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NASCAR Cup Sequence
Next Hunch: Smooth Start Batteries 400 supplied by O’Reilly Auto Aspects

The Hiss: Kansas Speedway

The Date: Thursday, July 23

The Time: 7: 30 p.m. ET

TV: NBCSN, 7 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 400.5 miles (267 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 80), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 160), Closing Stage (Ends on Lap 267)

2019 Hunch Winner: Denny Hamlin

NASCAR Xfinity Sequence
Next Hunch: Kansas Lottery 250

The Hiss: Kansas Speedway

The Date: Saturday, July 25

The Time: 5 p.m. ET

TV: NBCSN, 4: 30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 250.5 miles (167 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 40), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 80), Closing Stage (Ends on Lap 167)

2019 Hunch Winner: Brandon Jones

NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence
Next Hunch: Kansas 200

The Hiss: Kansas Speedway

The Date: Friday, July 24

The Time: 7 p.m. ET

TV: FS1, 6: 30 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Closing Stage (Ends on Lap 134)

2019 Hunch Winner: Ross Chastain

NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence
Next Hunch: Kansas Speedway 200

The Hiss: Kansas Speedway

The Date: Saturday, July 25

The Time: 1: 30 p.m. ET

TV: FS1, 1 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Closing Stage (Ends on Lap 134

NASCAR Cup Sequence

Midweek Racing: Kansas Speedway below the lights

You learn that correct, the NASCAR Cup Sequence is bringing the total action to the followers in a mid-week showdown with Thursday evening’s Smooth Start Batteries 400 Presented by O’Reilly Auto Aspects bustle at Kansas Speedway at 7: 30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. This week’s Kansas bustle could be the 80th time the NASCAR Cup Sequence has competed on a Thursday.

Main as much as this season within the Novel Abilities (1972-Repeat) racing on a Thursday has been uncommon; it ideal came about once or twice when Daytona Global Speedway held their July bustle on the fourth (1974, 1985). But, sooner than the Novel Abilities, mid-week racing was once moderately usual – 76 of outdated 79 Cup races held on Thursday had been sooner than the Novel Abilities from 1949 to 1971.

Below are the last 15 NASCAR Cup Sequence races held on a Thursday:

Date Display screen Hunch Winner Season
1 Thursday, Might per chance well 28, 2020 Charlotte Hunch Elliott 2020
2 Thursday, July 4, 1985 Daytona Greg Sacks 1985
3 Thursday, July 4, 1974 Daytona David Pearson 1974
4 Thursday, July 15, 1971 Islip Richard Petty 1971
5 Thursday, April 15, 1971 Maryville Richard Petty 1971
6 Thursday, April 8, 1971 Columbia Richard Petty 1971
7 Thursday, February 11, 1971 Daytona Pete Hamilton 1971
8 Thursday, February 11, 1971 Daytona David Pearson 1971
9 Thursday, August 6, 1970 Columbia Bobby Isaac 1970
10 Thursday, July 9, 1970 Thompson Bobby Isaac 1970
11 Thursday, Might per chance well 28, 1970 Maryville Bobby Isaac 1970
12 Thursday, April 30, 1970 Columbia Richard Petty 1970
13 Thursday, February 19, 1970 Daytona Charlie Glotzbach 1970
14 Thursday, February 19, 1970 Daytona Cale Yarborough 1970
15 Thursday, September 18, 1969 Columbia Bobby Isaac 1969

Kansas Speedway has hosted the NASCAR Cup Sequence 28 times, but this week’s could be the predominant on a Thursday. The 28 outdated Cup occasions hold produced 16 assorted pole winners and 15 assorted bustle winners. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick leads the series in poles at Kansas with 5 (tumble 2013, 2014 sweep, spring 2018, spring 2019). NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon (2001, 2002, 2014), Kevin Harvick (2013, 2016, 2018) and Jimmie Johnson (2008, 2011, 2015) are all tied for the series-most wins at Kansas with three each and each. NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon received the predominant NASCAR Cup Sequence bustle at Kansas Speedway on September 30, 2001; in actuality, Gordon received the predominant two series races at Kansas (2001, 2002). The series’ most widespread driver Hunch Elliott holds the document for the youngest series Kansas winner at 22 years, 10 months, 23 days (October 21, 2018) and NASCAR Hall of Famer Label Martin is the oldest series Kansas winner at 46 years, 9 months, 0 days.

