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NASCAR Cup Series

Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook

Kansas Speedway

September 11th, 2022

Race #28 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 267
Miles Raced : 400.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 10 minutes 03 seconds
Average Speed: 126.440 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.000 seconds
Cautions: 9
Caution Laps: 43
Lead Changes: 16
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 16 (44%)

Bubba Wallace celebrates in victory lane — Kansas City, Kansas - September 11th, 2022: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #45 ROOT Insurance Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	6	45	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	53	40	13	5	267	58	2	5	4	Running
2	25	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	40	35	5	0	267	0	0	0	6	Running
3	4	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	53	34	19	1	267	12	1	1	2	Running
4	3	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	43	33	10	1	267	107	4	0	1	Running
5	12	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	40	32	8	0	267	24	1	3	0	Running
6	9	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	39	31	8	0	267	9	1	0	3	Running
7	5	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	34	30	4	0	267	0	0	8	10	Running
8	7	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	33	29	4	0	267	0	0	0	7	Running
9	17	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	39	28	11	0	267	2	1	2	9	Running
10	15	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	267	8	1	0	0	Running
11	22	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	37	26	11	0	267	0	0	6	5	Running
12	8	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	25	25	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
13	13	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	24	24	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
14	11	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	24	23	1	0	267	3	1	10	0	Running
15	10	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	22	22	0	0	267	0	0	0	0	Running
16	23	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	21	21	0	0	267	1	1	0	0	Running
17	2	22	Joey Logano	Ford	25	20	5	0	266	2	1	9	8	Running
18	28	16	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
19	27	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
20	21	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
21	36	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	16	16	0	0	266	3	1	0	0	Running
22	29	41	Cole Custer	Ford	15	15	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
23	32	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	14	14	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
24	31	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
25	26	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	12	12	0	0	266	0	0	0	0	Running
26	20	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	15	11	4	0	265	0	0	7	0	Running
27	30	51	Cody Ware	Ford	10	10	0	0	265	0	0	0	0	Running
28	33	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	264	0	0	0	0	Running
29	24	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	264	0	0	0	0	Running
30	35	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	14	7	7	0	262	0	0	4	0	Running
31	34	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	262	0	0	0	0	Running
32	18	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	5	5	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	Accident
33	19	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	114	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	16	23	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	1	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	67	38	1	0	0	Accident
36	14	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	1	1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook at Kansas Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Aric Almirola	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Denny Hamlin	Equipment Interference	Tail End	27	31	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	31	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Equipment Interference	Tail End	27	31	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	27	31	Yellow
Landon Cassill	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	28	31	Yellow
Kevin Harvick	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	34	0	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	66	0	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	67	71	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Equipment Interference	Tail End	68	71	Yellow
Ty Gibbs	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	90	0	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	94	95	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	94	95	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	110	114	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Equipment Interference	Tail End	111	114	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Equipment Interference	Tail End	111	114	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Equipment Interference	Tail End	111	114	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	115	120	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	115	0	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	139	143	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	140	143	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	167	171	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Kansas Speedway
22nd Annual Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook
Race Winner: Bubba Wallace
Age: 28
Team : No. 45 - ROOT Insurance Toyota
Owner: Michael Jordan
Crew Chief: Robert Barker
Bubba Wallace won the 22nd Annual Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by Barstool Sportsbook, his second victory in 176 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in ten races at Kansas Speedway.
Denny Hamlin (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 29 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2022.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Kansas Speedway.
Austin Cindric (12th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Christopher Bell leads the point standings by 10 points over William Byron.

Race Recap

Bubba Wallace streaks to convincing NASCAR Cup victory at Kansas Speedway

September 11th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

Driving the same car number that carried teammate Kurt Busch to victory in the May race at Kansas Speedway, Bubba Wallace claimed a dramatic win at the same track in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, the second event in the first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Wallace regained the lead on Lap 225 after the final cycle of green-flag pit stops at the 1.5-mile track and stayed out front for the final 43 circuits as his car owner, Denny Hamlin, chased him to no avail.

Wallace crossed the stripe exactly one second ahead of Hamlin, as a driver not competing for the drivers’ champion won for the second straight week. Hamlin finished second for the second straight Playoff race, have trailed Erik Jones to the line last Sunday at Darlington.

