The Nos. 22 and 45 Chevrolet Silverados driven by Austin Wayne Self and Justin Fontaine, respectively, will carry the names of two extremely important women in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Kansas Speedway.
Richard Childress Racing at Kansas Speedway ... In 76 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has one win, visiting victory lane in 2013 with Kevin Harvick, among five top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.
Jimmie Johnson on continuing to improve: “We have to get better on Fridays to put ourselves in better positions on race days. Starting closer to the front would help us a ton. We are still making gains and I think within the next few weeks we will be where we want to be running. I look forward to Kansas this weekend, it’s been a great track for the No. 48.”
Matt Kenseth will make his 25th start at Kansas this weekend. The 39-time winner in the Cup series has two victories at the 1.5-mile oval along with seven top-five and 13 top-10 finishes.
KANSAS SPEEDWAY RACING SURFACE: "Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile racetrack, a couple of years ago got repaved," Allmendinger said. "The last two years it feels like the track has gone back to it's old ways, gotten really bumpy and really slick, especially the night race. The groove really widens out with the cars running from the middle to the bottom to the top."
KAHNE BY THE NUMBERS: In 21 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at Kansas, Kasey Kahne has an average start of 15.0 and an average finish of 13.5. He’s completed 5,502 of 5,557 (99.0 percent) career laps and has led for a total of 102 laps. Kahne has earned five top-five finishes, nine top-10 finishes, and three pole awards at the 1.5-mile track.
Stenhouse has ten Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Kansas Speedway with an average starting position of 14.1 and average finishing position of 19.1.
Kansas Preview: The Series gears up for the second Saturday night race of the season at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway. In 19 starts at the track, Denny has notched five top-five and six top-10 finishes and captured his lone win at the intermediate track in 2012. After starting seventh for this race last season, Denny finished 23rd after being involved in a wreck with only three laps to go.
Aside from one NCWTS start at Kansas Speedway, Coughlin also competed at the 1.5-mile tri-oval in the ARCA Racing Series in 2014, where he came home with a fourth-place finish.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series will be in action this weekend at Kansas Speedway for night races on Friday and Saturday. Ford Performance enters action with a series-best six MENCS victories in 2018 and six drivers in the top 10 of the point standings. Here’s a look at some Ford facts and figures in Kansas through the years.
The 11-time X Games gold medalist from Annapolis, Maryland, has been selected to drive Kaulig Racing's No. 25 Free Agent RAM 1500 entry for the upcoming Truck Series event at Charlotte on May 22.
Hendrick Motorsports enters this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International as the facility's all-time leader in wins (11), poles (eight), and laps led (760).
AgRevolution announced major partnerships with the International Hot Rod Association, the major North American drag racing group headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, and Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, a Churchill Downs Inc. horse racing entertainment venue located in Henderson, Kentucky.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team head to Watkins Glen International this weekend looking to put together a clean and steady day at one of NASCAR’s most historic road courses.
