Byron starts from the pole, followed by Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, John Hunter Nemechek, and Kyle Larson.
The Dixie Vodka 400 kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET.
21:55 UTC
WHAT A BURNOUT!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
Win No. 19 for @KyleLarsonRacin! pic.twitter.com/NBAx21qGdW
21:54 UTC The top ten at the end of the race:
- 1 - #5 - Kyle Larson
- 2 - #1 - Ross Chastain
- 3 - #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
- 4 - #3 - Austin Dillon
- 5 - #6 - Brad Keselowski
- 6 - #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
- 7 - #11 - Denny Hamlin
- 8 - #4 - Kevin Harvick
- 9 - #18 - Kyle Busch
- 10 - #99 - Daniel Suarez
21:53 UTC Ross Chastain kept his second place ahead of Allmendinger.
21:53 UTC
RETWEET to congratulate @KyleLarsonRacin!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
He leads 199 laps to WIN at @HomesteadMiami! #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/ZCse1LzbhX
21:51 UTC Chastain and Allmendinger are fighting like crazy for second place.
21:51 UTC Kyle Larson wins here in Miami!!!
21:51 UTC
RETWEET to congratulate @KyleLarsonRacin! ????
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
He DOMINATES for the win at @HomesteadMiami! #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/95T3pIuKe2
21:50 UTC Kyle Larson's lead is now 1.5 seconds. Two laps to go.
21:49 UTC Kyle Larson looks comfortably in the lead.
21:49 UTC Less than five laps to go.
21:48 UTC
A win today and @RossChastain will race for a championship!
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
Less than 5 laps to go! #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/m1Qj19JBrj
21:48 UTC Ross Chastain takes second place back after Allmendinger brushes the wall at the Turn 4.
21:46 UTC Ten laps to go.
21:45 UTC Ross Chastain overtakes Hamlin as well, and now Denny is in P4.
21:44 UTC AJ Allmendinger takes second from Hamlin!
21:44 UTC At the restart we have 17 laps to go.
21:42 UTC Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin will be the top two drivers at the restart.
21:38 UTC Truex's team is more than nervous with how things turned out!
21:38 UTC
Martin Truex Jr. SPINS entering pit road!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
He had help from Kyle Larson. #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/enJPinUvxs
21:37 UTC
The No. 8 car spins and hits the inside wall. @TylerReddick exits his car under his own power. pic.twitter.com/DC42jIolJk
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
21:37 UTC His crew is going to service his car in reverse, but he's going to lose ALL of his track position after getting turned by Kyle Larson!
21:36 UTC INCREDIBLE!! The leader Martin Truex Jr. gets spun coming into his pit stall!
21:35 UTC With 23 laps to go, caution is out once again.
21:35 UTC Tyler Reddick has spun and gone head-on into the inside wall.
21:31 UTC
.@KyleLarsonRacin is marching back to the front! Does he have enough time? @HomesteadMiami | #DixieVodka400 pic.twitter.com/DpbJq8SAAX
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
21:30 UTC He's now got two seconds to make up on Truex with still 31 laps to go.
21:30 UTC Kyle Larson gets to the wall and easily makes the pass on Ross Chastain.
21:25 UTC Kyle Larson makes the pass on Hamlin for third.
21:25 UTC Meanwhile, AJ Allmendinger has passed Brad Keselowski for fifth, and he's now challenging Kyle Larson for fourth.
21:25 UTC However, Larson avoided a distaster. He is now trying to overtake Hamlin for third place.
21:24 UTC Larson chopped Keselowski's nose off entering Turn 1, and those two about came together!
21:24 UTC
He dives to the bottom! @MartinTruex_Jr to the lead! #NASCARPlayoffs
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
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21:23 UTC
Now it’s MTJ to the lead! #NASCAR
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
He’s trying to become the 20th different winner this season. pic.twitter.com/UmmwzPvnYq
21:23 UTC Battle for the lead now between Hamlin and Truex.
21:23 UTC
What a move, @dennyhamlin!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
The @JoeGibbsRacing driver goes three-wide for the lead. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/QTEXfy8Cd6
21:22 UTC Side-by-side for second between Truex and Chastain.
21:22 UTC Green flag is out with 51 laps to go.
21:17 UTC For a driver like Ryan Blaney that mistake was more than unusual. That's should show us that those things could happen even to the best of us.
21:14 UTC
.@Blaney spins!
