STEWART-HAAS RACING
Hollywood Casino 400
Date: Sept. 11, 2022
Event: Hollywood Casino 400 (Round 28 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Kansas Speedway in Kansas Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Format: 267 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/85 laps/102 laps)
Race Winner: Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 2 Winner: Alex Bowman of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
SHR Race Finish:
● Aric Almirola (Started 36th, Finished 21st / Running, completed 266 of 267 laps)
SHR Points:
● Aric Almirola (20th with 618 points)
SHR Notes:
● Almirola led once for three laps to increase his laps-led total at Kansas to 72.
Race Notes:
● Bubba Wallace won the Hollywood Casino 400 to score his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Kansas. His margin over second-place Denny Hamlin was 1 second.
● Wallace was the 18th different winner in the 28 NASCAR Cup Series races run this season.
● There were nine caution periods for a total of 43 laps.
● Only 16 of the 36 drivers in the Hollywood Casino 400 finished on the lead lap.
Sound Bites:
“I thought we had a really good car. Having a motor issue in practice and not getting to qualify really just put us behind because we got given the last pit stall – I was having to come around the 12 (Ryan Blaney) and I kept getting blocked in by the 42 (Ty Dillon). So every time we’d drive from 30th up to 15th, we come down pit road and get blocked in and have to restart 30th. We restarted 30th one too many times, and I got wrecked on a restart and got a lot of damage, and the car was never as good after we got all the damage.” – Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 10 Farmland Ford Mustang.
Next Up:
The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. It is the third race of the 10-race NASCAR Playoffs and the final race before the Round of 12 begins. The Bass Pro Shops Night Race starts at 7:30 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by USA and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.