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NASCAR Cup Series

Xfinity 500

Martinsville Speedway

October 30th, 2022

Race #35 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 500
Miles Raced : 263.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 24 minutes 18 seconds
Average Speed: 77.239 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.869 seconds
Cautions: 6
Caution Laps: 53
Lead Changes: 8

Christopher Bell takes the checkered flag — Martinsville, Virginia - October 30th, 2022: Christopher Bell, driver of the #20 DeWalt Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Mike Mulholland | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Christopher Bell	20	5	1	1	1	20	6.1	+19	33	12	+21	29	74	86.0%	150	500	122.8	50
Kyle Larson	1	3	4	2	1	12	3.5	-1	19	23	-4	19	41	100.0%	68	500	121.3	50
Ryan Blaney	4	6	2	3	1	14	4.8	+1	17	19	-2	17	38	100.0%	0	500	112.5	42
Brad Keselowski	6	7	7	4	2	14	7.4	+2	26	25	+1	26	10	100.0%	0	500	102.4	42
Ross Chastain	9	10	12	5	5	14	10.5	+4	23	23	+0	23	10	100.0%	0	500	91.7	36
Denny Hamlin	11	1	5	6	1	12	3.9	+5	31	15	+16	31	90	100.0%	203	500	126.0	51
Joey Logano	12	8	8	7	3	15	9.8	+5	22	20	+2	22	17	100.0%	0	500	94.5	33
William Byron	25	17	11	8	5	27	16.2	+17	22	14	+8	10	8	46.6%	0	500	76.6	29
Bubba Wallace	24	11	6	9	3	24	12.6	+15	30	19	+11	16	16	72.8%	0	500	85.9	28
Chase Briscoe	3	18	9	10	1	18	11.6	-7	13	17	-4	13	28	47.4%	25	500	89.0	33
Chase Elliott	2	2	3	11	1	11	2.6	-9	9	11	-2	9	53	100.0%	54	500	118.4	44
Harrison Burton	10	14	16	12	9	17	13.6	-2	16	15	+1	16	4	86.0%	0	500	77.3	25
Daniel Suarez	7	9	15	13	3	15	9.5	-6	16	14	+2	15	13	100.0%	0	500	91.3	26
Todd Gilliland	19	15	17	14	9	21	17.0	+5	13	9	+4	5	5	30.6%	0	500	67.5	23
Cole Custer	5	4	10	15	1	15	5.5	-10	19	29	-10	19	14	100.0%	0	500	99.0	37
Aric Almirola	15	12	13	16	7	17	12.3	-1	21	21	+0	19	3	74.4%	0	500	77.6	21
Kevin Harvick	8	13	14	17	5	17	11.8	-9	12	28	-16	12	4	96.2%	0	500	77.0	20
Michael McDowell	13	16	18	18	13	18	16.4	-5	12	15	-3	12	1	26.6%	0	500	64.4	19
Erik Jones	23	21	19	19	19	29	23.4	+4	31	23	+8	0	0	0.0%	0	498	53.5	18
Ty Gibbs	26	24	22	20	19	29	23.7	+6	32	31	+1	0	4	0.0%	0	498	51.3	0
Martin Truex Jr	27	22	20	21	19	28	22.1	+6	36	29	+7	0	1	0.0%	0	498	56.7	16
Corey Lajoie	14	20	21	22	12	26	19.4	-8	29	36	-7	6	0	12.4%	0	498	63.5	15
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	31	23	23	23	21	33	24.9	+8	17	15	+2	0	0	0.0%	0	498	43.0	14
AJ Allmendinger	21	28	24	24	21	32	25.3	-3	34	35	-1	0	0	0.0%	0	498	50.8	0
Chris Buescher	22	25	25	25	19	28	23.7	-3	8	12	-4	0	1	0.0%	0	497	53.7	12
Noah Gragson	17	26	26	26	17	27	24.0	-9	13	26	-13	0	0	0.0%	0	497	52.3	0
Austin Cindric	30	29	28	27	25	31	28.2	+3	18	14	+4	0	1	0.0%	0	497	45.0	10
Justin Haley	29	27	27	28	22	32	27.7	+1	20	17	+3	0	0	0.0%	0	497	39.2	9
Cody Ware	36	30	30	29	29	36	31.0	+7	19	13	+6	0	0	0.0%	0	495	32.0	8
Kyle Busch	18	34	32	30	17	36	31.3	-12	4	21	-17	0	0	0.0%	0	494	42.2	7
JJ Yeley	35	33	33	31	31	36	33.5	+4	5	1	+4	0	0	0.0%	0	488	28.3	0
Ty Dillon	32	32	31	32	29	34	31.7	+0	6	7	-1	0	0	0.0%	0	466	34.3	5
Landon Cassill	33	31	29	33	27	35	29.8	+0	18	19	-1	0	0	0.0%	0	460	31.5	0
Austin Dillon	16	19	34	34	14	33	23.6	-18	13	17	-4	12	3	21.0%	0	316	60.2	3
BJ McLeod	34	35	35	35	32	36	35.2	-1	5	7	-2	0	0	0.0%	0	225	23.7	0
Tyler Reddick	28	36	36	36	23	29	32.6	-8	12	21	-9	0	1	0.0%	0	188	33.6	1

