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race held on September 17, 2022 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the short track, it was the 29th race of the

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season, third race of the Playoffs and final race of the Round of 16. Chris Buescher of RFK Racing would win the race, while

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, Kyle Busch, Austin Dillon, and Kevin Harvick would be eliminated from the playoffs.

Report

Background

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-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Entry list

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

Practice

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 15.247 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

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scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.946 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 125 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 125

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 250

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 12 among 6 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 11 for 80 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 1 minute and 7 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2008 Food City 500 winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race when the field races down the backstretch. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Alan Cavanna, and Wendy Venturini handled the duties on pit lane.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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