The Nascar Chevy teams showed muscle during the first and second stages of Sunday’s Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, but fell off toward the end on September 11th, 2022.
Championship hopeful Tyler Reddick poled the No. 8 Chevy Camaro ZL1 and took the green flag from the front of the field. He was leading on Lap 65 when his right rear tire let go and put the No. 8 Camaro into the fence, forcing him to retire. Reddick’s position in the championship took a hit as well, as he is now scored 11th in the Playoffs.
“The right-rear tire just blew like we’ve had a few times,” said Reddick. “At Fontana (Auto Club Speedway), I was able to save it. But here, it snapped at the worst possible point, and we just killed the wall… it broke the control arm on the right front.” Reddick’s No. 8 Camaro was credited with a 35th-place finish, outperforming only the No. 4 Ford Mustang of Kevin Harvick, who finished dead last after also being involved in an early race wreck.
Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Nascar Chevy, looked strong heading into Stage 3 of the race, leading Bubba Wallace in the No. 45 Toyota TRD Camry. However, Wallace executed the pass and claimed the lead, holding onto the top spot as the laps ticked down. Bowman’s No. 48 Camaro, meanwhile, fell back to fourth as the handling in his race car went away. He was the highest-finishing Nascar Chevy team, followed by William Byron’s No. 24 Camaro with a sixth-place finish. Ross Chastain brought home seventh in the No. 1 Camaro, with Kyle Larson’s No. 5 Camaro finishing eighth.
Wallace drove the No. 45 Camry to the victory when it was all said and done. Interestingly, the No. 45 Camry also won at Kansas back in May, but with Kurt Busch behind the wheel. Wallace is currently subbing for Busch, who was injured in a wreck at Pocono over a month ago. This marks Wallace’s second career race win. He is the only Black driver currently in the Cup Series. His victory is also the second consecutive race won by a driver not eligible for the Playoffs, as Erik Jones took the No. 43 Camaro to Victory Lane last weekend at Darlington.
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 45 | Bubba Wallace (P) | ROOT Insurance Toyota | 267 | 58 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 2 | 25 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Acumatica Toyota | 267 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 3 | 4 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | DeWalt Toyota | 267 | 12 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 4 | 3 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Ally Chevrolet | 267 | 107 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 5 | 12 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Red White Blue Toyota | 267 | 24 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 6 | 9 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Liberty University Chevrolet | 267 | 9 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Advent Health Chevrolet | 267 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 267 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford | 267 | 2 | Ford Mustang |
| 10 | 15 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | CommScope Chevrolet | 267 | 8 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 11 | 22 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | 267 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Austin Cindric # (P) | Snap on Ford | 267 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 13 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Magical Vacation Planner Ford | 267 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 14 | 11 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | Get Bioethanol Chevrolet | 267 | 3 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 15 | 10 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fastenal Ford | 267 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 16 | 23 | 34 | Michael McDowell | WISE-EV Ford | 267 | 1 | Ford Mustang |
| 17 | 2 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 266 | 2 | Ford Mustang |
| 18 | 28 | 16 | Noah Gragson(i) | Cure Token Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 19 | 27 | 31 | Justin Haley | LeafFilter Gutter Protectioni Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 20 | 21 | 42 | Ty Dillon | SunseekerResorts.com Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 21 | 36 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Farmland Ford | 266 | 3 | Ford Mustang |
| 22 | 29 | 41 | Cole Custer | HaasTooling.com Ford | 266 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 32 | 38 | Todd Gilliland # | CITGARD Ford | 266 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 24 | 31 | 77 | Landon Cassill(i) | Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 25 | 26 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Solomon Plumbing Ford | 266 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 26 | 20 | 18 | Kyle Busch (P) | M&M's Toyota | 265 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 27 | 30 | 51 | Cody Ware | Nurtec ODT Ford | 265 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 28 | 33 | 15 | JJ Yeley(i) | RWR Ford | 264 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 29 | 24 | 43 | Erik Jones | FOCUSfactor.com Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL |
| 30 | 35 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | SunnyD Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 31 | 34 | 78 | BJ McLeod(i) | Circle B Diecast Ford | 262 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 32 | 18 | 21 | Harrison Burton # | Menards/MasterForce Ford | 115 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 33 | 19 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Circle B Diecast Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 34 | 16 | 23 | Ty Gibbs(i) | McDonald's Toyota | 90 | 0 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 35 | 1 | 8 | Tyler Reddick (P) | Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet | 67 | 38 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 36 | 14 | 4 | Kevin Harvick (P) | Rheem Ford | 33 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
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