NASCAR Cup Series

It might have been Kansas, but the action was a whole lot like a Las Vegas slot machine. Gold bar. Gold bar. Grapes. Dammit! Take Kevin Harvick, for example. He was second best on the opening stage. He was the best in the second stage. He was dominating the third stage, at least until he went speeding on pit road. Dammit!

1. Kyle Busch: Busch finished 2nd at Kansas and cruised into Round 3 of the NASCAR playoffs. "I basically just had to avoid disaster at Kansas," Busch said. "And that means I just had to keep my mouth shut." Note: The quotes in this article are fictional.

An interview with: CHASE ELLIOTT - THE MODERATOR: We are joined by our race winner, Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Mountain Dew Chevrolet.

An interview with: ALAN GUSTAFSON - THE MODERATOR: We are now joined by our race winning crew chief, Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the No. 9 Mountain Dew Chevrolet.

After struggling for two-thirds of the race and bouncing in and out of the playoff transfer spot, Martin Truex Jr. and his Furniture Row Racing team dug deep to pull off a fifth-place finish and secure enough points to advance to the Round of 8.

Camry driver Kyle Busch (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event at Kansas Speedway.

Austin Dillon and Richard Childress Racing's No. 3 Dow Chevrolet Team Earn Hard-Fought 11th-Place Finish at Kansas Speedway "I'll be honest. I didn't feel like we had a very good Dow Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 all weekend, so I am proud of this team and our 11th-place finish at Kansas Speedway today."

Chase Elliott won the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Elliott is really starting to heat up heading into the Round of 8 next week after scoring his second victory in the Round of 12 and his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win this season.

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Wrangler Riggs Workwear Ford Fusion - YOU HIT THE WALL EARLY, HOW MUCH DID THAT IMPACT YOUR DAY? “Obviously it was a mistake I made trying to work hard to catch those guys and I pushed too hard and got in the fence. It is all my fault. Whether it would have worked out for us or not, I don't know. I don't think we had the speed the 9 or 4 had. The 9 was super fast. I don't know. I messed up and cost us a shot. I want to thank Wrangler and Menards and Ford for doing what they do. The whole 12 team deserves better than that. That was unfortunate on my part.”

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Wrangler Riggs Workwear Ford Fusion - Qualified 4th “I feel pretty good about that. I felt like we made a really good change there for the last round. It felt a lot faster than that actually, I can’t believe it wasn’t faster. I am kind of puzzled. It was a good effort. We had speed all day and we will start second row, not a bad place for what we need to do. Hopefully we can have a good day on Sunday.”