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NASCAR Cup Series

Bass Pro Shops Night Race

Bristol Motor Speedway

September 17th, 2022

Race #29 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 500
Miles Raced : 266.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 01 minutes 07 seconds
Average Speed: 88.286 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.458 seconds
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 80
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 12 (33%)

Chris Buescher is presented the Bristol Motor Speedway trophy by Johnny Morris — Bristol, Tennessee - September 17th, 2022: Chris Buescher, driver of the #17 Fastenal Ford, is presented the Bristol Motor Speedway trophy by Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	20	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	44	40	4	5	500	169	2	7	0	Running
2	23	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	42	35	7	0	500	0	0	0	4	Running
3	16	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	40	34	6	0	500	0	0	9	7	Running
4	8	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	52	33	19	1	500	143	4	2	1	Running
5	5	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	40	32	8	0	500	34	2	5	9	Running
6	12	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	40	31	9	0	500	0	0	0	2	Running
7	13	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
8	11	41	Cole Custer	Ford	29	29	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
9	4	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	28	28	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
10	7	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	28	27	1	0	500	0	0	0	10	Running
11	18	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	26	26	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
12	19	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
13	10	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	34	24	10	1	499	109	2	1	0	Running
14	2	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	38	23	15	0	498	0	0	4	3	Running
15	31	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
16	27	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	21	21	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
17	32	51	Cody Ware	Ford	20	20	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
18	30	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	19	19	0	0	496	0	0	0	0	Running
19	29	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	494	0	0	0	0	Running
20	9	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	17	17	0	0	493	0	0	0	0	Running
21	24	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	492	0	0	0	0	Running
22	35	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	492	0	0	0	0	Running
23	36	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	491	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	491	0	0	0	0	Running
25	17	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	15	12	3	0	469	0	0	8	0	Running
26	34	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	457	0	0	0	0	Steering
27	15	22	Joey Logano	Ford	10	10	0	0	437	0	0	0	0	Suspension
28	1	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	9	9	0	0	418	36	2	0	0	Steering
29	14	45	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	8	8	0	0	408	0	0	0	0	Running
30	6	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	7	7	0	0	338	9	1	0	0	Running
31	28	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	9	6	3	0	279	0	0	0	8	DVP
32	3	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	15	5	10	0	277	0	0	6	6	Accident
33	26	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	276	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	21	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	17	3	14	0	269	0	0	3	5	Engine
35	25	23	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Steering
36	22	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	2	1	1	0	198	0	0	10	0	Steering

Race Infractions

Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	49	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	43	49	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	99	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage	Tail End	119	0	Green/Yellow
Aric Almirola	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	131	133	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	140	145	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	197	205	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	199	0	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	234	240	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	234	240	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	238	240	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	255	259	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	277	0	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	277	286	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	278	286	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	278	286	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	279	286	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	280	286	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Pass Thru	287	294	Green
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	353	360	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	354	360	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	357	360	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	358	360	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	437	443	Yellow
Joey Logano	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Pass Thru	442	466	Green
Ty Dillon	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Pass Thru	457	466	Green
Erik Jones	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	466	471	Green

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Race Fast Facts

Bristol Motor Speedway
62nd Annual Bass Pro Shops Night Race
Race Winner: Chris Buescher
Age: 29
Team : No. 17 - Fastenal Ford
Owner: RFK Racing
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Chris Buescher won the 62nd Annual Bass Pro Shops Night Race, his second victory in 250 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 13 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Chase Elliott (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 12 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2022.
William Byron (third) posted his third top-10 finish in eight races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Harrison Burton (16th) was the highest finishing rookie.
The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season becomes the fifth different season to reach 19 different winners (series-most in a single season); joining the 1956, 1958, 1961 and 2001 seasons. Among the five seasons to reach 19 different winners the 2022 season reached the record in the fewest races (29 races); the previous record was 36 races in 2001.

