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The Nascar Cup series is making its first of two visits to Kansas Speedway this weekend.
A year ago, Kyle Larson Chris Buescher beat 0.001 seconds. In the previous fall’s play -off match, Ross won Chastain.
Here’s a look at the good news and bad news for Cup teams heading to Kansas.
23xi Racing – Good news: The organization has won three of the last six races on Kansas Speedway. … Tyler Reddick led in each of the last seven Kansas races. … Bubba Wallace is third in the series with 100 stage points. … Wallace’s pit staff is only according to Racing Insights. … Riley Herbst finished the best 14th on Texas this weekend. … Corey Heim will make his first start of the season and fourth in his cup career this weekend and drive the number 67 car. Bad news: Wallace placed the 19th or worse in three of the last four races. … Reddick placed the 20th or worse in five of the last seven Kansas races.
Pre -drive Motorport – Good News: Todd Gilliland placed the 16th or better in four of the last five races. … Gilliland’s rash of 11th place last week in Texas was his best endpoint in 24 career at 1.5 mile cuts. … Zane Smith finishes 10th in the previous fall’s race in Kansas. Bad news: Noah Gragson finished on the top round in just three of the last eight races.
Haas Factory Team – Good News: Cole Custer first recorded for the first time this season for the first time this season and this past weekend placed 13th place on Talladega and 19th place in Texas. Bad news: Even with the finishes over the past two weeks, Custer is 34th in the points.
Homestead and Phoenix will be one of the tracks to turn the cup of the cup season final, and there may be some other tracks to do so.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good News: Kyle Larson ranked the first or second place in the previous two races at 1.5 mile tracks. He was second in Homestead, a race he won, and first in Texas, a race he finished fourth. … Larson’s average finish at 1.5 mile cuts this season is the best 4.7 series. … Larson leads the series with seven top five finishes and eight top 10s this year. … Larson achieved a best 108 stage points. … Alex Bowman’s Top -10’s in Kansas is most on any track. … Chase Elliott is the only driver to finish in the top -20 this season. … Elliott has four consecutive top -10s in Kansas. … William Byron’s average endpoint this season is 8.91, the best in the series. … Byron scored 107 stage points to be second as Larson in that category. Bad news: Bowman has three finishes of 35th or worse in the last four races.
Hyak Motorsports – Good News: Ricky Stenhouse jr. The sixth place in Texas last weekend brought him to the final transfer site to the playoffs. … The finish was also its best result at Texas in 21. Bad news: Stenhouse started one top 10 final in 24 cup at Kansas.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good News: Christopher Bell has won the last three races in Kansas. … Bell led each of the six Kansas races in the next Genera. … Bell has 10 top 10s, including two wins, in the last 14 races at 1.5 mile tracks. … Denny Hamlin has seven consecutive top 10 finishes in Kansas. … Ty Gibbs has started in the top three races in the top -10. Bad news: The organization has only led 16 rounds to 1.5 mile tracks this season. … Hamlin has finished out of the top -20 over the past two races. … Chase Briscoe has not started better than 13th place in eight Kansas yet. … Gibbs’ average finish of 23.8 on Kansas is its worst below 1.5 mile tracks.
Kaulig Racing – Good News: Ty Dillon ended in Texas this past weekend after scoring six places in overtime. … AJ Allmender started four top 10 finishes in his last five at 1.5 mile tracks. Bad news: All -policing finished 18th or worse in four of his last five races.
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Legacy Motor Club – Good News: Both cars put in Texas in the top 10 this weekend, with the first time the team has done it since the season opening daytona 500. … Erik Jones finished a season-best fifth on Texas and John Hunter Nemecheek was eighth. … The organization’s five top -10’s this year is one less than it had last season. … Nemechek has two XFinity victories and one truck victory on Kansas. Bad news: Jones has started 90 since his last cup victory.
Richard Childress Racing – Good News: Austin Dillon recorded three top 10 finishes in succession, which is tied for its longest cup line. … Jesse Love makes his third start of the season and will be in the number 33 in Kansas. Bad news: The organization has only one top five final this season. … It’s now 68 races win Kyle Busch’s last cup victory.
Rick True Racing – Good News: This past weekend’s race in Texas finished Cody true 30th, with the fifth time he was placed between the 24th and 30th this season. Bad news: True, in the last nine races, did not start better than 33rd.
RFK Racing – Good News: All three Ryan Preece’s top 10s at 1.5 mile tracks were in the last four races. Bad news: It was a year ago that Chris Buescher lost to Kyle Larson against a series record of 0.001 seconds. … Buescher finished 18th or worse in four of the last five races. … Brad Keselowski finished 26th or worse this year in eight of the 11 races. … Preece had four finishes of the 20th or worse this season.
Larson Rands Buescher in the historic Kansas finish
Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher Wheel-Neus-to-Nose as the checkered flag waves in the Adventhealth 400 on Kansas Speedway, which combines for the nearest finish in the Nascar Cup history with a margin of 0.001 seconds.
Spire Motorsports – Good News: The team won the pole for two of the last three races at 1.5 mile tracks. … Carson Hocevar scored points in five of the last six phases. Bad news: Justin Haley has not yet started better than 18th in eight in Kansas. … Michael McDowell has one top 10 final in the last 21 races at 1.5 mile tracks.
Team Penske – Good News: The team has won the last two cup races, while Austin Cindric won on Talladega and Joey Logano in Texas. … Ryan Blaney posted a best season on Texas this weekend. … Logano has three Kansas victories. Bad news: Austin Cindric does not have a top 10 final in seven Kansas starting in the cup and finished 31st or worse in each of his last four.
Ryan Blaney is the only team of Penske driver to score another cup this season, despite having a strong car in several races.
Trackhouse Racing – Good News: Ross Chastain finished in the top 10 in five of the last seven races, including his runner-up last weekend in Texas. … Chastain’s last win was in Kansas in last year’s play -off match. … Daniel Suarez achieved back-to-back-to-10s. Bad news: Shane van Gisbergen started 33rd or worse in each of the last six races.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good News: Josh Berry’s victory this season came on a 1.5 mile track (Las Vegas). … He led 41 rounds in Texas this past weekend, also 1.5 mile track. Bad news: Berry finishes 32nd in Texas due to damage sustained in an accident. … Berry finished 26th or worse in four of the last five races.
