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The Candy Man Steals the Dirt Show in the Colosseum

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BRISTOL – April 17, 2022 – ANTHONY HOLBROOK

NASCAR Cup Series traveled to Thunder Valley for the Second Annual Food City Dirt Race hosted by Bristol Motor Speedway.  This event will be the 9th points scheduled race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Season.

The dirt surface/compound provided less traction than a traditional concrete or asphalt track and presented different challenges in terms of managing the tires. Tire tread display a block pattern to present a tighter traction for racing.  Goodyear upgraded tire design to adapt to variable track condition which may impose upon the New Gen Car.

Bristol dumped more than 2,300 truckloads of Tennessee red clay upon concrete 0.533-mile Coliseum.  After event, the clay base will be removed and saved at an onsite location for future track utilization.  Historically marks the first time since NASCAR’s 1949 inception the Cup Series deliberately chose the date of Easter Sunday for stated race event

Attention was placed on dirt track ringers and expectation of securing a covenant victory Sword.  

2022 Food City Dirt Race – Recap:

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Young gun Tyler Reddick in quest of his first NASCAR Cup Series career trophy paced the field for the final restart with only 24 laps remaining.

Untimely for Reddick, lapped traffic allowed Chase Briscoe to advance to challenge for win.  Briscoe slide job attempt on the exit of turn 3 resulted a few car-widths wider than planned.  The valiant bump n run misfired as of Briscoe’s Ford momentum confronted Reddick’s door panel.

Both contenders spun out of control while Kyle Busch, who was running a distant third, cruised to the win.

Joey Logano finished third, 4.004s behind the race winner. Kyle Larson was fourth, followed by Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Michael McDowell and Ty Dillon close out the top 10.

Dominating 99 of the 250 laps at the Bullring,  Tyler Reddick finishes a disappointing 22nd position and denied career maiden win.

Kyle Busch checked off his 60th career victory, ninth-most all-time and most among NASCAR Cup active drivers. Rowdy’s victory remarkably tied Richard Petty’s series record streak of 18 years with at least one trip to victory lane.

2022 Food City Dirt Race – Result

  1. Kyle Busch
  2. Tyler Reddick
  3. Joey Logano
  4. Kyle Larson
  5. Ryan Blaney
  6. Alex Bowman
  7. Christopher Bell
  8. Chase Elliott
  9. Michael McDowell
  10. Ty Dillon
  11. Brad Keselowski
  12. Daniel Suarez
  13. Cole Custer
  14. Justin Haley
  15. Chris Buescher
  16. Austin Cindric
  17. Todd Gilliland
  18. William Byron
  19. Corey Lajoie
  20. Harrison Burton
  21. Martin Truex Jr.
  22. Chase Briscoe
  23. Aric Almirola
  24. Erik Jones
  25. Josh Williams
  26. Cody Ware
  27. Noah Gragson
  28. Bubba Wallace
  29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  30. JJ Yeley
  31. Austin Dillon
  32. Kurt Busch
  33. Ross Chastain
  34. Kevin Harvick
  35. Denny Hamlin
  36. Justin Allgaier

Stage 1 Top 10:      5, 42, 20, 3, 18, 48, 22, 8, 12, 47

Stage 2 Top 10:      14, 20, 99, 9, 18, 5, 22, 34, 12, 8

Caution Flags: 14 for 82 laps; Laps: 15-25 (Competition [10]); 51-55 (#14 Spin Turn 2 [78]); 76-76 (#77 Incident Turn 3 / Stage 1 Conclusion [4]); 93-96 (#48 Spin Turn 4 [41]); 99-105 (#4, 7, 16, 48 Incident Backstretch [51]); 115-118 (#3, 6 Incident Turn 2 [16]); 127-131 (Debris Backstretch [10]); 133-139 (#7, 21, 23 Incident Backstretch [16]); 151-151 (Stage 2 Conclusion [16]); 163-167 (#9, 47, 51, 99 Incident Turn 3 [16]); 170-175 (#43 Incident Turn 2 [51]); 179-183 (#38 Spin Turn 2 [16]); 204-210 (#47 Incident Turn 2 [16]); 213-226 (#3, 10, 45 Incident Turn 1 [Red Flag: 00:16:51] [19]).

Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers; C. Custer 0; C. Briscoe 1-48; K. Larson 49-75; D. Suarez 76-139; C. Briscoe 140-150; T. Reddick 151-249; K. Busch 250

Busch Light Pole Award: Cole Custer, #41

Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Austin Cindric, #2

NASCAR Cup Series next point’s race visits the “Heart of Dixie” where Brad Keselowski is the defending race winner.

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