NASCAR Cup Sequence
Kansas Active Hunch Winners
Active Hunch Winners Wins
Jimmie Johnson 3
Kevin Harvick 3
Brad Keselowski 2
Denny Hamlin 2
Joey Logano 2
Martin Truex Jr 2
Matt Kenseth 2
Hunch Elliott 1
Kyle Busch 1
Ryan Newman 1

On this week’s tournament, 10 of the 15 old NASCAR Cup Sequence Kansas bustle winners are entered; including last season’s winners Brad Keselowski (Might per chance well) and Denny Hamlin (Playoffs). The Might per chance well bustle last 12 months was once dominated by Kevin Harvick, who led 104 laps, but it absolutely was once Brad Keselowski who handed Alex Bowman with 11 laps to dawdle to lift the checkered flag and his 2d occupation lift at the 1.5-mile note.

Of the 10 old Cup Kansas winners entered on Thursday, four of them are quiet buying for their first lift in 2020 – Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman. Of the four, Kyle Busch is basically the most latest winner at Kansas grabbing his lone victory at 1.5-mile note in 2016.

Playoff characterize is taking form; two novel winners in last two races

The 2020 NASCAR Cup Sequence Playoff characterize is initiating to turn into clearer over the previous two weeks as two novel drivers – Cole Custer (Kentucky) and Austin Dillon (Texas) – hold locked themselves into the postseason on wins. Now correct six spots are left to compose the Playoffs because the series heads to Kansas Speedway for Thursday evening’s Smooth Start Batteries 400 Presented by O’Reilly Auto Aspects at 7: 30 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Drivers with wins which are locked into the Playoffs are Kevin Harvick (four wins), Denny Hamlin (four), Brad Keselowski (two), Joey Logano (two), Ryan Blaney, Hunch Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, and Cole Custer (each and each hold one lift).

With correct eight races left within the conventional season, each and each tournament will ratchet up the rigidity on the drivers to lift; especially the six drivers clinging to their aspects in Playoff rivalry.

Heading into this week’s bustle at Kansas, Aric Almirola (109 aspects up), Kurt Busch (108) and defending series champion Kyle Busch (95) all hold substantial aspects leads over 17th home William Byron. Almirola is one of the best ranked driver within the standings with out a lift. He has made 16 starts at 1.5-mile note posting six high 10s. Kurt Busch leads the series in essentially the most starts at Kansas with out a lift at 28, but he has had some success striking up four high 5 and 11 high 10s. Of the three with sizeable aspects cushions heading into Thursday evening, Kyle Busch has had essentially the most success at Kansas posting one lift (2016) and 7 high fives. In last season’s Might per chance well Kansas bustle Kurt Busch carried out seventh, Almirola carried out 12th and Kyle Busch was once 30th.

Wood Brothers Racing’s Matt DiBenedetto is subsequent within the driver standings and is having a occupation 12 months, currently 14th within the Playoff outlook with a 51-point cushion up on 17th home William Byron – the predominant space birth air the Playoff cutoff. This season DiBenedetto has quiet two high fives and 5 high 10s. He has made 10 series starts at Kansas posting a median enact of 25.6; including his occupation-ideal enact in last season’s Playoff bustle of 15th.

Next up within the Playoff outlook is Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer, currently 15th correct 36 aspects up on postseason cutline. This season Bowyer has gathered two high fives and 5 high 10s. However the Emporia, Kansas, native is hoping a dawdle to to his home note can procure him his first lift of 2020 and locked into the Playoffs. Bowyer has made 23 series starts at Kansas posting three high fives and eight high 10s. He carried out fifth within the Might per chance well Kansas bustle last season.

Appropriate worship last week, Jimmie Johnson continues to teeter alongside the NASCAR Cup Sequence Playoff’s cutline, currently 16th within the driver standings a mere two aspects up on his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron in 17th – the predominant space birth air Playoff switch spots. Johnson is riding a winless run that has reached 113 races – dating wait on to Dover in 2017 – but all that also can alternate this Thursday at Kansas, a note at which Johnson shares the series lead for wins. Johnson has made 27 series starts at Kansas posting three poles, three wins, nine high fives and 19 high 10s. His moderate enact at Kansas is a solid 10.3.

