The 2022 O'Reilly Auto Parts 150 at Mid-Ohio was the 15th stock car race of the

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, and the first iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 9, 2022, in

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, a permanent road course. The race took it's scheduled 67 laps to complete. After an exciting battle with 3 laps to go,

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, driving for Henderson Motorsports, held off Zane Smith for his third career

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win, and his first of the season. Kligerman would also dominate the race in general, leading 56 laps. To fill out the podium, Carson Hocevar, driving for Niece Motorsports, would finish in 3rd, respectively. This was the debut race for

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, Connor Mosack, Kenko Miura, and

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Background

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course

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facility located in

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, just outside the village of Lexington. Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of Sandusky to the north of Columbus. It hosts a number of racing series such as

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, and the

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, along with other club events such has

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and

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Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

The only 50-minute practice session was held on Friday, July 8, at 9:35 AM EST. Zane Smith, driving for

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, was the fastest in the session, with a time of 1:27.605 seconds, and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, July 8, at 3:35 PM EST. Since

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, the qualifying system used is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole. Round 2 was cancelled due to inclement weather. Corey Heim, driving for

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, scored the pole for the race, after having the fastest time in Round 1, which was 1:57.500 seconds, and a speed of .

Race results

Stage 1 ''Laps: 15'' Stage 2 ''Laps: 20'' Stage 3 ''Laps: 32''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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