2022 EchoPark Texas Grand Prix

The 2022 EchoPark Texas Grand Prix was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 27, 2022, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Contested on the 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road course over 69 laps, extended from 68 laps due to an overtime finish, it was the sixth race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. Ross Chastain, of Trackhouse Racing, won the race to secure his first career NASCAR Cup Series victory, and Trackhouse' first win in NASCAR.

Report

Background

Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a 3.426-mile (5.514 km) road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.

Entry list

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

Practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 2:12.455 seconds and a speed of 92.681 mph (149.156 km/h).^[7]

Practice results

Qualifying

Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is not the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Istanbul 8. Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:12:343 and a speed of 92.759 mph (149.281 km/h).^[8]

Qualifying results

Race

Stage Results

Stage OneLaps: 15

Stage TwoLaps: 17

Final Stage Results

Stage ThreeLaps: 38

Race statistics

Lead changes: 13 among 9 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 9 for 13
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 3 hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds
Average speed: 70.253 miles per hour (113.061 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered the race on the television side. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing Tony Stewart called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight from the Fox Sports studio in Charlotte.

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race which was simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

References

^ "2022 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ "Entry List" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ "Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
^ "Qualifying Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
^ "Texas Grand Prix Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 27, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
^ Utter, Jim (March 26, 2022). "Kyle Busch spins but still leads Cup practice at COTA". Motorsport.com. Austin, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
^ Utter, Jim (March 26, 2022). "Ryan Blaney's pole at COTA a "pretty good surprise" after wreck". Motorsport.com. Austin, Texas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved March 26, 2022.