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NASCAR Cup Series

AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500

Texas Motor Speedway

September 25th, 2022

Race #30 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 334
Miles Raced : 501.0
Time of Race : 04 Hours 21 minutes 53 seconds
Average Speed: 114.784 mph
Margin of Victory : 01.190 seconds
Cautions: 16
Caution Laps: 91
Lead Changes: 36
Cars in Race : 36
Finished On Lead Lap: 25 (69%)

Tyler Reddick celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on September 25, 2022 in , . (Photo by /Getty Images) — Fort Worth, Texas - September 25th, 2022: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #8 Lenovo/ThinkEdge Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Auto Trader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Photo by Jonathan Bachman | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	4	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	40	40	0	5	334	70	3	0	0	Running
2	2	22	Joey Logano	Ford	46	35	11	0	334	15	6	3	8	Running
3	31	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	34	34	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
4	14	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	43	33	10	1	334	29	2	0	1	Running
5	30	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	32	32	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
6	27	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	334	1	1	0	0	Running
7	3	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	43	30	13	0	334	42	5	6	3	Running
8	1	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	39	29	10	0	334	31	1	8	4	Running
9	9	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	38	28	10	1	334	19	1	1	0	Running
10	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	36	27	9	0	334	2	1	2	0	Running
11	5	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	28	26	2	0	334	12	2	10	10	Running
12	10	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	38	25	13	0	334	1	1	4	5	Running
13	12	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	39	24	15	0	334	1	1	5	2	Running
14	29	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
15	11	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	28	22	6	0	334	0	0	9	7	Running
16	32	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
17	7	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	25	20	5	0	334	3	1	0	6	Running
18	20	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	19	19	0	0	334	15	1	0	0	Running
19	23	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	18	18	0	0	334	9	1	0	0	Running
20	16	23	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	0	0	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
21	26	16	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
22	35	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
23	33	15	Garrett Smithley	Ford	0	0	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
24	25	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	13	13	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
25	19	45	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	12	12	0	0	334	0	0	0	0	Running
26	34	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	0	0	0	0	333	1	1	0	0	Running
27	21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	14	10	4	0	333	23	3	7	0	Running
28	28	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	9	9	0	0	333	1	1	0	0	Running
29	17	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	329	0	0	0	0	Running
30	13	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	7	7	0	0	270	0	0	0	0	Accident
31	15	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	8	6	2	0	267	15	1	0	9	Accident
32	6	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	184	44	3	0	0	Accident
33	36	51	Cody Ware	Ford	4	4	0	0	166	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	22	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	3	3	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	DVP
35	24	41	Cole Custer	Ford	2	2	0	0	77	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	18	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	1	1	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
BJ McLeod	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Cody Ware	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Justin Haley	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Brad Keselowski	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	41	44	Yellow
Brad Keselowski	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	43	44	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	49	0	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	49	54	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	78	83	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	82	83	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	82	83	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	97	111	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Commitment Line Violation	Tail End	97	111	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Removing equipment from assigned pit area	Tail End	99	102	Yellow
Justin Haley	Tire violation	Tail End	99	102	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	136	0	Yellow
Harrison Burton	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	138	141	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	140	141	Yellow
Kyle Larson	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	176	177	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	187	191	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	222	223	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	243	247	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	243	247	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	246	247	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	246	247	Yellow
Kevin Harvick	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	254	258	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	255	258	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	257	258	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	257	258	Yellow
Bubba Wallace	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	257	258	Yellow
Todd Gilliland	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	257	258	Yellow
Garrett Smithley	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	271	276	Yellow
Austin Cindric	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	300	305	Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	301	305	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	306	310	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Texas Motor Speedway
18th Annual AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500
Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
Age: 26
Team : No. 8 - Lenovo/ThinkEdge Chevrolet
Owner: Richard Childress
Crew Chief: Randall Burnett
Tyler Reddick won the 18th Annual AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500, his third victory in 104 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano (second) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 27 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2022.
Justin Haley (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Texas Motor Speedway.
Austin Cindric (15th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Joey Logano leads the point standings by 12 points over Ross Chastain.

Race Recap

Tyler Reddick plays Playoff spoiler with win at Texas

September 25th, 2022

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

They say everything is "bigger” in Texas and certainly NASCAR's Round of 12 Playoff opener at Texas Motor Speedway lived up to the billing. From Playoff consequences to a red flag delay to bumper-banging aggression, tire fall-off and record statistical marks, there was no shortage of competitive drama in Sunday's AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

Ultimately Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick prevailed as race winner – taking the green flag by 1.190-seconds over Penske Racing's Joey Logano in a final 24-lap green flag run to the checkered flag. It was the 26-year old Californian's third career victory and first win on an oval after claiming trophies on two road courses earlier this season.

