NASCAR Cup Series

1. Joey Logano: Logano took charge after a late restart and cruised to the win in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas. “I’ve already qualified for the next Chase round,” Logano said. “Some other driver lost tire pressure. Me? I just lost ‘pressure." “I’ve already qualified for the next Chase round,” Logano said. “Some other driver lost tire pressure. Me? I just lost ‘pressure.’”

In 142 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing teams have earned seven points-paying victories (four wins with Dale Earnhardt, one with Jeff Burton and two with Kevin Harvick) and four All-Star race victories (three with Earnhardt and one with Harvick), giving RCR 11 total Sprint Cup Series checkered flags at the Concord, N.C.-based track.

Biffle has 23 starts in the Cup series at Charlotte, but a win has eluded him. He has finished in the top-five five times and has eight top-10 finishes.

In 1996, when most 16-year-olds were serving up burgers at a local fast food joint, Letarte was already working full time for Hendrick Motorsports. A year later he was a tire specialist, then a mechanic and by 2002, at the ripe old age of 22, he was a car chief.

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 CSX "Play It Safe" Ford, comments on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:

David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 MDS Transport Ford, comments on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:

“This is a big weekend coming up for us. It’s the home track for the team. We just came off a spectacular finish at Kansas. After making it into this round of the Chase, we wanted to kick it off with a good points day, a solid run, no mistakes, and a lot of luck. We need another good run here in Charlotte.

Well, boys, you are not in Kansas anymore. Thank God, at least for the gents from Hendrick. If not for a blown tire by Brad Keselowski to allow a Penske driver in on some of the fun, the bottom four would consist entirely of drivers working for Rick Hendrick. However, unlike Napoleon at Waterloo, Hendrick's boys will have a shot at redemption.

With Kansas City Royals Manager Ned Yost commanding the drivers to start their engines, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 14th annual Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

JOEY LOGANO, TODD GORDON, ROGER PENSKE POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE - JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CHANCES GOING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. “I feel good about it. Obviously everyone at Team Penske and this 22 team in particular has been amazing.