The 2022 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a

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race held on August 14, 2022, at Richmond Raceway in

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. Contested over 400 laps on the D-shaped short track, it was the 24th race of the

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season and was won by Kevin Harvick of Stewart-Haas Racing.

Report

Background

Richmond International Raceway from stands

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, in Henrico County. It hosts the

, the NASCAR Xfinity Series,

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and the

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series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted two USAC sprint car races. Chase Young, the 2020 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, was the honorary pace car driver.

Entry list

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

Practice

Ross Chastain was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.976 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 23.042 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 70 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 160

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 170

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 16 among 9 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 5 for 28 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 3 minutes and 27 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Richmond winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns,

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, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden and Jeff Striegle called the race from the broadcast booth for MRN when the field races through the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the race from a platform when the field races down the backstraightaway. Winston Kelley, Glenn Jarrett and Kim Coon called the action for MRN from pit lane.

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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