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
The No. 12 car brings out the caution at lap 211 in the middle of green flag pit stops. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/tQ89yFFdyE
21:13 UTC Blaney didn't suffer any damage but he came very close to sliding into the racing groove
21:13 UTC
Ryan Blaney spins exiting pit road, bringing out the yellow.#NASCARPlayoffs | @nbc pic.twitter.com/yTM5A61gqu
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
21:13 UTC That came JUST as Truex and Chastain had come to pit road, and just as Kyle Larson had been preparing to pit from the lead.
21:13 UTC Ryan Blaney spins on the access road and brings the caution out with 56 laps to go!
21:12 UTC After that he stalled while leaving the pits.
21:12 UTC His crew didn't get the lugnut on!
21:11 UTC And William Byron's strategy is destroyed!!!!
21:09 UTC We're going to see which teams employ two-stop strategies and which teams employ one-stop strategies. We now have almost 50 laps to go until the end.
21:01 UTC That gap is growing as Truex begins to run Blaney down on the long run.
20:59 UTC Kyle Larson has opened a lead of almost five seconds.
20:54 UTC
"WOW. WHOA!"@dennyhamlin hangs on to that No. 11 car! #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/A5M36jbWeZ
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
20:54 UTC He's fallen to fifth and is now under attack from Daniel Suarez for that spot.
20:53 UTC Hamlin got sideways trying to overtake Blaney. He was saved by the wall, otherwise he would have spunned into traffic.
20:53 UTC Problems for Denny Hamlin!
20:50 UTC
Ryan @Blaney has his sights on Kyle Larson for the race lead.
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
Will he finally get his first win this year? #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/wghOWKhRnO
20:49 UTC Martin Truex Jr. has fallen back to fifth.
20:46 UTC Four-wide for P3.
20:45 UTC Green flag is back out with 97 laps to go.
20:43 UTC
Day over for #NASCARPlayoffs driver @ChaseBriscoe_14 at @HomesteadMiami. pic.twitter.com/pIHVeSUh7l
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
20:40 UTC Meanwhile, Denny Hamlin gains three spots to move up to 7th.
20:40 UTC Kyle Larson holds the lead off pit road.
20:39 UTC The top ten after Stage 2:
- 1 - #5 - Kyle Larson
- 2 - #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
- 3 - #24 - William Byron
- 4 - #12 - Ryan Blaney
- 5 - #6 - Brad Keselowski
- 6 - #9 - Chase Elliott
- 7 - #99 - Daniel Suarez
- 8 - #1 - Ross Chastain
- 9 - #22 - Joey Logano
- 10 - #11 - Denny Hamlin
20:38 UTC
Kyle Larson sweeps both stages. #NASCAR
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
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20:38 UTC Kyle Larson wins Stage 2 as well.
20:36 UTC Crew members began running to the garage area but it looks now like they'll try to make the repairs within the DVP clock on pit road.
20:36 UTC Chase Briscoe's upper control arm is busted.
20:34 UTC
Chase Briscoe hits the wall.
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
Will it be the end of the day for the #NASCARPlayoffs driver? pic.twitter.com/fWSG09zCk8
20:34 UTC
Big damage for @ChaseBriscoe_14! #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/1Xh5ZDvVkd
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
20:33 UTC Caution is out with four to go in Stage 2!
20:33 UTC A lot of front end damage and a lot of smoke from one of the playoff contenders!
20:33 UTC CHASE BRISCOE HAS CRASHED!!!
20:30 UTC Chase Briscoe had a nice save in Turn 2.
20:29 UTC
Could watch this on a loop for hours. #NASCARPlayoffs | @nbc pic.twitter.com/C9d52hkgmE
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
20:29 UTC Kyle Larson continues to cruise at 5.3 seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr. with less than ten to go in Stage 2.
20:23 UTC Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain are having a dog fight for P6.
20:23 UTC Coming up on 20 to go in Stage 2.
20:19 UTC He came to pit road with a right front down, and it looked like the crew was having trouble with that part of the car for some time.
20:19 UTC Justin Haley has a problem.
20:18 UTC Kyle Larson has almost six seconds over Truex.
20:18 UTC
How close is @KyleLarsonRacin running to the fence?
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
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20:14 UTC Tyler Reddick had issues on his stop as well.
20:13 UTC Denny Hamlin stall just as Landon Cassill was coming into his pit box, and then he almost got into Kyle Larson in his stall.
