The 2022 Kwik Trip 250 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 3, 2022, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Contested over 62 laps on the 4.048-mile (6.515 km) road course, it was the 18th race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Report
Background
Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.
On September 15, 2021, the track announced that Jockey and Kwik Trip would switch places in the race's sponsorship, with Kwik Trip becoming the title sponsor and Jockey becoming the presenting sponsor.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 2:14.663 seconds and a speed of 108.217 mph (174.158 km/h).
Practice results
Qualifying
Chase Elliott scored the pole for the race with a time of 2:14.427 and a speed of 108.407 mph (174.464 km/h).
Qualifying results
Race
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 15
Stage Two Laps: 15
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 32
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 8 among 6 different drivers
- Cautions/Laps: 2 for 2
- Red flags: 0
- Time of race: 2 hours, 35 minutes and 51 seconds
- Average speed: 96.622 miles per hour (155.498 km/h)
Media
Television
USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Parker Kligerman and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane. Rutledge Wood served as a “CityView” reporter and share stories from the track.
Radio
Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
Standings after the race
EDIT: Denny Hamlin and Daniel Suarez both have wins at this point in the season. They have clinched positions in the playoffs, pushing Almirola and Harvick out.
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