Kansas Speedway Tag

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer On April 6, 2013, Erik Jones made his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway at the age of 16. Since then, the young driver found at the Snowball Derby by Kyle Busch, and later signed by Busch, has been very successful in NASCAR. In Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Jones will make his 100th career NASCAR start in the No. 20 Reser’s Main Street Bistro Toyota Camry. In 2013 and 2014, Jones was limited to tracks less thanRead More

By Don Radebaugh, ARCA Racing Series Communications KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Chase Briscoe ended the season with an exclamation point, winning the Kansas 150 Friday night at Kansas Speedway and the 2016 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards national championship, all in his rookie year on the job. “It’s so cool to finally reward Cunningham Motorsports with their first championship,” said Briscoe. “They’ve been in this sport for so long. The guys on this team work so hard…a lot of sweat and tears. They earned every bit of this championship.Read More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Matt Kenseth turned a lap at 192.089 mph in the final round of knockout qualifying to earn the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. The pole was the first of the season for Kenseth and the 18th of his career. Kenseth has two victories at Kansas and will look to clinch his spot in the Round of 8 with a third victory at the 1.5-mile track. “Our cars are pretty fastRead More

By Brian Eberly, Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Fresh off signing with Kyle Busch Motorsports to drive a Toyota Tundra full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017, Noah Gragson continues to be busy behind the wheel as the 18-year-old driver closes out the 2016 season. By Saturday night, Gragson will have competed in three races in three different cars over the course of seven days, starting in the Winchester 400 last Sunday before pulling double duty this weekend. Gragson is running the ARCA race at KansasRead More

By Don Radebaugh, ARCA Racing Series Communications KANSAS CITY, Kan. — ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards morning practice and Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell here at Kansas Speedway have been cancelled because of morning mist that covered the area. The mist has cleared off and clear skies are expected to follow. Series officials have also announced that there will be one practice session this afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. The starting line-up for Friday’s 16th annual Kansas 150 is set by current car owner points.Read More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer The last time the NASCAR Xfinity Series visited Kansas Speedway, Kyle Busch took home the victory. Busch held off his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teammate, Matt Kenseth, to win by 0.607 seconds. Ty Dillon was the highest finishing Xfinity Series regular in fourth. The last time a NASCAR Xfinity Series championship contender won at Kansas Speedway was 2012 when Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. took a trip to victory lane. Jeff Green, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch are the only past winners in the field this weekend.Read More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor After a weekend at home in Charlotte for the Bank of America 500 that left some Chase contenders scrambling, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads west to America’s Heartland to take on the fast, treacherous 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway for this Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400, the second race of the Round of 12 in the Chase. 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 aRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Contributor As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas Speedway for this weekend’s running of the Hollywood Casino 400, it’s time again for another edition of “Throwback Thursday Theater” researching a race from the track’s past. With Kansas only being on the schedule since 2001, the track hasn’t built up the numerous memorable races like other tracks have, but in 2004, Joe Nemechek provided one of the more memorable moments in the track’s short history. Much like he did for a good portion of hisRead More

By Seth Eggert, NASCAR Writer As the Round of 12 began at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the 12 remaining Chasers all entered with an equal amount of points after the points reset. One of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers still in the Chase for the Championship is Kurt Busch. Busch looked like his Bank of America 500 would have promising results after being 10th on the speed charts in the only practice. Qualifying was more disappointing as Busch ended up putting his No. 41 Haas Automation / Monster Energy ChervoletRead More

By David Morgan, NASCAR Writer After the lug nut rule was changed two weeks ago, teams and drivers all wondered which team would fall victim to the new rule first. On Wednesday, NASCAR gave us our answer. Kyle Busch’s No. 18 team, which won Saturday night’s Go Bowling 400 at Kansas, was penalized by NASCAR for violating the lug nut rule. The specific rules noted by NASCAR in their penalty report were Sections 12:1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 10.11.3.4 (pit road equipment); 12.5.3.4.1 g, o (Parts or systemRead More