NASCAR has announced the rules and format for the 2022 All-Star Race and All-Star Open at Texas Motor Speedway. The announcement was first made on NASCAR Race Hub on April 28.
The Open will consist of any driver that has not won a race within the past year. The race will have three stages of 20, 20, and 10 laps, for a total of 50 laps. The winner of each stage will automatically transfer to the main event, as well as the Fan Vote driver, which will be the driver with the highest number of votes that didn’t automatically transfer through by winning a stage in the race. The final 10-lap stage will be green-flag laps only.
The All-Star Race will consist of any driver that has won a race in 2021 or 2022, plus any past champions or All-Star Race winners who are running full time this season, according to Bob Pockrass.
The race is scheduled for 125 laps, divided into four stages. The winner of the 25-lap stage one will start first heading into the final stage. The winner of the 25-lap stage two will start second in the final stage. Following stage two, there will be a special stage break where each team will perform a four-tire pit stop. Whoever has the fastest pit stop will start fourth in the final stage.
Then stage three will take place, with the winner of the 25-lap stage starting third for stage four. Stage four will be 50 laps, and if there is no natural caution between laps 15 and 25 in the final stage, NASCAR will throw an “All-Star” competition caution.
One stipulation to the winners of stages one and two and the pit stop competition winner is that they must finish in the top-15 in each stage following their wins in order to keep their top-four starting spot for the final stage.
Another big change to the race format is a new version of knockout qualifying to decide which driver who will sit on the pole for the main event. The first round of qualifying will run like a traditional qualifying format – every driver in the all-star field (except…
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