Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Ally 400

Nashville Superspeedway

June 26th, 2022

Race #17 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

Laps Scheduled: 300
Miles Raced : 399.9
Time of Race : 03 Hours 35 minutes 15 seconds
Average Speed: 111.220 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.551 seconds
Cautions: 10
Caution Laps: 57
Lead Changes: 18
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 26 (72%)

Chase Elliott poses for photos — Lebanon, Tennessee - June 26th, 2022: Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, poses for photos with Nashville Superspeedway president Erik Moses in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. Photo by Meg Oliphant | 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	300	42	2	8	4	Running
2	19	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	42	35	7	0	300	3	1	10	5	Running
3	6	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	44	34	10	0	300	1	1	3	9	Running
4	3	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	43	33	10	0	300	0	0	6	6	Running
5	7	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	36	32	4	0	300	0	0	0	7	Running
6	1	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	49	31	18	0	300	114	5	2	2	Running
7	24	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	30	30	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
8	9	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	36	29	7	0	300	0	0	4	0	Running
9	2	22	Joey Logano	Ford	28	28	0	0	300	4	2	0	0	Running
10	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	36	27	9	0	300	0	0	5	8	Running
11	23	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
12	30	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	29	25	4	0	300	0	0	7	0	Running
13	18	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	25	24	1	0	300	0	0	0	10	Running
14	20	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
15	5	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	22	22	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
16	25	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
17	11	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	20	20	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
18	16	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
19	14	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
20	22	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
21	36	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	26	16	10	0	300	54	2	9	3	Running
22	10	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	35	15	20	2	300	82	6	1	1	Running
23	21	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	13	13	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
25	26	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	12	12	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
26	17	41	Cole Custer	Ford	11	11	0	0	300	0	0	0	0	Running
27	31	51	Cody Ware	Ford	10	10	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
28	32	15	JJ Yeley	Ford	0	0	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
29	27	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	8	8	0	0	298	0	0	0	0	Running
30	15	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	7	7	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
31	29	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	297	0	0	0	0	Running
32	35	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	295	0	0	0	0	Running
33	34	77	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	285	0	0	0	0	Engine
34	28	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	3	3	0	0	269	0	0	0	0	Running
35	13	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	262	0	0	0	0	Running
36	12	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	49	0	0	0	0	DVP

Race Infractions

Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Kyle Busch	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved adjustment	Tail End	0	0	White
Ross Chastain	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	45	47	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	50	0	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	64	65	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	64	65	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	92	96	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	93	96	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	119	124	Yellow
Daniel Suarez	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	146	150	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	147	150	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	147	150	Yellow
Josh Bilicki	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	147	150	Yellow
Ty Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	148	150	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	187	192	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	189	192	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	206	209	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	255	261	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	258	261	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Nashville Superspeedway
2nd Annual Ally 400
Race Winner: Chase Elliott
Age: 26
Team : No. 9 - NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson
Chase Elliott won the 2nd Annual Ally 400, his 15th victory in 238 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Kurt Busch (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his seventh top-10 finish in 2022.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Austin Cindric (seventh) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chase Elliott leads the point standings by 30 points over Ross Chastain.

Race Recap

Chase Elliott charges to NASCAR Cup victory at Nashville Superspeedway

June 26th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

In a race twice delayed by lightning, Chase Elliott stole the thunder from a contingent of Toyota drivers who showed early dominance.

After a late caution slowed the action in Sunday’s Ally 400, Elliott remained on the track and led the field to a restart with four laps left at Nashville Superspeedway.

Elliott pulled away from runner-up Kurt Busch and powered his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet across the finish line with a margin of .551 seconds.

In fashioning his second NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season, his first at Nashville and the 15^th of his career, Elliott overcame a long pit stop on Lap 120 that dropped him to 25^th in the running order.

“I’m so proud of our team,” Elliott said. “We had a setback about halfway, but we were able to get the NAPA Chevy dialed back in and get back in the mix. It was a long day, a fun day… I’m so proud of our team. We’ve had a pretty rough month, month-and-a-half. It’s just nice to get back going in the right direction.

“Getting a win is always huge. To do it in a really cool city like Nashville is even better. I’m looking forward to that guitar (trophy).”

Elliott beat three Toyota drivers—pole winner Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch—who collectively led 250 of the 300 laps at the 1.33-mile concrete track.

It might be more accurate to say that the Toyota drivers beat themselves by pitting during the 10^th and final caution on Lap 291, the result of a blown engine in Josh Bilicki’s Chevrolet.

While Elliott and Kurt Busch stayed out under caution, along with eight other drivers, Kyle Busch, Truex and Hamlin all came to pit road for tires. Of the three, only Hamlin advanced over the final four laps, finishing sixth behind Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain.

Kyle Busch and Truex ran afoul of heavy traffic on the final lap and came home 21^st and 22^nd, respectively.

Hamlin, who led a race-high 114 laps, was out front for the first 41 circuits before lightning halted the action for one hour 27 seconds. After the resumption and two more cautions, Truex passed Hamlin for the lead on lap 66 and help through the end of Stage 1.

Truex, who led six times for 82 laps, also won the second stage, but Elliott’s car came to life in the final third of the race. Elliott had a one-second lead over Kyle Busch, with Hamlin and Truex trailing in third and fourth place, when Bilicki’s engine failure caused the final caution with nine laps remaining.

Kurt Busch’s only regret about his runner-up finish was not being more aggressive on the final restart.

“I wanted to throw some fenders, but I didn’t get the job done,” said the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota. “Everybody will be smiling, but I let them down. I should have come up with a better plan.

“We were going to stay out no matter what, and I needed to start throwing fenders to move people around. I didn’t get after it, and I made too many mistakes and didn’t stick with our strength. I’m not going to say what our strength was, but we did a lot of things good.

“We didn’t have one exceptional item. We’re second with our Toyota Camry. I want to do it over, but you don’t get those at this elite level and Chase got the job done.”

The second lightning delay, which also brought rain and necessitated track drying, lasted two hours, eight minutes. It occurred on Lap 139, just 11 laps short of halfway.

Austin Cindric, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick ran sixth through 10^th, respectively. Elliott leads the series standings by 30 points over Chastain.