NASCAR Cup Series

With Michael Waltrip Racing set to close their doors at the end of the season, Clint Bowyer has expressed the want to give the employees a win before heading off to HScott Motorsports for 2016. Unfortunately, heavy contact with the wall on lap 171 would see Bowyer's day at Kansas Speedway end early.

Fresh off the announcement of the rules package for next year, here is what was surprising and not surprising from this year’s second race of the Contender round from the 15th annual Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Defending race winner and six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson, made a strong showing in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway with a third place finish. It was his 16th top-10 finish in 19 races at the 1.5-mile venue.

Joey Logano goes to Gatorade Victory Lane in the Hollywood Casino 400 for the second year in a row in Kansas, but not without controversy.

Joey Logano took the other Talladega golden ticket after scoring the victory in America's heartland.

Toyota drivers earned two top-five finishes in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race – including a runner-up result by Denny Hamlin and a fifth-place showing by Kyle Busch – and Busch was victorious in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event on Saturday at Kansas Speedway.

ROGER PENSKE, Owner – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “We’re very fortunate to have Joey on our team. He came on here a few years ago and has really been up ever since. There’s no question he and Brad, I’ve said it before, have made quite a bond together and the two crew chiefs with Paul and Todd, they’ve worked together on the Nationwide/XFINITY and of course have come together here.

Richard Childress Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Paul Menard and Austin Dillon finished 11th, 19th and 41st, respectively, in the Kansas 400 at Kansas Speedway Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. fought back from a pit-road penalty to finish 15th in Sunday's roller coaster Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

Brian Scott and the No. 33 Shore Lodge Chevrolet team qualified in the 16th position for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kansas 400 at Kansas Speedway. In his Sprint Cup debut at the 1.5-mile track, the 28-year-old driver raced in and around the top 20 for the first 100 laps of the race as they battled with handling issues, namely a lack of front turn on his Chevrolet SS.