Kansas Speedway Tag

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Despite a relative lack of experience in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Brett Moffitt has become an early favorite for the Championship. Moffitt enters Kansas Speedway with a new sponsor on his No. 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Tundra, Concrete Supply / Central Plains Cement Company. Friday night’s 37 Kind Days 250 will mark his second trip to the Kansas City, Kansas track in the Truck Series. In Moffitt’s only other trip in the Truck Series to Kansas, he started and finished seventh. OnRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor After a stirring duel for the win in the spring 2012 race at Kansas Speedway, the track underwent a massive reconfiguration that was completed by the time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series returned to the track in October. With the facelift, the track turned from a tame 1.5 miler to a treacherous beast that did its best to chew up and spit out as many race cars as possible in its opening weekend. Mark Martin and Aric Almirola would be the two cars to getRead More

BySeth Eggert, Staff Writer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regulars have won three of the five races so far in the 2018 season. For the sixth race of the season, the series visits 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. Teams using the NT1 Spec Engine versus those using OEM engines, the return of Kyle Busch and Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace, Jr., and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the sixth race of the season at Kansas. Coverage for the 37 Kind Days 250 is scheduled to start Friday night atRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Following a visit to the Monster Mile last weekend, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series sets up shop at Kansas Speedway for Mother’s Day weekend and Saturday night’s running of the KC Masterpiece 400. First joining the circuit as a relatively tame 1.5 mile track with 15 degree banking in the turns, Kansas underwent a massive reconfiguration in 2012 that transformed it into a much more treacherous track with variable banking ranging from 17 to 20 degrees in the turns. Since then, the track hasRead More

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Judging by the reaction and the general vibe, it’s hard to tell who is more excited about former champion Matt Kenseth’s return to Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition this week driving the No. 6 Wyndham Rewards Ford Fusion at Kansas Speedway for Roush Fenway Racing. The team? Fans? Kenseth? Roush? It’s been a delicate situation, but all concerned are hopeful that the new team dynamic results in better days ahead. Kenseth is going to share the driver’s seat withRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer For the first time in 2018, Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace, Jr. will pull double duty. Wallace will compete in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Kansas Speedway. The Kansas race weekend is already a big one for the Mobile, AL native as it marks the debut of World Wide Technology on the famous No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Petty Motorsports in the KC Masterpiece 400 Cup race. Now Wallace will also drive the No. 20 Andy’sRead More

By Seth Eggert, Staff Writer Sponsorship continues to roll in for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Matt DiBenedetto after he explained Go Fas Racing’s situation just before the race weekend at ISM Raceway. DiBenedetto’s No. 32 Ford Fusion will carry the colors of PlanBSales.com at Kansas Speedway in the Hollywood Casino 400 on October 21. PlanBSales’ new auction website, MotorSportsAuctions.com will also adorn the car. PlanBSales.com has partnered with Kyle Larson, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., John Hunter Nemechek, and Landon Huffman in the past. The company, a leader in providingRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Ryan Blaney acquired a new primary sponsorship on Friday after Team Penske announced that BODYARMOR Sports Drink will bare its name in the No. 12 Ford Fusion for the annual Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway on July 7. The partnership between BODYARMOR and Blaney began last season, but it’ll mark the first time the natural flavored hydrating drink will be on the track for a race weekend, beginning at Kansas Speedway on May 12 as Blaney’s associate sponsor. After Kansas,Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer You may ask yourself how can a driver fly under the radar in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series elimination race? Chase Elliott found out by never being a factor for the win at Kansas Speedway. Elliott finished inside the top-five after funning just inside the top-10 throughout the Hollywood Casino 400. He avoided trouble, staying ahead of a multi-car pile-up in his No. 24 Napa Auto Parts Chevrolet SS. Elliott narrowly missed being clipped by Erik Jones, whose No. 77 5-Hour Energy Toyota CamryRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Editor Each week, NASCAR Editor David Morgan will break down who’s hot and who’s not after the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race weekend. Today, we break down the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. WINNERS Martin Truex, Jr. – Racing with heavy hearts after the loss of crew member Jim Watson to a heart attack on Saturday night, Truex and his Furniture Row Racing team had extra incentive to go out and score the win on Sunday. Though the team was able to capitalize andRead More