2022 Pennzoil 400

2022 Pennzoil 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 3 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	March 6, 2022 (2022-03-06)
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	274 laps, 411 mi (657.6 km)
Scheduled Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km)
Average speed	117.552 miles per hour (189.182 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Time	29.561
Most laps led
Driver	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Team
Laps	83
Winner
No. 48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick
Nielsen Ratings	2.71, 4.544 Million Viewers
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2022 Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube was the third stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series and the 25th running of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 6, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race was extended from its scheduled 267 laps to 274 due to a NASCAR overtime caused by a crash including Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace. At race's end, Alex Bowman, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would manage to climb to the front on the final restart and held off fellow teammate and eventual second-place finisher Kyle Larson to win his seventh career NASCAR Cup Series win and his first of the season.^[8] To fill out the top 3, Ross Chastain of the Trackhouse Racing Team would finish third.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.804 seconds and a speed of 181.184 mph (291.587 km/h).^[9]

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.561 seconds and a speed of 182.673 mph (293.984 km/h).^[10]

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 85

Stage Three Laps: 102

• Lead changes: 23 among 15 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 12 for 60
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes and 50 seconds
• Average speed: 117.552 miles per hour (189.182 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 22nd race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

PRN covered the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth where the field raced through the tri-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 where the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 where the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Wendy Venturini, and Heather Debeaux worked pit road for the radio side.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 7 1 Kyle Larson 113 1 2 Martin Truex Jr. 107 (–6) 1 3 Joey Logano 104 (–9) 3 4 Austin Cindric 103 (–10) 6 5 Kyle Busch 102 (–11) 1 6 Aric Almirola 97 (–16) 12 7 Chase Elliott 88 (–25) 17 8 Alex Bowman 80 (–33) 9 Bubba Wallace 78 (–35) 4 10 Austin Dillon 78 (–35) 1 11 Kurt Busch 77 (–36) 2 12 Brad Keselowski 77 (–36) 9 13 Ryan Blaney 75 (–38) 9 14 Chase Briscoe 74 (–39) 9 15 Erik Jones 74 (–39) 4 16 Kevin Harvick 69 (–44) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 1 Chevrolet 107 1 2 Ford 103 (–4) 3 Toyota 97 (–10) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.