NASCAR reveals the 2022 All-Star Race format at the Texas Motor Speedway

NASCAR reveals the 2022 All-Star Race format at the Texas Motor Speedway

NASCAR All-Star Race

NASCAR joined hands with Texas Motor Speedway to release the formats for the much-awaited NASCAR All-Star Race and All-Star Open for this year which will take place on the 22nd of May 2022 and the winner will take home a cash prize of 1 million USD.

NASCAR has made crucial changes to the format of the All-Star race including changes in the qualification round and also the main All-Star race. Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports was the winner of last year’s race which ran over 100 laps.

The few NASCAR drivers who will take part in this year’s All-Star Race are Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace, William Byron, and Alex Bowman.

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NASCAR All-Star race and NASCAR All-Star open undergo a complete format change

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NASCAR All-Star Race 2021 winner Kyle Larson

NASCAR and Texas Motor Speedway have made a few necessary changes to the All-Star Open and the All-Star Race this year. The All-Star qualifying race will be of two rounds with the 1st round being a single-car single lap race and the top 8 in round 1 will move on to participate in the head-to-head elimination with each team performing a 4 tire pitstop where the last pair to qualify will compete in the next round.

The All-Star Open will be a 50-lap race with 3 stages of 20,20 and 10 laps with drivers starting in reverse order of the 2022 owner points. The winner of the first stage will take the pole in the All-Star Race whereas the other eligible drivers go on to the next stages.

The Final event, the All-Star Race will be a 125-lap showdown between all the eligible and qualified drivers which is broken into four stages with each stage being 25 laps and the final one being 50 laps. Drivers winning each stage will start in P1, P2, and P3 and an additional pit-stop race will decide the P4 for the final stage, another added feature will be the forced caution by NASCAR if a natural caution fails to occur.

With Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports being the All-Star Champion of last year, who will take home 1 million USD this year?

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