NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Kansas Lottery 300
The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Saturday, October 17
The Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: NBCSN, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
What To Watch For:
Since the inception of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs in 2016, Kansas Speedway has hosted the fourth race in the postseason, the first race of the Round of 8. The previous four NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff races at Kansas have produced four different winners – three of the four were non-Playoff drivers: Kyle Busch in 2016 (Cup contender), Christopher Bell in 2017 (Truck contender), John H. Nemechek was ranked 16th in Xfinity points on a part-time schedule in 2018. Last season’s winner was a Playoff driver, but Brandon Jones was ranked 10th in the points at the time of the win after being eliminated in Round of 12. Jones is the only active driver this weekend at Kansas with a previous win at the 1.5-mile facility.
Jones is not only looking to win this weekend to get the automatic bid to the Championship 4 round, but also because he would like to join his fellow JGR teammate Kyle Busch (2014, 2015, 2016) as just the second driver in series history to win three consecutive races at Kansas Speedway.
In total Kansas Speedway has hosted 20 NASCAR Xfinity Series races producing 15 different pole winners and 15 different race winners. .
Kyle Busch leads the series in wins (four), top fives (eight), top 10s (10) and laps led (544).
Matt Kenseth leads the series poles at Kansas with three.
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