“With the new All-Star package, we are all unsure of just how the cars will react. Monster Energy always does a great job promoting the event and puts on a great pre-race show for the fans. Qualifying is unique. Last year was my first time to experience it, so I’m more confident with that going into this weekend. There are no points online just the million dollars so we are going for it.”
“We’re riding a lot of momentum right now. Kansas wasn’t the best race we’ve had this year; we have some improvement to make, but to still finish in the top-five shows the progress we’ve made this year. I have a lot of confidence in this team, the 21 guys are always on it and know what we need to do to get wins, so maybe we can finally find some success at Charlotte.”
After a flurry of late-race cautions, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his SunnyD Ford to an 11th-place finish in Saturday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Kansas Speedway.
NASCAR Champion Matt Kenseth made his return to Roush Fenway Racing at Kansas Speedway – the site of his last win with the organization in 2012. However, his debut in the famed No. 6 car was spoiled after his Wyndham Rewards Ford was collected in a multi-car accident late in the race with the team forced to settle for a 36th-place finish.
Brad Keselowski started fifth in the KC Masterpiece 400 Saturday night at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski stayed in the tire tracks of the leaders throughout Stage 1, finishing the 82-lap segment in third position. The driver of the Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion said that the track started to tighten up by the end of the run. He pitted on lap 84 during the stage caution for four tires and restarted third when the race went green on lap 88.
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 REV Group Ford Fusion - Finishing Position: Involved in accident on lap 247 “I don’t know. It was hard racing. I definitely take the blame on that one. I was just trying to side draft hard and the car was kind of light down the frontstretch there and it was just hard racing at the end. "
Austin Dillon and SYMBICORT® (budesonide/formoterol fumarate dihydrate)Team Leave Kansas Speedway With Top-20 Finish "We had a challenging night at Kansas Speedway as we battled a lack of grip and handling issues, but I am proud of this Richard Childress Racing team because they never give up. We hit a snag in the race during a green flag pit stop."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CLOVER/FIRST DATA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 4th - YOU LED 100 LAPS TONIGHT. ONE OF THE BEST DRIVES. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO FIGHT BACK AFTER THAT CONTACT WITH RYAN BLANEY? WHAT HAPPENED ON PIT ROAD? “Yeah, we just had a really good car tonight. Our Clover Chevy was fast. I always run pretty good here at Kansas, so it was nice to lead some laps. I thought we were going to have a really good shot to win there, and Kevin (Harvick) was able to get to my outside."
The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 26, at 2:00 pm ET on TNT Sports, IMS Radio Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, and HBO Max.
It’s an All-Ford Racing final in the NASCAR In-Season Challenge as Todd Gilliland and Ryan Blaney will square off against each other for the $1 million prize.
