2022 Dixie Vodka 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 34 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	October 23, 2022 (2022-10-23)
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	129.612 miles per hour (208.590 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	32.454
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	199
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2022 Dixie Vodka 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 23, 2022, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

Report

Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the NTT IndyCar Series and the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.

John Hunter Nemechek replaced Bubba Wallace for this race, as Wallace was parked by NASCAR for intentional retaliatory collision against Kyle Larson the previous race that collected playoff contender Christopher Bell.^[8]

Entry list

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

Practice

John Hunter Nemechek was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.299 seconds and a speed of 167.188 mph (269.063 km/h).^[9]

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.454 and a speed of 166.389 mph (267.777 km/h).^[10]

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 11 among 5 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 30 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes and 24 seconds
• Average speed: 129.612 miles per hour (208.590 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and former NASCAR crew chief Todd Gordon called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Georgia Henneberry, Brienne Pedigo, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Joey Logano 4,106 2 Ross Chastain 4,101 (–5) 3 Chase Elliott 4,093 (–13) 1 4 William Byron 4,087 (–19) 1 5 Denny Hamlin 4,082 (–24) 1 6 Ryan Blaney 4,069 (–37) 1 7 Christopher Bell 4,054 (–52) 2 8 Chase Briscoe 4,043 (–63) 9 Kyle Larson 2,266 (–1,840) 10 Daniel Suárez 2,230 (–1,876) 2 11 Austin Dillon 2,200 (–1,906) 1 12 Tyler Reddick 2,195 (–1,911) 1 13 Austin Cindric 2,187 (–1,919) 14 Kyle Busch 2,186 (–1,920) 15 Alex Bowman 2,104 (–2,002) 16 Kevin Harvick 2,064 (–2,042) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,255 2 Ford 1,176 (–76) 3 Toyota 1,118 (–137) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.