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NASCAR Cup Series

DuraMAX Drydene 400

Dover International Speedway

May 1st, 2022

Race #11 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 400
Miles Raced : 400.0
Time of Race : 03 Hours 49 minutes 39 seconds
Average Speed: 104.507 mph
Margin of Victory : Under caution
Cautions: 13
Caution Laps: 75
Lead Changes: 17
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 15 (42%)

Chase Elliott celebrates with a burnout as his crew cheers from the wall — Dover, Delaware - May 2nd, 2022: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout as his crew cheers from the wall after winning the NASCAR Cup Series DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne at Dover 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	4	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	50	40	10	5	400	73	3	2	10	Running
2	15	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	41	35	6	0	400	0	0	0	5	Running
3	7	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	46	34	12	0	400	86	4	4	6	Running
4	17	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	41	33	8	0	400	0	0	3	0	Running
5	6	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	40	32	8	0	400	2	1	0	3	Running
6	3	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	36	31	5	0	400	19	1	6	0	Running
7	10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	41	30	11	0	400	103	2	9	2	Running
8	1	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	34	29	5	0	400	18	1	8	9	Running
9	11	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	28	28	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
10	25	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	31	27	4	0	400	0	0	0	7	Running
11	14	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	400	19	1	0	0	Running
12	18	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	38	25	13	0	400	5	2	5	4	Running
13	23	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	24	24	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
14	8	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
15	30	41	Cole Custer	Ford	22	22	0	0	400	0	0	0	0	Running
16	9	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	21	21	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
17	29	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	20	20	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
18	21	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
19	27	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	18	18	0	0	399	0	0	0	0	Running
20	20	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	18	17	1	0	399	0	0	10	0	Running
21	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	26	16	10	1	399	67	2	1	0	Running
22	33	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	19	15	4	0	399	0	0	7	0	Running
23	24	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	398	0	0	0	0	Running
24	35	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	16	13	3	0	398	0	0	0	8	Running
25	13	15	Ryan Preece	Ford	0	0	0	0	398	0	0	0	0	Running
26	5	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	21	11	10	1	397	8	1	0	1	Running
27	31	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
28	34	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	9	9	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
29	22	22	Joey Logano	Ford	8	8	0	0	396	0	0	0	0	Running
30	26	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	390	0	0	0	0	Running
31	16	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	6	6	0	0	388	0	0	0	0	Running
32	36	77	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	381	0	0	0	0	Running
33	19	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	321	0	0	0	0	Brakes
34	28	51	Cody Ware	Ford	3	3	0	0	238	0	0	0	0	DVP
35	32	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	2	2	0	0	167	0	0	0	0	Brakes
36	12	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	1	1	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	DVP

Race Infractions

DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kurt Busch	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
William Byron	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Josh Bilicki	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Harrison Burton	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Todd Gilliland	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
AJ Allmendinger	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	42	45	Yellow
Ryan Preece	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	70	83	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	75	83	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	83	Yellow
Ryan Blaney	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	83	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	80	83	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	81	83	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	81	83	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	92	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	89	92	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	91	92	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	156	163	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	161	163	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road Garage	Pass Thru	177	0	Green
Kurt Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	189	194	Yellow
Cody Ware	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	242	0	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	246	247	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	252	257	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	254	257	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	324	0	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	326	330	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	327	330	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	343	347	Yellow
Joey Logano	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	344	347	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	346	347	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Dover Motor Speedway
53rd Annual DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne
Race Winner: Chase Elliott
Age: 26
Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Chase Elliott won the 53rd Annual DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne, his 14th victory in 232 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his second victory and ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 19 races at Dover Motor Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2022.
Ross Chastain (third) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Dover Motor Speedway.
Harrison Burton (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 50 points over Ryan Blaney.

Race Recap

Chase Elliott takes home his first win of the 2022 season

May 2nd, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

NASCAR Cup Series standings leader Chase Elliott earned his first victory of the season in Monday’s weather-delayed DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.

Elliott led the final 53 laps of the 400-lapper and pulled away from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for a 2.577-second victory in an action-packed race that was slowed 12 times for caution periods – including a red flag weather delay on Sunday that necessitated pushing the restart to Monday.

It’s the 14^th career win for the driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet and a historic fifth win for the team in 2022. It is the first time in NASCAR history a team has had all four of its drivers win races in the opening 11 races of a season.

The 26-year old Georgia-native Elliott had to work at this one for sure with 17 lead changes among 10 drivers.

“Just had some good circumstances finally” the sport’s reigning Most Popular Driver said of his first oval track win since he won the 2020 series championship at Phoenix Raceway. “Just really appreciate [crew chief] Alan [Gustafson] and our entire team for just sticking with it.

“We had some tough races over the last four or five months and just great to get NAPA back to victory lane and great to get Hendrick Motorsports in victory lane. So proud. This means a lot in a lot of different ways. Just appreciate all the effort.’’

“It’s been a fun day and we’re certainly going to enjoy this,’’ Elliott continued, after thanking the fans that came out for the Monday race conclusion.

“Like I told them [crew] after the race, those guys, they’ve been deserving of one for a while so glad we could get across the line first. We’ll enjoy it for a few days and then go to work next week.’’

He came a few car lengths from victory, but runner-up Stenhouse was nearly as happy as the winner after the race. It marked only the second top-10 of the season – second top-20 – for the driver of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet and was his best showing since a runner-up finish on the Bristol (Tenn.) Dirt Track back in March, 2021.

Stenhouse finished fifth in Stage 2 and ran among the top-10 for the last 150 laps of the race moving into second place behind Elliott with 51 laps remaining and chasing down Elliott’s No. 9 Chevrolet for the remainder of the race.

Last week’s race winner Ross Chastain finished third in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet but had some contact with three-time Dover winner Martin Truex Jr. on the final lap fighting for position. The two touched and Truex’s No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota spun around. He recovered to finish 12^th and the two drivers exchanged words afterward on pit lane.

Asked about the last lap incident and the encounter after the checkered flag with Truex, Chastain smiled and said “we were talking about where we were going fishing next week.’’

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was fourth followed by 2021 Dover winner, Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman. His teammate, Kyle Larson was sixth followed by JGR driver Kyle Busch, who led the most laps (103) on the day and was a strong contender for the trophy before getting caught on pit road during a caution period.

Busch and Bowman – who were running first and second at the time – pit on lap 322 only to have a caution come out for A.J. Allmendinger, whose Chevy lost its wheel. The two drivers restarted toward the tail end of the lead lap and still managed to race their forward to the top-10 finishes.

Dover polesitter Chris Buescher finished eighth – his third top-10 showing in the Roush Fenway Keselowski Ford on the year and first in six races. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick and Petty GMS Motorsports driver Erik Jones rounded out the top-10.

It was rough day for former Dover winner Denny Hamlin, who led 67 laps and won Stage 1, but had two major snafus derail what looked like a promising day.

While leading the race, Hamlin’s left front tire came off as he exited pit road following a stop. It set him to 29^th place. He drove his JGR No. 11 Toyota all the way back into the top-five only to be collected by a spinning Ford driven by Cody Ware just after the race’s midpoint.

The damage to Hamlin’s Toyota took away any shot for the victory and he finished 21^st. The perennial championship contender and three-time Daytona 500 winner has only one top-10 – a win at Richmond last month – on the season.