Cup - 2022 - YellaWood 500

Date: 2022-10-02 | Track: Talladega Superspeedway

Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Chase Elliott (#9) Ross Chastain (P) (#1) Ross Chastain (P) (#1)
Finish P1 P4 P4
TLS points 5681 5962 5962
ARP 7.94 6.46 6.46
Laps led 10 36 36

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Chase Elliott (#9): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 10 laps with 7.94 average running position and 5,681 TLS points.

TLS leader — Ross Chastain (P) (#1): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (5,962 points). Finished P4 with 36 laps led and 6.46 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (6.46). The official winner ran a worse average position (7.94).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 3 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 16 10 7.94 5681
2 7 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 Ford Team Penske 19 31 11.28 5050
3 20 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 29 0 19.81 3438
4 1 Ross Chastain (P) 1 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 6 36 6.46 5962
5 10 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 3 20 12.87 4749
6 2 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Petty GMS 12 23 7.25 5811
7 8 Todd Gilliland # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 1 11.49 5010
8 11 Daniel Suarez (P) 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 14 2 12.92 4740
9 19 Austin Cindric # (P) 2 Ford Team Penske 17 0 17.79 3820
10 18 Chase Briscoe (P) 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 5 0 17.65 3846
11 31 Landon Cassill(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 33 1 0.00 0
12 9 William Byron (P) 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 9 1 12.83 4758
13 26 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 20 0 24.35 2580
14 4 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 4 36 9.25 5433
15 17 Justin Haley 31 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 21 0 17.58 3859
16 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 45 Toyota 23XI Racing 27 0 21.12 3191
17 15 Christopher Bell (P) 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 1 0 16.16 4127
18 6 Kyle Larson (P) 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 8 10.87 5127
19 31 Noah Gragson(i) (P) 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 7 0 0.00 0
20 5 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 26 3 10.59 5180
21 12 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 28 2 13.78 4577
22 14 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 25 0 15.97 4163
23 25 Ty Dillon 42 Chevrolet Petty GMS 30 0 21.86 3051
24 21 Brad Keselowski 6 Ford RFK Racing 18 0 20.44 3318
25 22 Chris Buescher 17 Ford RFK Racing 23 1 21.02 3209
26 27 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 22 1 28.72 1754
27 24 Joey Logano (P) 22 Ford Team Penske 11 0 21.26 3164
28 16 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 8 11 16.57 4029
29 13 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 24 0 14.05 4502
30 31 Justin Allgaier(i) 62 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports 31 0 0.00 0
31 31 JJ Yeley(i) 15 Ford Rick Ware Racing 36 0 0.00 0
32 28 Cody Ware 51 Ford Rick Ware Racing 37 0 31.32 1236
33 31 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 35 0 0.00 0
34 31 Daniel Hemric(i) 16 Chevrolet Kaulig Racing 13 0 0.00 0
35 29 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 32 1 22.58 694
36 30 Harrison Burton # 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 15 0 14.75 558
37 31 Ty Gibbs(i) 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 10 0 0.00 0

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Joey Logano (P) 22 208154 11.80 538 3164
2 Chase Elliott (P) 9 207028 9.72 773 5681
3 Ross Chastain (P) 1 206245 10.92 621 5962
4 Christopher Bell (P) 20 203194 11.53 417 4127
5 Kyle Larson (P) 5 202675 10.86 368 5127
6 William Byron (P) 24 202187 11.41 714 4758
7 Ryan Blaney (P) 12 200163 10.89 488 5050
8 Martin Truex Jr. 19 196888 12.30 544 1754
9 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 196396 12.61 412 4749
10 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 187007 13.92 115 4502
11 Kyle Busch (P) 18 185581 12.06 627 5180
12 Erik Jones 43 170983 15.61 146 5811
13 Tyler Reddick (P) 8 169697 12.89 450 4029
14 Daniel Suarez (P) 99 162804 15.35 249 4740
15 Alex Bowman (P) 48 162419 14.85 136 0
16 Chase Briscoe (P) 14 160052 17.02 238 3846
17 Chris Buescher 17 159293 16.22 194 3209
18 Aric Almirola 10 159061 18.16 81 5433
19 Bubba Wallace (P) 45 158814 16.94 121 3191
20 Brad Keselowski 6 152972 18.53 224 3318
21 Austin Cindric # (P) 2 147341 15.98 78 3820
22 Michael McDowell 34 145230 17.94 67 3438
23 Austin Dillon (P) 3 144107 17.84 24 2580
24 Cole Custer 41 134918 19.05 12 4577
25 Justin Haley 31 129300 21.22 28 3859
26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 128184 19.65 76 4163
27 Ty Dillon 42 111722 21.98 2 3051
28 Harrison Burton # 21 109052 21.76 35 558
29 Kurt Busch 45 108527 15.75 182 0
30 Todd Gilliland # 38 107673 22.76 11 5010
31 Corey LaJoie 7 89237 24.33 31 694
32 Cody Ware 51 55780 30.07 1 1236
33 BJ McLeod(i) 78 19548 31.99 8 0
34 David Ragan 15 11849 25.14 0 0
35 Joey Hand 15 7457 20.71 2 0
36 * Greg Biffle(i) 44 6825 29.41 1 0
37 Garrett Smithley(i) 15 3837 32.00 0 0
38 * Jacques Villeneuve 27 2143 29.66 0 0
39 Mike Rockenfeller 77 1342 25.25 0 0
40 * Kimi Raikkonen 91 963 18.60 0 0
41 * Daniil Kvyat 26 520 34.23 0 0
42 Scott Heckert 78 512 32.35 0 0
43 Kyle Tilley 78 463 34.32 0 0
44 * Boris Said 66 390 34.43 0 0