“Man, just so proud of this team, so proud of the effort that they put in each and every week,” said Wallace, who won for the first time this season and the second time in his career. “Just thankful for the opportunity, right? Took this jump from an idea two years ago from a text from Denny before it all even happened. He was ready to get the deal done…

“Just so proud. Pit crew was awesome today. We had one loose wheel. Just thankful. Thanks for the opportunity, and thankful to shut the hell up for a lot of people.”

Wallace is competing for the Cup Series owners’ championship in the car Kurt Busch drove for the first 20 races of the season before suffering lingering concussion-like symptoms after a wreck in qualifying at Pocono. With his win, Wallace qualified for the Round of 8 in the owners’ competition.

Christopher Bell, who ran third, is the first driver to lock himself into the Playoffs’ Round of 8 on points. The other 15 championship contenders will have to establish their positions in the final 12—or suffer elimination—next Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

During the final run, Hamlin passed Bell for the second position on Lap 252 of 267. With 10 laps left, Hamlin trailed by 2.066 seconds but could get no closer than the final one-second deficit the rest of the way.

Hamlin clearly had mixed feeling about his pursuit of the No. 45 23XI Toyota he co-owns with NBA legend Michael Jordan.

“It's been a good overall day,” said Hamlin, who recovered from an equipment interference penalty—his 34th pit road infraction of the season—on Lap 27 under a competition caution. “Still frustrated about the first half of the race. We just aren't executing all that well…

“Really happy for our 11 Toyota team. They fought hard. They really stepped up that last half. We made the car quite a bit better. Just really happy about the outcome and really happy for that 45 team and Bubba Wallace and (crew chief) Bootie (Barker). Bubba has just really worked hard on his craft, and we've just given him fast race cars, and now he is showing what he has got.”

Alex Bowman finished fourth, followed by non-Playoff driver Martin Truex Jr. Championship contenders William Byron, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez completed the top 10.

Other Playoff drivers weren’t as fortunate.

A sudden disaster knocked Kevin Harvick out of the race before the end of Stage 1. Racing side-by-side, Chastain and Wallace steered up the track in front of Harvick’s No. 4 Ford as the cars sped through Turn 4.

Harvick’s Mustang snapped loose and the right front of his car pounded the outside wall. With damage too severe to repair, Harvick retired from the race in last (36th) place.

“When those two cars came up in front of me, I just got super tight,” Harvick said after a visit to the infield care center. “When I lifted, it grabbed and got loose. I just wasn’t expecting them to come up and my car getting that tight.”

Harvick entered the race 16th in the Playoff standings. The last-place results puts him in a must-win situation next Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

“Yeah, it is what it is,” Harvick said. “We were racing to win anyway today, so that’s what we will do again next week.”

Harvick wasn’t the only casualty of the first stage. Pole winner Tyler Reddick blew a right rear tire while leading on Lap 65 and slammed into the outside wall in Turn 2. He brought his No. 8 Chevrolet to pit road, but attempts to repair the car proved futile, and Reddick was eliminated in 35th place.

“The right-rear tire just blew like we’ve had a few times,” said Reddick, who fell to 11th in the Playoff standings. “At Fontana (Auto Club Speedway), I was able to save it. But here, it snapped at the worst possible point, and we just killed the wall.

“It broke the control arm on the right-front, so our day was over. We leave here with not a lot of points, so we’ll have to fight hard at Bristol.”

Troubles continued for Playoff drivers when Kyle Busch, whose team already had incurred two equipment interference penalties on pit road, spun off Turn 4 on Lap 137. Busch’s right-side tires went flat as he skidded toward the infield grass, and Busch lost a lap as he nursed his wounded car to pit road.

Busch got his lap back as the beneficiary under caution at the end of Stage 2, but he lost two laps during the final 96-lap green-flag run. His 26th-place finish dropped him two points below the current cut line for the Round of 8, trailing Tyler Reddick and Austin Cindric by that margin.

Joining Busch and Harvick in the bottom four are Austin Dillon (14th Sunday) and Chase Briscoe (13th). The Playoff field will be cut from 16 to 12 drivers after next Saturday’s race at Thunder Valley.