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WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 RAPTORTOUGH.COM CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Teleconference Transcript:

It’s a big weekend at Kansas Speedway as NASCAR’s top two series battle for Playoff positions, while Ty Gibbs looks to clinch a historic national ARCA title.

Denny Hamlin came away with an 11th-place finish in Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway despite two wrecks and a less-than-perfect car.

Cole Custer and the No. 41 Feeding America®/Wow Wow Classic Waffles Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) are ready for the season’s final NASCAR Cup Series race on a 1.5-mile intermediate oval, Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City.

History at Kansas: In 19 starts, Almirola has seven top-10 finishes and has led 69 laps.

Michael McDowell and the NASCAR Cup Series are heading back to Kansas Speedway this weekend for their second and final appearance of the 2021 season.

It’s October and, as usual this time of year, M&M’S has brought back its Halloween-themed No. 18 M&M’S Toyota for driver Kyle Busch during the next two NASCAR Cup Series races – this weekend at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City and the following weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway – during one of M&M’S busiest seasons.

Buescher makes his 12th Cup start at Kansas on Sunday where he carries an 18.5 average finish. He’s coming off an eighth-place run there this spring, his second-best result at the 1.5-mile track outside of a sixth-place run in 2017.

Newman makes his 32nd Cup start at Kansas Speedway this weekend, a track he won at back in 2003. Overall he has seven top-10s, three of which were inside the top five, with a 19.7 average finish.

The Round of 8 for the NASCAR Cup and NASCAR XFINITY Series continues this weekend at Kansas Speedway with Ford drivers Ryan Blaney (Cup) and Austin Cindric (NXS) holding down Championship 4 transfer spots in their respective series with two races remaining.