Johnson carried out sixth within the Might per chance well Kansas bustle last season.

Irascible Driver Facets Hunch Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts Pts From Cutoff
11 Aric Almirola 534 0 2 2 109
12 Kurt Busch 533 0 1 1 108
13 Kyle Busch 520 0 0 0 95
14 Matt DiBenedetto 476 0 0 0 51
15 Clint Bowyer 461 0 2 2 36
16 Jimmie Johnson 427 0 1 1 2
17 William Byron 425 0 2 2 -2
18 Tyler Reddick # 413 0 1 1 -14
19 Erik Jones 403 0 0 0 -24
20 Bubba Wallace 351 0 0 0 -76
21 Chris Buescher 341 0 0 0 -86
22 Christopher Bell # 325 0 0 0 -102
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 321 0 1 1 -106
24 Michael McDowell 320 0 0 0 -107
25 John Hunter Nemechek # 307 0 0 0 -120
26 Ryan Newman 300 0 0 0 -127
27 Ty Dillon 255 0 0 0 -172
28 Matt Kenseth 253 0 0 0 -174
29 Corey LaJoie 243 0 0 0 -184
30 Ryan Preece 190 0 0 0 -237

Of the 5 drivers birth air the Playoffs but within a 100 aspects of the cutoff, Tyler Reddick (9.0) has the speak moderate enact at Kansas Speedway; followed by Erik Jones (16.9), Chris Buescher (17.8), William Byron (24.0) and Bubba Wallace (28.2).

Harvick’s lead also can raise him to the Championship 4

By map of 18 races this season, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick has been the class of the sphere and his lead on his opponents also can very effectively be adequate to raise him to the Playoff’s Championship 4.

He’s currently tied with Denny Hamlin for the series-most wins this season with four each and each, and he’s main series driver standings by an unparalleled 91 aspects over 2d home Ryan Blaney.

All these stats sound colossal, but what does imply intention Playoff time? Nicely, it isn’t correct files for his opponents.

Harvick’s four wins (5 Playoff aspects each and each) plus two stage wins has garnered him 22 Playoff aspects currently. With virtually a two-bustle lead in aspects over 2d home Ryan Blaney (-91) that is also virtually very no longer in all probability for him to no longer lift the conventional season championship, which is ready to award Harvick 15 extra Playoff aspects bringing his total to 37 Playoff aspects to raise during the postseason – virtually a bustle successful total of 40 above his opponents. And that’s if he doesn’t lift anymore in these last eight races of the conventional season.

Harvick has made 28 series starts at Kansas posting 5 poles (series-most), three wins (tied for series-most), eight high fives, 15 high 10s and a median enact of 9.7.

NASCAR Cup Sequence And loads of others.:

Apply/Qualifying cancelled relaxation of 2020 – This week, NASCAR has introduced that the remainder of the 2020 season can be flee with out prepare and qualifying in all three nationwide series.

Please study the under assertion from Scott Miller, NASCAR Senior Vice President of Competitors.

“Following discussions with our bustle groups and the broader industry, NASCAR will proceed to habits its bustle weekends with out prepare and qualifying for the remainder of the 2020 season in all three nationwide series. The hot structure has worked effectively in addressing several challenges for the length of our return to racing. Most considerably, we hold viewed competitive racing week-to-week. NASCAR will adjust the starting lineup blueprint diagram for the Playoff races, and can quiet explain the novel route of at a later date.”

Sunoco Rooke Update – NASCAR Cup Sequence Sunoco Rookie of the 12 months candidate and Richard Childress Racing driver Tyler Reddick posted his series occupation-ideal enact last weekend at Texas (runner-up). Its was once the predominant time since 2011 (Talladega: Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton) that RCR drivers carried out 1-2 within the series. It was once also Reddick’s eight rookie of the bustle award of the season. He now has an 88 point lead on 2d home Christopher Bell in Sunoco rookie standings.