Race Recap

Chris Buescher triumphs at Bristol as Playoff field is trimmed to 12

September 17th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

With Chase Elliott pursuing him relentlessly for the final 50 laps, Chris Buescher held on to win Saturday's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motors Speedway, becoming the 19th different NASCAR Cup Series winner this season.

After the event that set the field for the Round of 12 in the series Playoffs—and eliminated superstars Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick from the postseason—a dozen drivers were breathing sighs of relief and hoping fervently for a return to stock car sanity in the next round.

A two-tire pit stop under caution on Lap 438 of 500 put Reddick in the lead for a restart on Lap 444. The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford led the final 61 laps and a race-high 169 overall to give the RFK organization its first victory since Ricky Stenhouse Jr. took the checkered flag at Daytona on July 1, 2017 at Daytona.

The victory was the first for RFK Racing since Brad Keselowski joined the organization as an owner/driver after the 2021 season.

Buescher was the third straight non-Playoff driver to win a race in the Round of 16, an unprecedented occurrence.

“It’s so special here,” said Buescher, whose only other Cup win came in a rain-shortened race at Pocono in 2016. “I love this racetrack. I love the fans. I love every time we come here. It’s so special. It’s pretty awesome.”

Buescher said he wasn’t worried about starting the final run on two fresh tires, even though everyone chasing had four.

“I wasn’t a bit,” he asserted. “It was up to me at that point. I made it work, and we had a really fast (car). We knew we had a really fast race car in practice and didn’t quite get the job done in qualifying (20th)—but what a race car.

“I don’t know what all to say right now. I’m out of breath. This place will wear you flat-out, and I love that about it. It’s just a special night.”

Elliott was .458 seconds behind Buescher at the finish. William Byron came home third, followed by Christopher Bell, who posted his third straight top-five finish in the Round of 16. Kyle Larson was fifth and Ross Chastain sixth, as all five drivers immediately behind Buescher in the finishing order advanced to the Round of 12.

Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Alex Bowman also clinched spots in the next round, though all had serious issues during the race.

Elliott got closer to Buescher on the final two laps but ran out of time.

“I felt like we were gaining, but it was… I wasn't close enough to do anything with him,” Elliott said. “But I appreciate the effort. We had a long day yesterday. Was able to battle back from a bad qualifying effort (23rd) to get a top two, so proud of that.

“Glad to be moving on (in the Playoff) and looking forward to some more opportunities here these coming weeks.”

Needing a victory to advance to the next round, Harvick ran consistently in the top five after staying out at the end of Stage 1 to gain track position. But Harvick’s chances evaporated in the pits on Lap 438 when his crew failed to secure the left-rear on his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford.

As the tire rolled away, Harvick had to back up into his pit stall. The lost time left him 10th for the final restart on Lap 444. That’s where he finished, exiting the Playoffs in 16th place.

“It was pretty tough,” Harvick said. “We pitted in front of the 17 (Buescher), so just kind of the way the year has gone. Just went from having a chance to lead the parade to being a part of the parade. Just difficult to pass.”

Busch’s ouster was a touch-and-go affair. Both he and Tyler Reddick fell two points short after Austin Cindric, who finished seven laps down in 20th place but gained enough positions by passing back markers to advance.

Busch had accumulated 14 points in the first two stages and was running above the cut line when his engine blew on Lap 270—Busch’s second such failure in the three Playoff races.

“It just goes with our year,” Busch said. “I don’t even know what to say. I’m flabbergasted. I just feel so bad for my guys. They don’t deserve to be in this spot. They work too hard. We are too good of a group to be this low—down on the bottom, fighting for our lives just to make it through. Two engine failures in three weeks, that will do it to you.”

Reddick and Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon both failed to make the Round of 12 after both drivers’ Chevrolets were damaged in a 12-car pileup on the backstretch on Lap 277. Reddick finished 25th and Dillon 31st.

Keselowski led 109 laps and appeared to have race-winning chances until his right-front tire went flat on Lap 414 while he was leading.

“We had two cars that were really good today and one that was unlucky and one that executed, and everything came the right way for them,” Keselowski said.