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Event Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Event: AdventHealth 400 <\/strong>(Round 13 of 36)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Time\/Date: 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Location: Kansas Speedway<\/strong> in Kansas City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Layout: 1.5-mile oval<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Laps\/Miles: 267 laps\/400 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Stage Lengths: Stage 1: 80 laps \/ Stage 2: 85 laps \/ Final Stage: 102 laps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf TV\/Radio: FS1 \/ MRN \/ SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Cole Custer heads to the season\u2019s second NASCAR Cup Series race on a true mile-and-a-half tri-oval when he and the No. 41 HaasTooling.com\/Production Alliance Group Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing<\/strong> (SHR) take to the track at Kansas Speedway<\/a><\/strong> in Kansas City for Sunday\u2019s AdventHealth 400.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Sunday\u2019s 400-mile race will be Custer\u2019s 88th Cup Series start and his fifth at Kansas. His Kansas debut resulted in a seventh-place finish in July 2020 en route to earning that year\u2019s Rookie of the Year honors, best of his previous four Kansas outings. It was his fourth top-10 through his first 19 Cup Series starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Riding along with Custer and his SHR Mustang is team co-owner Gene Haas\u2019 newest holding, Haas Tooling<\/strong>, which was launched as a way for CNC machinists to purchase high-quality cutting tools at great prices. Haas cutting tools are sold exclusively online at HaasTooling.com and shipped directly to end users. HaasTooling.com products became available nationally in July 2020. Haas Automation, founded by Haas in 1983, is America\u2019s leading builder of CNC machine tools. The company manufactures a complete line of vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning centers and rotary tables and indexers. All Haas products are constructed in the company\u2019s 1.1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California, and distributed through a worldwide network of Haas Factory Outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Also returning to Custer\u2019s No. 41 Mustang for the second time this season is Production Alliance Group <\/strong>(PAG). Tustin, California-based PAG is a premium, live-event and creative development company. Its creative works can been seen at concerts, award shows, sporting events, and corporate events. From the lights to the sound and everything in-between, PAG is the creativity and execution behind it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf The 24-year-old from Ladera Ranch, California, pulled double duty with PAG as primary sponsor in both the Feb. 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series race and the Feb. 27 Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Saturday, he scored his 10th career Xfinity Series victory in dominating fashion behind the wheel of the No. 07 for SS GreenLight Racing, qualifying second, leading a race-high 80 laps and crossing the finish line .565 of a second ahead of runner-up Noah Gragson in the third overtime. Custer followed that up with a solid 11th-place finish in the Cup Series race in his No. 41 SHR Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Custer has four Kansas appearances in NASCAR Xfinity Series competition, the most recent three in the No. 00 SHR Ford and the first in the No. 5 entry for JR Motorsports, with a best finish of 11th in the 2019 event after leading a race-high 85 laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf In his lone NASCAR Camping World Truck Series outing at Kansas, the 24-year-old from Ladera Ranch, California, qualified fourth and finished seventh in the No. 00 JR Motorsports entry in the May 2016 race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf Custer\u2019s potential top-10 finish in Sunday\u2019s annual Throwback Race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway ended 33 laps short when he was caught up in a multicar accident that was not of his own doing. He arrives at Kansas 26th in the Cup Series standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com\/Production Alliance Group Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re coming off a potentially strong finish that came to an abrupt end when you got caught up in a late-race accident at Darlington last Sunday. Do you feel there is momentum as you head to Kansas this weekend?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, right when we had things turning around, we got caught up in the wreck on the backstretch. We\u2019ve had a lot of things not go our way this year, but all you can do is move on to the next one, and that one is a pretty racey track at Kansas. Hopefully we can build on the positives from Darlington. Kansas is actually a tough racetrack. You have to move around and work the different lanes. You have to have the speed, as well, obviously. Track position is going to be huge and how you work the strategy is important. It\u2019s a track where you have to put everything together. You have to make sure you can work the lanes good, and work them from the bottom to the top of the track.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kansas has one of your best tracks during since your Rookie of the Year campaign in 2020, when you scored your third career top-10 in the spring, then came back in the fall to almost grab another. How was that experience for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe guys fought all race long both times that year and we definitely were able to make something of it in the first race, even though it wasn\u2019t the prettiest day. We were in a good position in the fall race. Right there at the end was the best I had been in the top groove all race long. But a speeding penalty set us back and we still ended up with 14th place, which was disappointing when we considered what might have been. Our spring race last year turned out to be a frustrating day, but we came back and had a decent run in the fall race.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be just the second race weekend of the season on a true mile-and-a-half tri-oval. Is there anything you can carry over from the first one at Las Vegas to this weekend\u2019s race?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery single track is different, so you can\u2019t necessarily bring the same thing to each one. Considering we almost made it to halfway in the race at Las Vegas before something happened under the hood, we didn\u2019t get the most track time that we could\u2019ve. But it was a very eventful day, for sure. We started in the back and then we started making progress, but had to go to the back again. Then we spun and had to go to the back one more time, so it was just an eventful day and it didn\u2019t end very well. I think we had a solid car, though. We finally got running good at the end and it was shaping up to be a solid day, but it didn\u2019t work out. We do know with how the aero is on the NextGen car, they\u2019re edgier to drive on the mile-and-a-halves. But I think we have a really good idea on what we need to bring to Kansas this weekend. We\u2019ve been working hard to put in all the preparation we can, but it all still comes down to making our best educated guess because we still don\u2019t get a ton of track time before race day. You just have to hope you hit it right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 41 HaasTooling.com\/Production Alliance Group Team Roster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary Team Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driver: Cole Custer
Hometown: Ladera Ranch, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crew Chief: Mike Shiplett
Hometown: Amherst, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Car Chief: Tony Cardamone
Hometown: Bristol, Virginia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineer: Lee Deese<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Rockingham, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineer: Scott Bingham
Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotter: Andy Houston
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over-The-Wall Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Front Tire Changer: Josh Leslie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Mount Clemens, Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rear Tire Changer: Coleman Dollarhide
Hometown: Hickory, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tire Carrier: Chad Emmons
Hometown: Tyler, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Man: Matthew Schlytter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Ponte Vedra, Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel Man: Dewayne Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Griffin, Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road Crew Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mechanic: Joe Zanolini
Hometown: Sybertsville, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shock Specialist: Aaron Kuehn
Hometown: Kensington, Connecticut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engine Tuner: Jimmy Fife<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Orange County, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tire Specialist: Austin Greco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Harrisburg, North Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transporter Co-Driver: David Rodrigues
Hometown: Santa Clarita, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transporter Co-Driver: Charlie Schleyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hometown: Youngsville, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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