The 2022 Quaker State 400 was a

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race held on July 10, 2022, at

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in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the 19th race of the

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season.

Report

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of

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. It is a quad-oval track with a

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of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46

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s were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the

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circuit.

Entry list

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

Rule Change

On June 14, Bob Pockrass reported NASCAR will use the superspeedway format for Atlanta, with no practice session. Teams will qualify after inspection.

Qualifying

Qualifying for Saturday was cancelled due to rain and Chase Elliott, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.

Starting lineup

Race

Stage Results

Stage One ''Laps:'' 60 Stage Two ''Laps:'' 100

Final Stage Results

Stage Three ''Laps:'' 100

Race statistics

* Lead changes: 27 among 12 different drivers * Cautions/Laps: 13 for 64 * Red flags: 0 * Time of race: 3 hours, 22 minutes and 18 seconds * Average speed:

Media

Television

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covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen,

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, Steve Letarte, and 2004 Atlanta winner

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called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and share stories from the famed Dawsonville Pool Room and Georgia Racing Hall of Fame.

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the

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and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field raced down the front stretch. Doug Turnbull called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2 & Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan and

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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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2022 NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway