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.
Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series pole Saturday with a 168.521 mph lap at Darlington Raceway. He will lead the field to green for the Cook Out Southern 500 Sunday evening in the first race of the Playoffs.
Chase Elliott enters the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as the top seed with 40 bonus points and four wins to his credit. But does that make him the favorite to win the 2022 championship?
This weekend the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series head to Darlington Raceway. It will mark the beginning of the Cup Series Round of 16 in the Playoffs while the Xfinity Series has three races remaining in its regular season.
The Melbourne, Australia, native is set to reach a milestone start in his third full-time season as a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief for Martin Truex Jr. and Joe Gibbs Racing.
