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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
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 18 (50%)

Ross Chastain rides the wall on the final lap — Martinsville, Virginia - October 30th, 2022: Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 Moose Fraternity Chevrolet, rides the wall on the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Stacy Revere | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	20	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	50	40	10	5	500	150	3	7	5	Running
2	1	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	50	35	15	0	500	68	1	4	3	Running
3	4	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	42	34	8	0	500	0	0	8	6	Running
4	6	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	42	33	9	0	500	0	0	6	7	Running
5	9	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	36	32	4	0	500	0	0	9	9	Running
6	11	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	51	31	20	2	500	203	1	1	1	Running
7	12	22	Joey Logano	Ford	33	30	3	0	500	0	0	0	8	Running
8	25	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	29	29	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
9	24	45	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	28	28	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
10	3	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	33	27	6	0	500	25	1	5	0	Running
11	2	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	44	26	18	0	500	54	3	2	2	Running
12	10	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	25	25	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
13	7	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	26	24	2	0	500	0	0	10	10	Running
14	19	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	23	23	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
15	5	41	Cole Custer	Ford	37	22	15	0	500	0	0	3	4	Running
16	15	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	21	21	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
17	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	20	20	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
18	13	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	19	19	0	0	500	0	0	0	0	Running
19	23	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
20	26	23	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
21	27	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	16	16	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
22	14	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
23	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
24	21	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	498	0	0	0	0	Running
25	22	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	12	12	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
26	17	48	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
27	30	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	10	10	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
28	29	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	497	0	0	0	0	Running
29	36	51	Cody Ware	Ford	8	8	0	0	495	0	0	0	0	Running
30	18	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	7	7	0	0	494	0	0	0	0	Running
31	35	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	488	0	0	0	0	Running
32	32	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	466	0	0	0	0	Brakes
33	33	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	460	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	16	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	316	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	34	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	225	0	0	0	0	Fire
36	28	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	188	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Chase Briscoe	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	134	139	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	265	271	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	265	271	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	266	271	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	394	403	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	471	476	Yellow

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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.