NASCAR Xfinity Sequence

On Deck: Kansas Speedway for Xfinity Sequence

The NASCAR Xfinity Sequence heads to Kansas Speedway this weekend for a Saturday showdown. The Kansas Lottery 250 can be at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. After last weekend’s excitement at Texas Motor Speedway the set apart Austin Cindric quiet his third consecutive series lift after Kyle Busch’s No. 54 Toyota was once disqualified, the series looks forward to 167 laps at the 1.5-mile note.

Cindric is now sitting moderately in 2d home within the Playoff standings, 24 aspects within the wait on of chief Hunch Briscoe. Briscoe leads the series with 5 wins this season and Cindric is correct within the wait on of him with three.

There are currently six drivers locked into the Xfinity Sequence Playoffs including Briscoe, Cindric, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, and Brandon Jones.

Burton, a Sunoco Rookie of the 12 months contender, is one of the best-ranked rookie and has two wins thus far this season.

Justin Allgaier is one of the best-ranked driver with out a lift thus far this season in sixth, 146 wait on from the aspects chief.

Jones got his first occupation Xfinity Sequence victory at Kansas Speedway last season and is the speak driver currently entered with a outdated lift at the note. Jones, who has been the recipient of a run of nasty luck within the outdated few weeks, will head into Saturday’s bustle with that momentum on his aspect.

Matt Kenseth holds the series qualifying document at the note from October 17, 2015, at 184.906 mph and Christopher Bell holds the bustle document from October 21, 2017 at 141.158 mph.

Kyle Busch holds the document for essentially the most wins (4), Kenseth holds the document for essentially the most poles (3) and Busch holds the document for most high fives (8) and most high 10s (10).

Toyota has essentially the most bustle wins by a producer with nine and in 2016, we saw essentially the most caution laps in a bustle at the note with 51 and the fewest caution laps in a bustle was once 20 in 2017.

The inaugural Xfinity Sequence bustle at Kansas was once in 2001 and received by Jeff Green, contemporary crew chief for RSS Racing. He went wait on-to-wait on, successful in 2002 as effectively.

Handiest two races had been received from the pole position (2010 and 2016).

This weekend’s Kansas Lottery 250 (5 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) can be 250.5 miles and 167 laps. The degrees will cease on Lap 40 and Lap 80.

Playoff Shakeup: How Xfinity Sequence looks after Texas

The Xfinity Sequence bustle at Texas Motor Speedway shook up the Playoff outlook for the drivers.

With six drivers locked into the Playoffs with a lift, spots seven through 12 are quiet up for grabs and the competition is getting crazier each and each week.

Ross Chastain holds the seventh space within the driver Playoff standings because the predominant driver with out a lift. Justin Allgaier is correct within the wait on of Chastain in eighth and his JR Motorsports teammate Michael Annett is in ninth. Riley Herbst, every other Sunoco Rookie of the 12 months contender, is handing on to the 10th space while Ryan Sieg and Brandon Brown round out the terminate 12.

Irascible Driver Facets Hunch Wins Stage Wins Pts. On the wait on of
1 Hunch Briscoe 691 5 3 IN ON WINS
2 Austin Cindric 667 3 5 IN ON WINS
3 Noah Gragson 643 2 8 IN ON WINS
4 Harrison Burton 536 2 0 IN ON WINS
5 Justin Haley 550 1 1 IN ON WINS
6 Brandon Jones 448 1 2 IN ON WINS
7 Ross Chastain 614 0 0 297
8 Justin Allgaier 545 0 7 228
9 Michael Annett 481 0 0 163
10 Riley Herbst 377 0 0 60
11 Ryan Sieg 375 0 2 58
12 Brandon Brown 348 0 0 31
13 Jeremy Clements 317 0 0 -31
14 Myatt Snider 310 0 0 -38
15 Jesse Cramped 297 0 0 -51

Jeremy Clements has viewed loads of success in latest weeks, bumping himself up correct under the cutline in 13th. Rookie of the 12 months contender Myatt Snider is sitting in 14th and fellow rookie Jesse Cramped is in 15th. Cramped hasn’t been ranked that high within the Playoff standings all season until now.

Gragson has essentially the most stage wins of any driver this season with eight and his teammate Allgaier has the 2d-most with seven.