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Race Fast Facts

Martinsville Speedway
74th Annual Xfinity 500
Race Winner: Christopher Bell
Age: 27
Team : No. 20 - DeWalt Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Adam Stevens
Christopher Bell won the 74th Annual Xfinity 500, his fourth victory in 107 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in six races at Martinsville Speedway.
Kyle Larson (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 16 races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2022.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 14 races at Martinsville Speedway.
Harrison Burton (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell and Ross Chastain have advanced to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Championship 4 Round.

Race Recap

Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain claim Championship 4 spots in unbelievable Martinsville finish

October 30th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Christopher Bell had another miracle in his pocket, but Ross Chastain stole the show with a scarcely believable video-game move in the final corners of the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

For the second time in as many rounds in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, Bell won a race he had to win. After beating pole winner Kyle Larson to the finish line by .869 seconds, Bell will race for the series title next Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.

"Mom and dad, we did it—wow," an emotional Bell said after the race. "I can't believe it, man. To come here in Martinsville, this place has always been so tough on me. Just pre-race looking up, seeing all the fans, this place is packed... I don't even know what to say.

"Man, I say it all the time, but the driver is just a small piece of the puzzle for these races. The reason why this car won today is because it was the best car on the race track. (Crew chief) Adam Stevens... this entire 20 group, they just never give up. When our back is against the wall, looks like it's over, they show up and give me the fastest car out here."

The victory was Bell's third of the season and his second in a must-win situation. On Oct. 9, he won the Bank of America ROVAL 500 at Charlotte to stave off elimination from the Playoffs.

But it was Chastain who added most significantly to the lore of the historic .526-mile short track with a shocking trip around Turns 3 and 4 that knocked veteran Denny Hamlin out of the Playoffs.

Running 10th and facing elimination on the last lap, Chastain pinned his No. 1 Chevrolet to the outside wall entering Turn 3, kept his throttle open and rocketed around the fence as if he had just ignited an afterburner.

The amazing move carried Chastain past Hamlin into fifth place and into the Championship 4. Chastain completed the final lap in 18.845 seconds, .864 seconds faster than Larson's pole-winning time.

"I made the choice, grabbed fifth gear down the back," Chastain said. "Fully committed. Basically let go of the wheel, hoping I didn't catch the Turn 4 access gate or something crazy. But I was willing to do it.

"I just cannot believe that we have a chance to go fight for a championship. All we ask for is a chance. We kept our world small this year so far. We'll do the same thing going to Phoenix."

Chase Elliott came home 11th and secured a Championship 4 berth by four points over Hamlin, the same margin Chastain enjoyed. Elliott, Chastain, Bell and Las Vegas winner Joey Logano will race for the series championship at Phoenix.

Tenth-place finisher Chase Briscoe was eliminated from the Playoffs, but not for lack of effort. Briscoe stayed out on old tires during the final caution and restarted in the lead with 24 laps left. But Briscoe gave up the top spot to Bell, who had pitted for four fresh tires, on Lap 496 of 500.

"Yeah, we were obviously on a lot older tires there," Briscoe said. "Thought there for a little bit I was going to be OK. I just fell off a cliff pretty hard. I should have used the wall. Pretty good deal to use there."

Also ousted from the Playoffs were William Byron, who couldn't overcome a 25th-place starting position, and Ryan Blaney, who finished third but couldn't overcome a deep points deficit entering the race.

The Hendrick Motorsports duo of Larson and Elliott dominated the early going. Larson led the first 68 laps before Elliott passed him for the top spot in traffic and stayed out front for the next 52 laps.

But Hamlin, who had started 11th, drove through the top 10 and took the lead on Lap 121, with nine laps left in the first stage. Hamlin stayed at the point for 203 laps, winning the first two stages. He didn't relinquish the lead until Bell won the race off pit road on Lap 276, under caution for Austin Dillon's hard crash into the Turn 4 wall three laps earlier.

Hamlin lost positions on three consecutive pit stops in the final stage of the race. He restarted 13th, one spot behind Chastain, after a 14.5-second stop under caution on Lap 470.

Hamlin advanced to fifth and had the final Championship 4 spot in hand until Chastain rocketed around the wall through the final corners.

"You got to execute all day," Hamlin said. "We just didn't control the race when we had control of it. Each caution we just kept losing some spots. That's the way it is."

Brad Keselowski, who, like Larson, took right-side tires only on his final pit stop, came home fourth, getting a bump from Chastain at the finish line. Hamlin was sixth, followed by Logano, Byron and Bubba Wallace.