HOT
– Joey Logano: won Kansas Chase race each of last 2 seasons
– Martin Truex Jr.: 817 laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season (409 more than any other driver)
– Kevin Harvick: top-2 finish in 4 of last 6 Kansas races
– Kyle Busch: 3 straight top-5 finishes at Kansas (won spring race); 0 in 1st 14 career starts at track
– Kurt Busch: 3 straight top 10s at Kansas (4 in his 1st 17 career starts at track)
– Chase Elliott: career-high 103 laps led last week at Charlotte (wrecked out and finished 33rd)
NOT
– