The 2022 Dixie Vodka 400 was a

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held on October 23, 2022, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in

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. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 34th race of the

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season, the eighth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 8.

Report

Background

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a

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track located in

. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including

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, the

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and the Grand-Am

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From 2002 to 2019, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of

's series: the

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and

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replaced

Bubba Wallace William Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. (born October 8, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 23 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity ...

for this race, as Wallace was parked by NASCAR for intentional retaliatory collision against

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. Larson is the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champ ...

the previous race that collected playoff contender Christopher Bell.

Entry list

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

Practice

was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 32.299 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 32.454 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

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

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 107

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 11 among 5 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 30 laps * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes and 24 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

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and

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author, and an analyst for ''NASCAR on NBC''. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving t ...

called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

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

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

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called the action of the race for MRN when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the action for MRN in turns 1 & 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Georgia Henneberry,

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, and Jason Toy covered the action of the race for MRN on pit road.

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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