Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, recorded an 18th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon.
Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion turned in their second strong performance in as many weeks with a seventh-place finish at the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. It was the rookie driver’s second top 10 and fourth top 15 finish of the season.
Camry driver Denny Hamlin finished second as the top Toyota at Kansas Speedway in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race, which was won by Joey Logano.
In Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Busch brushed aside a pit road speeding penalty, a hole in the nose of his No. 54 Toyota, a pit stop that dropped him to seventh for the penultimate restart, an unwelcome green-white-checkered-flag restart and a teammate who had the fastest car for much of the afternoon.
Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford Mustang, earned an 11th-place finish on Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Kansas Speedway.
CHRIS BUESCHER – No. 60 AdvoCare Ford Mustang – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A TOP-6 RUN HERE? “It definitely helps. This is a place where we’ve had speed several times and I just haven’t been able to get it done. It’s kind of like Darlington.
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, won the pole yesterday and led the first practice session today with a speed of 189.960 mph. Keselowski spoke about what he liked about his Fusion and his concerns about the pit stall he will have in tomorrow’s race.
Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, Kevin Harvick, led the way for Team Chevy in knockout-style qualifying with a fourth place time at Kansas Speedway for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Harvick, a former winner on the 1.5-mile track, who is currently one of six Team Chevy contenders currently in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, was able to rebound from a poor showing in an earlier practice session to turn a lap of 194.756 mph in his No. 4 Budweiser/Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS.
23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to the media on Saturday after winning the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington Raceway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I thought it was really smooth. It looks like Chris is qualified right next to me. I felt like I got all it had. We know the cars are gonna be very difficult to drive and that did not disappoint.”
Ryan Preece, driver of the No. 60 Kroger/Oscar Mayer/Heinz Ford Mustang Dark Horse, came into the Darlington Raceway infield media center before practice to talk about this weekend’s race.
