Denny Hamlin Blames Kyle Larson For Losing Kansas Race

Denny Hamlin looked well on his way to another victory at Kansas Speedway in Sunday afternoon's Hollywood Casino 400, but a late caution and subsequent different pit road strategies by teams shook things up for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. When it was all said and done, Hamlin ended up with a runner-up finish and […]

Late Strategy Call Earns Joey Logano Valuable Points At Kansas

A late caution in Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 opened the door for strategy calls at Kansas Speedway, and one of the teams that decided to gamble with two tires instead of four was the No. 22 Penske Racing team. It worked out for them and they were able to secure a fifth-place finish, allowing driver […]

Erik Jones Earns Season-Best Finish at Kansas

It ended up being a good day at Kansas Speedway for Erik Jones and the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club team. Thanks, in part, to a late pit road strategy call of only taking two tires, Jones was able to secure a podium finish at Kansas, his first top-five result of the season. That is […]

Christopher Bell A Little Disappointed After Kansas Performance

Christopher Bell had a solid points day at Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon, but it wasn't quite the performance the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was expecting. Bell started on the pole for Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 race but led just 15 laps and ended up with an eighth-place finish when it was all said and […]

Chris Buescher Loses Valuable Points After Blown Tire At Kansas

Blown tires caused issues for many drivers in Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, and one of those was Chris Buescher. While running in 12th-place in the late stages of the race, the right rear tire on Buescher's No. 17 Ford blew, causing the car to hit the wall hard. He ended up with […]

Championship Favorite Martin Truex Jr. In Trouble After Kansas

Things went from bad to worse for championship favorite Martin Truex Jr. at Kansas Speedway on Sunday. After a uncharacteristically slow performance at Darlington to start out the first round of the playoffs, Truex blew a tire at Kansas on Sunday and ended up with a 36th-place finish in the second race of the Round […]

Kyle Busch Has Huge DFS Upside on Sunday

Kyle Busch's weekend at Kansas Speedway didn't get off to the greatest start on Saturday, as the Richard Childress Racing driver blew a tire during practice and hit the wall. The team was able to make repairs to the car, but Busch wasn't able to get on to the track for qualifying later that afternoon, […]

Martin Truex Jr Should Contend for Kansas Win on Sunday

Martin Truex Jr is a two-time winner at Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series and should be a contender to get a third victory here on Sunday in the Hollywood Casino 400. During practice on Saturday afternoon, Truex's No. 19 Toyota ranked 4th-fastest in ten-lap average and then 2nd-fastest in both 15- and 20-lap […]

William Byron Will Not Have To Drop To The Rear At Kansas

During practice for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday, William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team found an issue with a piece in the suspension and had to replace it. A pre-race action like this typically draws a penalty for unapproved adjustments, but Byron and his team caught a break […]

Kansas-2 DraftKings NASCAR Lineup Picks & Projections (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Race number 28 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is this weekend, as the Hollywood Casino 400 is set to take place at Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon. This is the second Playoff race of the season, and this track tends to […]

Kansas-2 NASCAR Algorithm-Predicted Finishing Order (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We're on to race number 28 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season and the second race of the playoffs, as the Hollywood Casino 400 is set to take place at Kansas Raceway on Sunday afternoon. Kansas is a "cookie-cutter" track. It is […]

Ty Gibbs the Obvious DFS Pick at Kansas After Blown Tire in Practice

During practice on Saturday at Kansas Speedway, Ty Gibbs' No. 54 Toyota was one of the fastest on the track, with the rookie posting the 6th-fastest single lap of the session along with the 3rd-fastest ten-lap average. Unfortunately, a blown tire late in practice caused Gibbs to nail the wall, and the team decided to […]

AJ Allmendinger Has Top 15 Upside at Kansas

Don't sleep on AJ Allmendinger in this weekend's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. In the first race at this track earlier this season, Allmendinger was able to come home with a 14th-place finish despite starting back in 29th-place, and at the similar 1.5-mile tracks this season (Las Vegas and Charlotte), AJ posted 18th- and […]

Austin Dillon Looking To Extend Top 15 Streak at Kansas

Austin Dillon hasn't posted a top-15 finish since July, but that could change this weekend at Kansas Speedway. In the three races that the Cup Series has ran here in the NextGen car, Dillon has finished between 10th- and 14th-place in all three of them, and he is currently on a six-race streak of top-14 […]

Aric Almirola An Intriguing DFS Pick at Kansas

Aric Almirola qualified in 25th-place for Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, and when you combine that with his $6,700 price tag on DraftKings, it makes the Stewart-Haas Racing driver a very interesting option on DFS slates this weekend. Almirola finished in 13th-place here at Kansas in the first race this season, and he […]

