2022_Goodyear_400

2022 Goodyear 400

2022 Goodyear 400

NASCAR Cup Series race

The 2022 Goodyear 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 8, 2022, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 293 laps on the 1.366-mile (2.198 km) egg-shaped oval, it was the 12th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the 66th running of the event.

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Background

The layout of Darlington Raceway, the venue where the race was held.

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.

On December 11, 2020, Darlington Raceway announced its highly popular NASCAR Throwback weekend would move to the new May 7–9 weekend, effectively making a lineal swap of the two race meetings at the track.[8]

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who are ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.399 seconds and a speed of 167.271 mph (269.197 km/h).[31]

Practice results

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Qualifying

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.805 and a speed of 170.720 mph (274.747 km/h).[32]

Qualifying results

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Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 90

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Stage Two Laps: 95

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Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 108

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Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 24 among 13 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 9 for 47
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds
  • Average speed: 119.158 miles per hour (191.766 km/h)

Media

Television

The race was carried by FS1 in the United States. Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer called the race from the broadcast booth. Richard Petty, Bobby Labonte, and Bill Elliott swapped through the booth in stage 1, 2, and 3. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

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Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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Standings after the race

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Notes

  1. Trevor Bayne was on standby for Busch this week in case the surrogate carrying his and wife Samantha's child goes into labor.

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