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NASCAR Cup Series

Food City Dirt Race

Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt)

April 17th, 2022

Race #9 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 133.3
Time of Race : 00 Hours 00 minutes 00 seconds
Average Speed: 0.000 mph
Margin of Victory : Under caution
Cautions: 0
Caution Laps: 0
Lead Changes: 0
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 26 (72%)

Kyle Busch takes the checkered flag — Bristol, Tennessee - April 17th, 2022: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Mars Crunchy Cookie Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo by Logan Riely | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	11	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	52	40	12	5	250	1	1	5	5	Running
2	3	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	39	35	4	0	250	99	1	8	10	Running
3	10	22	Joey Logano	Ford	42	34	8	0	250	0	0	7	7	Running
4	5	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	48	33	15	1	250	27	1	1	6	Running
5	25	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	36	32	4	0	250	0	0	9	9	Running
6	8	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	36	31	5	0	250	0	0	6	0	Running
7	2	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	47	30	17	0	250	0	0	3	2	Running
8	9	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	36	29	7	0	250	0	0	0	4	Running
9	17	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	31	28	3	0	250	0	0	0	8	Running
10	7	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	36	27	9	0	250	0	0	2	0	Running
11	18	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	26	26	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
12	21	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	33	25	8	0	250	64	1	0	3	Running
13	1	41	Cole Custer	Ford	24	24	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
14	6	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
15	15	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	22	22	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
16	20	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	21	21	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
17	23	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	20	20	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
18	19	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
19	26	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
20	24	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	17	17	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
21	30	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	16	16	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
22	4	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	25	15	10	1	250	59	2	0	1	Running
23	31	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	14	14	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
24	14	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
25	36	78	Josh Williams	Ford	0	0	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
26	35	51	Cody Ware	Ford	11	11	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
27	28	16	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
28	22	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	9	9	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
29	16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	9	8	1	0	240	0	0	10	0	Running
30	29	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	221	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	12	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	13	6	7	0	211	0	0	4	0	Accident
32	13	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	5	5	0	0	211	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	33	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	150	0	0	0	0	Engine
34	32	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	3	3	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	34	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	2	2	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	Engine
36	27	77	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	74	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt)

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	92	0	Yellow
Kevin Harvick	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	98	0	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	105	Yellow
Noah Gragson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	99	105	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	203	210	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	204	210	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	213	0	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Safety violation	Tail End	222	226	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt
62nd Annual Food City Dirt Race
Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 36
Team : No. 18 - Mars Crunchy Cookie Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
Kyle Busch won the 62nd Annual Food City Dirt Race, his 60th victory in 615 NASCAR Cup Series races - Busch is ranked ninth all-time in Cup wins.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt.
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
Joey Logano (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Bristol Motor Speedway Dirt.
Austin Cindric (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch (2005-2022) has tied NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty (1960-1977) with 18 consecutive seasons with a victory, an all-time record in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Race Recap

Kyle Busch steals a milestone victory in wild race on Bristol Dirt

April 17th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Kyle Busch has a special fondness for Bristol Motor Speedway, but the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota needed a huge stroke of luck on Sunday night to rekindle his love affair with the half-mile track.

Busch won the Food City Dirt Race from a distant third place after the Ford of second-place Chase Briscoe slid up the high-banked dirt track into the Chevrolet of leader Tyler Reddick in the final corner, turning both cars sideways.

Reddick righted his Camaro and steered toward the finish line, but Busch's momentum off Turn 4 carried his No. 18 Camry past the flag stand .330 second ahead of Reddick, who was denied his first NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Busch, on the other hand, notched his 60th career victory, ninth-most all-time and most among active drivers. With his first win of the season, he matched Richard Petty's series record streak of 18 years with at least one trip to Victory Lane.

An eight-time winner on Bristol's traditional concrete surface—again, most among active drivers—Busch won the second NASCAR Cup Series dirt race since 1970 and the first featuring the new Next Gen race car.

"Yeah, we got one," Busch said with a wry smile. "Doesn't matter how you get ‘em. It's all about getting ‘em. Can't say enough. I mean, man, I feel like Dale Earnhardt Sr. right now (as the crowd booed his unexpected victory). This is awesome. I didn't do anything."

After the second of two rain delays, Busch restarted second on Lap 227, but he fell back as Briscoe passed him on Lap 232 of 250 and began to chase Reddick for the lead.

"I don't know why, we couldn't fire off after it rained, both times," Busch said. "It just would not fire. Took it about 20 laps to get going.

"Overall, just really pumped to be back. Real pumped to get a win. This one means a lot. I can win on any surface here at Bristol. Bring it on, baby."

A chagrined Briscoe took full responsibility for the accident that handed Busch the win.

"I was running Tyler down and tried throwing a slider and didn't expect him to drive in there on me, and I got loose," Briscoe said. "I was spinning either way. I feel terrible. I didn't want to wreck him. That was my fault 100 percent. I hate it for Tyler. He's a good friend of mine."

Reddick took the disappointment with consummate grace.

"I don't think I did everything right, to be honest with you," Reddick said. "Briscoe was able to run me back down there. Just looking at it, I should have done a little bit better job of just… I don't know. I shouldn't have let him get that close. He ran me back down. Worked really hard to do that.

"I mean, you're racing on dirt, going for the move on the final corner. It's everything that, as a driver, you hope to battle for in his situation. Made it really exciting for the fans, so… It does suck, but we were able to finish second still. I'm being honest. I should have done a better job and pulled away so he wasn't in range to try to make that move. That's how I look at it."

Reddick took control of the race after a restart on Lap 151 to begin the final stage. With a ferocious run through Turns 1 and 2, he shot between the cars of Kyle Busch on the top and Joey Logano on the bottom to take the lead for the first time.

He held the top spot for the next 99 laps, through five cautions and the second rain delay. The final lap was the only one Busch led.

Briscoe was credited with a 22nd-place finish after running second into the final set of corners.

Joey Logano came home third, 4.004 seconds behind the race winner. Kyle Larson was fourth, followed by Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell and Ty Dillon.