JRM’s Hemric, Allgaier existing Kansas energy, velocity

Taking a survey at the numbers because the season takes on Kansas Speedway, Justin Allgaier is ranked first within the closers category with a median enact of 10.9, moderate preference of spots won 3.3 and positions moved up being 30. Allgaier has the eighth-ideal moderate running position and sixth-ideal moderate driver ranking at 90.1.

If it had been no longer for loads of nasty luck, Allgaier would in all probability hold a lift already this season. But, penalties and wrecks hold taken him out of rivalry in a expansive preference of races.

He has led 417 laps thus far this season and has seven stage wins but has yet to procure the checkered flag. He has four high fives and eight high 10s in his 16 starts. His laps led is the third-most of any driver within the series.

Daniel Hemric, who runs on a part-time basis for JR Motorsports within the No. 8 Chevrolet, has solid numbers at Kansas and is every other one from the JR Motorsports camp to support an thought out for.

He has the 2d-ideal driver ranking at Kansas at 115.8 within the wait on of Kyle Busch in first. He has the speak moderate velocity early in a flee, ideal moderate velocity lifeless in a flee, is ranked third for fastest laps flee (54), is the fastest on restarts. Hemric is also the speak driver entered this weekend had received a pole award beforehand (2018).

Of his 10 starts, Hemric has two high fives and 6 high 10s. He has also led 10 laps. Alongside with his trip at the note, he also can very effectively be ready to salvage a lift for the No. 8 workforce.

Sunoco Rookie Update

Sunoco Rookie of the 12 months
Learners Facets
Harrison Burton 536
Riley Herbst 377
Jesse Cramped 297
Joe Graf Jr. 218
Myatt Snider 158
Kody Vanderwal 95

Harrison Burton carried out fourth last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, making him one of the best-ending rookie and awarding him the Rookie of the Hunch award. Burton has 11 rookie awards this season.

Jesse Cramped was once the 2d-very best ending rookie in 14th. Riley Herbst, who received the rookie award at Kentucky Speedway with a solid flee, was once alive to on an early on-note incident, forcing him to enact in 36th.

Happily for Herbst, he’s quiet preserving onto his 2d-home ranking within the rookie standings.

Taking a survey forward to Kansas, Burton has made one birth at the note and that was once in 2019 for Joe Gibbs Racing. He’ll be buying for redemption on Saturday as he carried out 34th last season after being alive to on a damage on Lap 70.

Burton is the speak rookie with any trip below his belt at Kansas so the assorted 5 drivers will compose their note debuts.

NASCAR Xfinity Sequence, And loads of others.

Grala wait on within the wait on of in No. 21: Kaz Grala can be making his 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence debut this weekend at Kansas Speedway within the No. 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The bustle will imprint his 28th occupation birth. Closing season, he made 5 starts for RCR and had a season-ideal enact of fifth at Avenue The United States. Grala has never made a birth in his Xfinity Sequence occupation at Kansas so this weekend will imprint his first. As far as his Xfinity Sequence occupation to this point, Grala has three high fives and 6 high 10s to his determine with 13 laps led.

NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence

Making Historical previous: First NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence doubleheader this weekend

The NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence will compose ancient previous this weekend at Kansas Speedway as they embark on their first ever doubleheader weekend.

The series will kick off with their first bustle on Friday evening for the Kansas 200 (7 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Then, they’ll enact all of it all all over again on Saturday for the Kansas Speedway 200 (1: 30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The Gander Autos hold never been a part of a doubleheader weekend, but with the COVID-19 pandemic and the many time table updates, the celebrities aligned this weekend.

There had been 19 Gander Autos bustle at Kansas Speedway with the inaugural bustle being on July 7, 2001 and received by Ricky Hendrick.

Since then, there had been 17 assorted bustle winners and 15 assorted pole winners. Three races had been received from the pole position and the reigning Gander Autos champion, Matt Crafton, holds the bustle document at 139.857 mph on Might per chance well 8, 2015.

Crafton, Johnny Sauter and Ross Chastain are the speak outdated winners entered to flee this weekend at Kansas. Crafton has two wins at Kansas (2013, 2015) Sauter has one (2010) and Chastain is basically the most latest bustle winner from last season with one.

The 2 Gander Autos races at Kansas can be 201 miles and 134 laps. Stage 1 will cease on Lap 30 and Stage 2 will cease on Lap 60.