Corey Lajoie Has DFS Sleeper Potential at Kansas

Don't sleep on Corey Lajoie this weekend. He has been a consistent top-20 threat at the intermediate tracks this season, and it's looking like that will be the case in Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 as well. In practice on Saturday, Lajoie's No. 7 Chevrolet was just 31st-fastest on the speed chart, but in qualifying he […]

Todd Gilliland's Practice Speed at Kansas Could Be Fool's Gold

One driver that had surprising speed during the Hollywood Casino 400 practice session at Kansas Speedway this weekend was Todd Gilliland, who posted the 11th-fastest lap in his No. 38 Ford for Front Row Motorsports. He wasn't able to back up that speed in qualifying soon after, though, as the No. 38 car wound up […]

Sheldon Creed The Slowest Car In Practice For Cup Series Debut

Sheldon Creed is making his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series start at Kansas Speedway this weekend, but unfortunately it is going to be in the No. 78 Chevrolet for Live Fast Motorsports. This car is consistently one of the slowest cars on the track week in and week out, and that was the case during practice […]

Kansas-2 NASCAR Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup

On Saturday afternoon, the NASCAR Cup Series held the qualifying session for Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 race at Kansas Speedway. This qualifying session consisted of two rounds and the drivers were split into two groups. The top five fastest drivers from each group advanced to the second round. The five fastest drivers that advanced out […]

Kansas-2 NASCAR Practice Speeds, Notes, and Lap Averages

The NASCAR Cup Series ran a single practice session at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon in preparation for the Hollywood Casino 400 race on Sunday afternoon. The field was split into two groups for this practice session. Below you'll find the two practice groups, key notes from the practice session and the practice speeds for […]

John Hunter Nemechek Will Join Legacy Motor Club In 2024

Another NASCAR Silly Season domino has fallen. After parting ways with Noah Gragson earlier this year, it was unknown who would be driving the No. 42 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club next season, but the organization announced yesterday that John Hunter Nemechek will be behind the wheel starting in 2024. Currently, Nemechek drives for Joe […]

Wood Brothers Racing Expected To Keep Harrison Burton

Another key domino in NASCAR's Silly Season is expected to be officially announced soon, as it is expected that Harrison Burton will be returning to the No. 21 Ford for Wood Brothers Racing next season. The 2024 season will be the third year for the driver and the organization. During his rookie season in 2022, […]

Denny Hamlin Signs Extension With Joe Gibbs Racing

Although there were minor rumblings about Denny Hamlin potentially finding a new race team next season, those were squashed this week with the announcement that the Joe Gibbs Racing driver will be returning to the No. 11 Toyota on a multi-year extension. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hamlin issued a statement with […]

Darlington-2 NASCAR Average Running Position Rankings (Post-Race Analysis)

The Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was run this past Sunday evening and it was Kyle Larson who finally got a Cup Series win at one of his best race tracks and locked himself into the Round of 12 for the Playoffs while doing so. Larson had the second-best Average Running Position (4.47) […]

Early Damage Ruins Christopher Bell's Race At Darlington

Christopher Bell had one of the fastest race cars heading into the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday evening, but the Joe Gibbs Racing driver ended up with a very disappointing 23rd-place finish when it was all said and done. Bell started from the pole position and led 40 laps but he […]

Kyle Busch Rallies To 11th-Place Finish At Darlington

Kyle Busch was able to walk away from the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night with an 11th-place finish. He also finished in sixth-place at the conclusion of Stage Two during the race, gaining some valuable points there as the cutoff for the Round of 12 in the Playoffs is coming […]

Martin Truex Jr. Has Nothing To Say After Awful Night At Darlington

Martin Truex Jr. started the playoffs as the favorite to win the Championship at most sportsbooks, but the No. 19 Toyota didn't look like a true contender at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night. Truex qualified way back in 31st place for this year's Southern 500 but never really had a lot of speed in the […]

Kevin Harvick Misses Out On Darlington Victory Due To Penalty

Kevin Harvick had a legitimate chance to win the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday evening, but an ill-timed caution and subsequent pit road penalty ruined Harvick's chances at locking himself into the Round of 12 in the Cup Series Playoffs. Late in the race when he was heading toward pit road […]

Denny Hamlin Has Dominant Race Derail Late At Darlington

Denny Hamlin had the dominant car at Darlington in Sunday night's Cook Out Southern 500, but he didn't get the finish to show for it. The No. 11 Toyota led for 177 of the 366 laps at "The Lady in Black" in the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, but a loose wheel […]

Darlington-2 NASCAR Green Flag Speed Rankings (Post-Race Analysis)

The NASCAR Cup Series ran the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday evening, and it was Kyle Larson who finally got a win at "The Lady in Black" after coming so close several times throughout his career. With his win, Larson is now locked into the Round of 12 for the Playoffs. […]