The Nascar Cup series is making its first two visits this season at Kansas Speedway this weekend.
A year ago, Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds. During the play at last fall qualifiers, Ross Chastain won.
Here is an overview of good and bad news for the cutting teams that go to Kansas.
23xi Racing – Good news: The organization has won three of the last six races in Kansas Speedway. … Tyler Reddick led in each of the last seven Kansas races. … Bubba Wallace ranks third in the series with 100 stage points. … The Wallace Stands crew ranks first, according to Racing Insights. … Riley Herbst finished a 14th best in the season in Texas last weekend. … Corey Heim will make his first start to the season and fourth in his cup career this weekend, leading car n ° 67. Bad news: Wallace ranked 19th or worse in three of the last four races. … Reddick ranked 20th or worse in five of the last seven kansas races.
Automobile sports front – Good news: Todd Gilliland ranked 16th or better in four of the last five races. … The result of the 11th place in Gilliland last week in Texas was its best finish in 24 career departures on 1.5 mile tracks. … Zane Smith finished 10th last fall in Kansas. Bad news: Noah Gragson finished on the head of the head in just three of the last eight races.
Haas factory team – Good news: Cole Custer scored the Top 20 for the first time for the first time this season, ranking 13th in Talladega and 19th last weekend in Texas. Bad news: Even with those who end the last two weeks, Custer is 34th in points.
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Hendrick Motorsports – Good news: Kyle Larson ranked first or second speed in the two previous races on 1.5 mile tracks. He ranked second in speed to Homestead, a race he won, and first at the speed in Texas, a race he finished fourth. … The average Larson finish on 1.5 mile tracks this season is a better 4.7 in series. … Larson leads the series with first seven top-creq and eight top 10 this year. … Larson scored a better point of 108 points. … The 10 top 10 of Alex Bowman in Kansas are his most at any track. … Chase Elliott is the only pilot to finish in the top 20 of each race this season. … Elliott has four top 10 consecutive to Kansas. … The average arrival of William Byron this season is 8.91, the best in the series. … Byron scored 107 stage points to rank second behind Larson in this category. Bad news: Bowman has three 35th or worse finishes in the last four races.
Hyak Motorsports – Good news: The sixth place of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in Texas last weekend took him to the last place of transfer to the playoffs. … This finish was also its best result in Texas in 21 departures. Bad news: Stenhouse finished in the top 10 in 24 cups in Kansas.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good news: Christopher Bell won the post for the last three races in Kansas. … Bell led each of the six kansas races in the next generation era. … Bell has 10 top 10, including two victories, in the last 14 races on 1.5 mile tracks. … Denny Hamlin has seven consecutive finishes in the first 10 in Kansas. … Ty Gibbs started in the top 10 in the last three races. Bad news: The organization only led 16 laps on 1.5 mile tracks this season. … Hamlin finished outside the top 20 in the last two races. … Chase Briscoe has not finished better than 13th in eight Kansas departures. … The average GIBBS finish of 23.8 in Kansas is its worst among the 1.5 mile tracks.
Kaulig Racing – Good news: Ty Dillon finished a 12th best last weekend in Texas after obtaining six places in overtime. … AJ ALLMENDINGER has four top-10 in its last five departures on 1.5 mile tracks. Bad news: Allmendinger finished 18th or worse in four of his last five races.
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Legacy Motor Club – Good news: Placed the two cars in the top 10 last weekend in Texas, marking the first time that the team did since the Daytona 500 opening of the season.… Erik Jones finished the best fifth of the season in Texas and John Hunter Nemechek was eighth. … The five top 10 of the organization this year are less than what he had all last season. … Nemechek won two Xfinity victories and a truck victory in Kansas. Bad news: Jones has made 90 departures since his last cup victory.
Richard Childress Racing – Good news: Austin Dillon scored three top 10 in a row, tied for its longest sequence of cuts. … Jesse Love made her third start of the season and will be in n ° 33 in Kansas. Bad news: The organization has only one top-five this season. … It is now that 68 races are winning Kyle Busch's last victory.
Rick Ware Racing – Good news: The race last weekend in Texas saw Cody Ware finished 30th, marking the fifth time he has placed between 24 and 30th this season. Bad news: Ware did not start better than 33rd in the last nine races.
RFK Racing – Good news: The three top 10 of Ryan Preece on 1.5 mile tracks have taken place in the last four races. Bad news: It was this race a year ago that Chris Buescher lost to Kyle Larson by a serial record .001 seconds. … Buescher finished 18th or worse in four of the last five races. … Brad Keselowski finished 26th or worse in eight of the 11 races this year. … Preece had four finishes from the 20th or worse this season.
Larson Bords Buescher in Historic Kansas Finish
Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher were rolling from face to face while the Wave plaid flag in the Advenhealth 400 in Kansas Speedway, combining for the finish closest to the history of the Nascar Cup series with a margin of 0.001 seconds.
Spire Motorsports – Good news: The team won the post for two of the last three races on 1.5 mile tracks. … Carson Hocevar has scored points in the last six stages. Bad news: Justin Haley did not finish better than 18th in eight departures in Kansas. … Michael McDowell has a top 10 in the last 21 races on 1.5 mile tracks.
Team Penske – Good news: The team won the last two cup races with Austin Cindric by winning in Talladega and Joey Logano won Texas. … Ryan Blaney placed a better third of the season in Texas last weekend. … Logano won three victories in Kansas. Bad news: Austin Cindric does not have the top 10 in seven departures from Kansas in the Cup and finished 31st or worse in each of its last four departures there.
Ryan Blaney is the only driver of the Cell team to have won a cup victory this season despite a solid car in several races.
Racing Racehouse – Good news: Ross Chastain finished in the top 10 out of five of the last seven races, including his finalist last weekend in Texas. … The last victory of Chastain took place in Kansas in the eliminatory race last year. … Daniel Suarez scored the top 10 back to back. Bad news: Shane Van Gisbergen started 33rd or worse in each of the last six races.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good news: The victory of Josh Berry this season occurred on a 1.5 mile track (Las Vegas). … He led 41 laps last weekend in Texas, also a 1.5 mile track. Bad news: Berry finished 32nd in Texas due to damage suffered in an accident. … Berry finished 26th or worse in four of the last five races.
