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NASCAR will make its first appearance in the Midwest this weekend as the 1.5-mile oval of Kansas Speedway will play host for a Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series doubleheader event.

NASCAR’s Cup and O’Reilly Series head to America’s heartland this weekend for the first of two visits to Kansas Speedway in 2026.

The No. 4 team enters the event after a 26th place result at the Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend.

In 28 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Spire Motorsports has logged one top-10 and five top-20 finishes. Zane Smith owns the team's best finish, a 10th-place effort earned in September 2024.

Todd Gilliland, driver of the No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Front Row Motorsports, is coming off a season-best sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Kansas Speedway will host a doubleheader this weekend, highlighted by Sunday’s AdventHealth 400. Ford Racing goes into the event with 749 all-time NASCAR Cup Series victories

Richard Childress Racing and driver Austin Dillon in 2026 as the former NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) Champion returns to the Series for the first time in Texas since 2017, driving the No. 3 Boot Barn Chevrolet at Texas Motor Speedway.

Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse team nearly came away with their second win of the season in Sunday's Food City 500 but ultimately settled for a second-place result in an overtime finish at Bristol.

After showing solid speed through the opening two stages of Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team saw their strong run slip away in the closing stage, ultimately finishing 32nd.

It’s always a hard-fought race on the high-banked half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway and the Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing teams were up for the challenge Sunday.