Two drivers in ancient previous hold gotten their first Gander Autos occupation lift at Kansas Speedway.

William Byron received on Might per chance well 6, 2016 and Chastain’s lift on Might per chance well 10, 2019. The series has loads of drivers quiet buying for their first Gander Autos lift. Might per chance well well Kansas be the home to procure it completed?

Triple Truck Predicament is wait on!

The Triple Truck Predicament is returning his 12 months after a winning debut last season. This 12 months, the program will birth at the Daytona Global Speedway road route at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 16.

The 2d bustle will lift home at Dover Global Speedway and the third bustle of the scenario can be at World Huge Abilities Raceway at gateway on August 30.

This 12 months’s guidelines will reproduction last season. The drivers will compete for money prizes worship:

  • $50,000 bonus for the bustle winner of any of the three occasions
  • If a driver wins two of the three occasions, they’re awarded an additional $50,000, totaling $150,000
  • Make a choice all three occasions and lift home a additional $300,000 for a total of $500,000 in prize money.

Greg Biffle came out of retirement in 2019 to lift the predominant Triple Truck Predicament evets at Texas Motor Speedway for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Brett Moffitt received at Iowa Speedway and Ross Chastain received at Gateway.

“The Rush back and forth” was once in the initiating presupposed to lift home starting April 18 at Richmond Raceway and persevering with into Might per chance well at Dover and Charlotte Motor Speedway, but due to the the COVID-19 pandemic it was once rescheduled.

Shaking up the Playoff characterize publish-Texas

The ideal two drivers currently locked within the NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence Playoffs heading into Friday evening’s Gander Autos bustle at Kansas Speedway are ThorSport Racing’s Grant Enfinger and GMS Racing’s Sheldon Creed. That suggests there are quiet eight postseason spots quiet up for grabs.

Irascible Driver Facets Hunch Wins Playoff Pts Pts from Cutoff
1 Grant Enfinger 252 2 11 In On Wins
2 Sheldon Creed 268 1 8
3 Austin Hill 300 0 0 86
4 Ben Rhodes 278 0 0 64
5 Christian Eckes # 267 0 0 53
6 Zane Smith # 254 0 1 40
7 Brett Moffitt 253 0 1 39
8 Tyler Ankrum 248 0 0 34
9 Todd Gilliland 234 0 0 20
10 Matt Crafton 225 0 0 11
11 Derek Kraus # 214 0 0 -11
12 Johnny Sauter 203 0 0 -22
13 Stewart Friesen 203 0 0 -22
14 Tanner Grey # 177 0 0 -48
15 Raphael Lessard # 168 0 0 -57

With 16 races within the books, old series champion Johnny Sauter is under the Playoff cutline after a traumatic efficiency last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. He currently sits in 12th, 22 aspects wait on from chief Austin Hill. Sunoco rookie Derek Kraus in 11th – the predominant space birth air the Playoff cutoff. Matt Crafton was once birth air the postseason cutline sooner than the bustle at Texas but his third-home enact at Texas pushed him to the hot seat. He’s now sitting within the last Playoff space.

Taking a survey to Kansas, the ThorSport Racing teammates of Sauter and Crafton are the speak NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence championship contenders entered this weekend with outdated wins at the 1.5-mile note. Ross Chastain is also a outdated winner but is no longer a championship contender. Even supposing, if he wins, that does imply every other week with out a fulltime Gander Autos bustle winner.

Johnny Sauter has made 11 series starts at Kansas, with a lift coming in ideal his 2d birth in 2010. He’s posted six high fives, seven high 10s and has a median enact of 10.0.

Crafton has made series-most 19 starts at Texas two wins (2013, 2015) 5 high fives, 10 high 10s, one pole and a median enact of 12.1.

NASCAR Gander RV & Start air Truck Sequence, And loads of others.

Rookie substitute: Christian Eckes quiet leads the potential for the Gander Autos Sunoco Rookie of the 12 months contenders. He has four awards and 267. Zane Smith is correct within the wait on of him, ideal 10 aspects wait on, with two awards. Derek Kraus is sitting in third within the rookie aspects with one award and Tanner Grey is in fourth with one award and 177 aspects.

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