Denny Hamlin chased down Bubba Wallace over the closing laps, but couldn't get close enough to make the pass, instead settling for his second-consecutive runner-up finish.
The 28-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led 58 of 267-scheduled laps, including the final 43, en route to his second Cup career victory at Kansas.
Tyler Reddick was last but not least in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Saturday at Kansas Speedway. His lap of 29.899 seconds at 180.608 mph in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet earned him the Busch Light Pole Award.
The 24-year-old Gragson from Las Vegas, Nevada, led 20 of 93-shortened laps, including the final 18, before being awarded his fifth Xfinity victory of 2022.
The 2020 Truck Series champion from Alpine, California, trails the top-12 cutline to make the 2022 Xfinity Playoffs by 13 points entering the regular-season finale.
The 25-year-old Nemechek from Mooresville, North Carolina, led a race-high 88 of 134-scheduled laps en route to his second Truck Series victory of 2022 and with a secured spot in the Playoff's Round of 8.
NASCAR travels to Kansas Speedway this Sunday for the second race of the Cup Series Playoffs. The Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series will join them for a full weekend of racing.
Kaden Honeycutt (No. 17 Mohawk Northeast / MMI Services Toyota) scored his second career ARCA Menards Series victory and his second win of the season in Friday’s LiUNA! 150
Top Fuel’s Jasmine Salinas powered to the provisional No. 1 spot on Friday at Pacific Raceways, moving closer to her first career top qualifier at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.
