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Land of Oz...Justin Allgaier will be making his second start at Kansas Speedway this weekend in the 5-hour ENERGY 400. Kansas is one of four tracks Allgaier raced the No. 51 BRANDT Chevy at in 2013.

Small, smaller and smallest. That's the only way to describe the three tracks that await Kraig Kinser this week on the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series circuit. A pair of quarter-miles and a third-mile are on-tap in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

aturday night lights: “Since they repaved that place, it’s been really fast,” AJ Allmendinger said. “Under the lights at Kansas Speedway, we will probably have cool weather. Anybody that likes speed should go see this race because it will be interesting to watch. You will get to see how the race plays out for the first time at night and whether the track conditions change or not. It’s going to be a fun race for the fans to watch and hopefully a good time for us with our No. 47 Kingsford Chevrolet SS.”

The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is still young. Chevrolet SS teams and drivers have only completed 10 races, two at 1.5-mile tracks and only two races under the lights. However, this weekend at Kansas Speedway the Chevrolet SS race cars will be put to the test with both challenges. This season Kansas Speedway has a new date on the schedule and will host its first night race on the eve of Mother’s Day.

Stenhouse on Kansas:“I’m looking forward to racing at Kansas Speedway this weekend. We tested there a few weeks ago and I feel like we are making gains in our 1.5-mile track program."

Red Horse Racing at Kansas Speedway... In 16 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Red Horse Racing has three top-five and six top-10 finishes. The Mooresville, N.C.-based organization has an average starting position of 14.1 and an average finishing position of 13.7. RHR teams have completed 2,353 of 2,605 (90.3 percent) laps of competition.

Country music entertainer Brantley Gilbert will try his own version of a "Memorial Day Double" at Indianapolis and Charlotte.

Kenny Francis, the crew chief for the No. 5 team that competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, has been penalized for rules violations committed during qualifying May 3 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Fresh off a test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the No. 9 DEWALT team will head to another 1.5-mile speedway, Kansas Speedway. With one final chance to win his way into the All-Star race, Ambrose eyes Victory Lane at Kansas to pay his fine forward to Victory Junction.

With a Goodyear tire test at Kansas Speedway and a team test at Charlotte Motor Speedway, also a 1.5-mile track, under his belt, Aric Almirola is confident that the No. 43 Farmland team will unload fast this weekend.