20:08 UTC Green flag pit stops now underway. Joey Logano is in along with Briscoe, Buescher, Yeley, Burton, Almirola and Truex. Expect a land rush over these next few laps.
20:03 UTC Four playoff drivers in the Top 10: Byron, Blaney (4th), Elliott (5th), and Chastain (7th).
20:03 UTC Kyle Larson is leading Martin Truex Jr. by more than two seconds.
19:56 UTC Martin Truex Jr. overtakes William Byron for second spot.
19:50 UTC He is starting to open the gap over Byron.
19:50 UTC Larson has been able to overtake Byron.
19:48 UTC Another good start by Byron, but a push from Truex helps Larson.
19:48 UTC Green flag is back out on Lap 88.
19:43 UTC Top three hold serve off pit road.
19:40 UTC The top ten after Stage 1:
- 1 - #5 - Kyle Larson
- 2 - #24 - William Byron
- 3 - #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
- 4 - #8 - Tyler Reddick
- 5 - #3 - Austin Dillon
- 6 - #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
- 7 - #6 - Brad Keselowski
- 8 - #9 - Chase Elliott
- 9 - #12 - Ryan Blaney
- 10 - #22 - Joey Logano
19:40 UTC
That's for a point!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
Chase Elliott sneaks by Ryan Blaney at the end of Stage 1. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/ygaB50XWwU
19:39 UTC Kyle Larson dominates Stage 1 winning by more than eight seconds.
19:39 UTC
Kyle Larson wins Stage 1... by 8 seconds. ???? #NASCARPlayoffs
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
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19:36 UTC Tyler Reddick has lost second to Byron and third to Martin Truex Jr. Looks like Reddick's right rear tire is shot. No grip left.
19:35 UTC Corey LaJoie brushed the wall coming off Turn 4.
19:33 UTC Kyle Larson was amazing with tire management. With less than ten to go in Stage 1 he opened a huge gap from Tyler Reddick.
19:28 UTC Tire management will probably play a big factor at the end of the stage.
19:28 UTC Less than 20 to go in Stage 1.
19:21 UTC Kyle Larson has opened up his lead on Tyler Reddick. The gap is now up to almost three seconds.
19:18 UTC Tyler Reddick overtakes Larson for second and now he is attacking Byron for the lead.
19:18 UTC
The closer you get, the faster you go. #NASCARPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/WYya8VmSxP
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
19:18 UTC The top five – Larson, Byron, Reddick, Allmendinger and Elliott – are all within a second of each other.
19:13 UTC Larson gets to the inside of Byron with a great run off Turn 4, and it's going to get him past Byron for the lead.
19:13 UTC William Byron had a great restart, while Reddick is challenging Kyle Larson for second spot.
19:13 UTC Green flag is back out at Lap 36.
19:08 UTC Everyone comes to pit road under yellow. Byron uses the No. 1 stall to win the race off pit road and get the lead back.
19:06 UTC
John Hunter Nemechek, subbing for Bubba Wallace this week, spins and hits the wall. #NASCAR
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
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19:06 UTC Meanwhile Kyle Larson took the lead from William Byron.
19:06 UTC Caution is out for the first time today. John Hunter Nemechek has spun on the backstretch after running inside the top five all throughout the first run.
19:01 UTC The gap between Byron and Larson is pretty stable, but meanwhile, the leaders have to deal with the likes of Tyler Reddick and others who are coming hard.
18:58 UTC Kyle Larson went to work and closed the gap a lot to William Byron.
18:55 UTC However, Elliott lost the battle, falling all the way back to sixth.
18:54 UTC Meanwhile, Chase Elliott was three wide for P4 with Nemechek and Allmendinger.
18:54 UTC William Byron opened up a lead over one second.
18:53 UTC Hendrick Motorsport is leading this race with a one-two.
18:53 UTC Kyle Larson has passed Christopher Bell for second place.
18:52 UTC
RETWEET if you're watching the #NASCARPlayoffs at Miami!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
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18:52 UTC Pace car is off, and we're racing in South Beach. Green flag is out at Homestead!
18:36 UTC Bubba Wallace serves his one race suspension.
18:35 UTC
Time to go racing at @HomesteadMiami!
— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) October 23, 2022
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18:35 UTC
Beautiful!????????????@adassaofficial | @HomesteadMiami pic.twitter.com/saNoaz3Ymi
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) October 23, 2022
18:35 UTC Engines fired for the Dixie Vodka 400.
18:34 UTC Pre-race ceremonies have begun at Homestead.