"We had a lot of issues today, I'm not going to lie," Reddick said with a smile, listing a number of setbacks from pit road mishaps, vibrations in his No. 8 RCR Chevrolet to holding off a hard-charging Logano, who has now taken the NASCAR Cup Series championship lead by 12 points over Trackhouse Racing driver Ross Chastain.

"Every time we've had a strong car we've been bit by something," said Reddick, who announced earlier this season he is leaving the RCR team to go to 23XI Racing in 2024.

"This is a tough race, 500 miles here is not an easy feat and I know it wasn't easy on you," Reddick said motioning toward the grandstands. "So great to win here in a Cup car, been close here a couple times."

With the victory, Reddick becomes the fourth consecutive "non-Playoff” driver to win a race in four Playoff races of the 2022 season. Yet, there was still plenty of drama among the Playoff 12.

Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron, who finished seventh, and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who finished 10th had a literal "run-in” late in the race. Byron said he felt Hamlin ran him up on track causing his No. 24 Hendrick Chevrolet to hit the Turn 2 wall and damage his car. And in retaliation, he bumped Hamlin's No. 11 JGR Toyota during a caution that ended up sending Hamlin spinning into the infield.

"It was really hard contact," the 24-year old Byron said of the incident that put his car in the wall, adding, "I didn't mean to spin him out over there but obviously I'm pissed off and not going to get run like that. We've always raced together so well so I don't know what it was all about.

"I went to go show my displeasure. Didn't mean to hit him and spin him out. … I'm just not going to get run like that. There's really no reason. We were running second and third at the time, I think."

Hamlin, 41, took exception to the hit, and tapped his Toyota into Byron's Chevy multiple times after his infield spin. He still appeared miffed after the race

"I don't think we touched but obviously he sent us through the infield under caution," Hamlin said.

"I keep hearing these guys and I'll just add it to the list, guys that when I get a chance, they're going to get it. It just works itself out. We'll be racing each other at some point. He'll lose a lot of spots because he's racing me

"This is hard racing obviously. I'm fine with hard racing. But wrecking me under caution is not what we bargained for. I'm thankful to my FedEx Toyota team for bouncing back."

It was an action-packed racing afternoon on all levels. There were a record 36 lead changes and a record 16 caution periods – including a 56-minute red flag period for rain just after Ryan Blaney claimed the Stage 2 victory.

When the race resumed, the resulting drop in temperatures – factoring in a light rain shower and nightfall – seemed to reinvigorate the racing on track. Side-by-side racing and passes throughout the field and multiple tire issues at the front of the field.

Martin Truex Jr., along with Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott all had tire issues while leading the race

The 32nd place finish dropped the 2021 series champion from the points lead coming into Texas to seventh in points – 26 points behind new championship leader Logano now - only four points above the cut-off line heading to Race 2 of this three-race championship round at the always unpredictable Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway next weekend.

"Something came apart, I could hear it flapping on the right rear, so if it wasn't down, it was certainly coming apart," Elliott said.

"It's not a great position to be in for sure, but it is what it is now. I hate it for our No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet team. We were actually decent here for once, and that was nice while it lasted. We'll go to Talladega and try to survive over there, get a win next week and go on down the road.”

Elliott was one of a handful of Playoff drivers who had "challenging” days in Fort Worth. Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell, who came into the race ranked sixth after turning in the best Round 1 Playoff showing of any of the 12 championship-eligible drivers. He suffered tire issues that ultimately eliminated him from competition as well.

As significant, the incident dropped him to 11th place n the Playoff standings, 39 points behind eighth place Daniel Suarez with eight drivers advancing to the next round of the Playoffs

"Very disappointing weekend and I was feeling optimistic when they dropped the green flag," Bell said, adding, "It makes our decision easy on how to play Talladega. We were hoping to come out of here good and be able to ride around and just survive Talladega. We are going to have to race and get some stage points and be up front all day."

Justin Haley finished third on the day with Playoff drivers Ryan Blaney (Penske Racing) and Chase Briscoe (Stewart-Haas Racing ) rounding out the Top-5. Erik Jones, Byron, Sunday's race polesitter Brad Keselowski, reigning series champion Kyle Larson and Hamlin rounded out the Top-10.

Byron holds onto the third Playoff spot, 13 points behind leader Logano. Larson is fourth (-14), followed by Blaney (-15) and Hamlin (-22). Elliott and Sunday's 12th place finisher Daniel Suarez are seventh and eighth in the Playoff standings, both 26 points behind Logano.

Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Bell and Alex Bowman (who finished 29^th) round out the Top-12 with Bowman 56 points behind leader Logano and 30 points out of the eighth place position that would advance to the Round of 8.