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Ryan Newman finished 20th in the STP 400 Sprint Cup Series race Sunday at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., after he was forced to the pits for an unscheduled stop with what he thought was a deflating tire with just 70 laps remaining.

Over the years, Kansas Speedway hasn’t been too kind to Kyle Busch.

Regan Smith battled hard just to finish 24th in Sunday's STP 400 Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson led all Team Chevy drivers at Kansas Speedway to bring his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet home in third place in the STP 400, Round 7 on the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tour.

Camry driver Denny Hamlin won his second race of the season in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Kansas Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET – FINISHED 3RD: IT SOUNDED LIKE ON THE RADIO THAT YOU GUYS REALLY HAD TO CHASE THIS RACE TRACK AND MAKE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS “We did. We had good speed and we could run second and third all day long, but to catch the 56 we needed more and we worked real hard through the middle part of the race."

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 11th “I thought that we had a pretty good day with the Miller Lite Dodge. We just fell off a bit there in the middle of the race and lost our track position."

Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished Sunday’s running of the STP 400 where he started – in seventh position – bringing the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet home without harm or headache from his afternoon drive at Kansas Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne finished inside the top eight in Sunday’s 267-lap event at Kansas Speedway, while Jeff Gordon finished 21st as Hendrick Motorsports surpassed its 3,000th NASCAR Sprint Cup start.

MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion – “It was a good run for us, not great. I wish we could have got up there and mixed it up with the top two a little bit more, but overall, it was a solid day. We had good pit stops.