2022 Toyota Owners 400

2022 Toyota Owners 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 7 of 36 in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
The 2022 Toyota Owners 400 program cover.
Date	April 3, 2022 (2022-04-03)
Location	Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
Distance	400 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	97.447 miles per hour (156.826 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Time	22.541
Most laps led
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Laps	129
Winner
No. 11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Chad Knaus
Nielsen Ratings	2.3, 3.958 Million Viewers
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Todd Gordon
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2022 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 3, 2022, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the seventh race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Richmond Raceway is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

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

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.558 seconds and a speed of 119.691 mph (192.624 km/h).^[8]

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.541 seconds and a speed of 119.782 mph (192.770 km/h).^[9]

Stage One Laps: 70

Stage Two Laps: 160

Stage Three Laps: 170

• Lead changes: 13 among 7 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 5 for 35
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds
• Average speed: 97.447 miles per hour (156.826 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 21st race at the Richmond Raceway. Mike Joy, two-time Richmond winner Clint Bowyer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series winning crew chief Chad Knaus called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds and Jamie McMurray provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

MRN had the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Steve Post and Kim Coon handled pit road for the radio side.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Ryan Blaney 241 1 2 Chase Elliott 241 (–0) 4 3 Martin Truex Jr. 222 (–19) 2 4 William Byron 218 (–23) 2 5 Joey Logano 215 (–26) 1 6 Ross Chastain 214 (–27) 3 7 Alex Bowman 212 (–29) 6 8 Kevin Harvick 193 (–48) 9 Chase Briscoe 192 (–49) 1 10 Kyle Busch 191 (–50) 3 11 Aric Almirola 184 (–57) 4 12 Kyle Larson 183 (–58) 3 13 Tyler Reddick 183 (–58) 1 14 Daniel Suárez 171 (–70) 3 15 Austin Cindric 170 (–71) 2 16 Austin Dillon 158 (–83) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 256 2 Ford 239 (–17) 3 Toyota 237 (–19) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.