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.
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.
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.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, clocked in a single-qualifying lap at 182.313 mph in 52.525 seconds for his first pole position of the 2026 season at 'Dega.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Taylor Gray was made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race from Talladega Superspeedway.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing joins the 50th anniversary celebration of Roush, the engineering and technology company founded by Jack Roush in 1976.
