The 2022 AdventHealth 400 was a

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that was held on May 15, 2022, at

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. Contested over 267 laps on the asphalt speedway, it was the 13th race of the

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season.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway is a

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race track in

. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual

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race weekends. The

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also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the

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Entry list

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

Practice

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was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.758 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.071 seconds and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 80 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 85

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 102

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 18 among 10 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 8 for 47 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 13 minutes and 3 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered their 11th race at the

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and

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called the race from the broadcast booth.

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and

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handled pit road for the television side.

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provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on

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NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and former crew chief

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called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Steve Post,

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and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. *. – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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