. Their vehicles are being loaded in the NASCAR hauler and they're going to go back to the R&D Center."

Hamlin won the pole position, led 21 laps, and ultimately crossed the finish line .927-second ahead of Busch for the apparent win in an action-packed afternoon at the 2.5-mile Pocono track.

But both of the JGR cars failed post-pace inspection leaving the victory to the 26-year-old 2020 series champion Elliott, who now has a series-best four victories – three wins and a pair of second-place finishes in the last five races alone.

The updated finishing order of the race includes a runner-up showing now for Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick. Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez, JGR’s Christopher Bell, and Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson – who won Stage 1 of the race - round out the top five.

Front Row Motorsports driver Michael McDowell was sixth, followed by JGR’s Martin Truex Jr., the Hamlin-owned 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, Petty GMS Racing’s Erik Jones and RCR’s driver Austin Dillon.

• Drivers Entered: 36
• Laps Scheduled: 160
• Margin of Victory: 0.927 Seconds
• Time of Race: 3 Hours 15 Minutes 59 Seconds
• Average Speed: 122.459
• Cautions: 9 for 37 laps
• Lead Changes: 15
• Green Flag Passes: 3,176 (25.8 passes per green flag lap)

• Kurt Busch did not race after a hard crash in qualifying. He did drive in practice. Ty Gibbs drove the complete race in the #45, his first career Cup start.
• Pocono Raceway
• 49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400
• Race Winner: Chase Elliott
• Age: 26
• Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
• Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
• Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
• Chase Elliott won the 49th Annual M&Ms Fan Appreciation 400, his 17th victory in 242 NASCAR Cup Series races.
• This is his fourth victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2022.
• This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 14 races at Pocono Raceway.
• Tyler Reddick (second) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Pocono Raceway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
• Daniel Suarez (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 12 races at Pocono Raceway.
• Harrison Burton (23rd) was the highest finishing rookie.
• This is Chevrolet's 34th NASCAR Cup Series victory at Pocono Raceway.
• The actual race winner is Denny Hamlin, followed by Kyle Busch.
• Both Hamlin's 11 and Busch's 18 cars were DQ'd in post-race inspection.