2022 DuraMAX Drydene 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 11 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 1–2, 2022
Location	Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed	104.507 miles per hour (168.188 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing
Time	22.479
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	103
Winner
No. 9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Larry McReynolds
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2022 DuraMAX Drydene 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 1 and 2, 2022, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. The race began on Sunday, May 1, before rain delayed it to Monday, May 2, after 78 laps were complete.

Report

Background

Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that held at least one NASCAR race each year since 1969, including two per year from 1971 to 2020. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

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

Practice

Austin Cindric was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.807 seconds and a speed of 157.846 mph (254.029 km/h).^[8]

Practice results

Qualifying

Chris Buescher scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.479 and a speed of 160.149 mph (257.735 km/h).^[9]

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 120

Stage Two Laps: 130

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 150

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 17 among 10 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 13 for 75 laps
• Red flags: 1 for weather
• Time of race: 3 hours, 49 minutes and 39 seconds
• Average speed: 104.507 miles per hour (168.188 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer and Larry McReynolds called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. This would be the final Dover race covered by MRN Radio, radio rights shifted to PRN for 2023 onwards.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Chase Elliott 418 2 Ryan Blaney 368 (–50) 3 William Byron 353 (–65) 4 Kyle Busch 353 (–65) 5 Alex Bowman 349 (–69) 3 6 Ross Chastain 338 (–80) 1 7 Martin Truex Jr. 336 (–82) 1 8 Kyle Larson 335 (–83) 3 9 Joey Logano 316 (–102) 4 10 Christopher Bell 284 (–134) 1 11 Aric Almirola 283 (–135) 1 12 Kevin Harvick 280 (–138) 1 13 Chase Briscoe 270 (–148) 3 14 Erik Jones 262 (–156) 2 15 Austin Dillon 259 (–159) 1 16 Tyler Reddick 249 (–169) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 411 2 Toyota 374 (–37) 3 Ford 366 (–46) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.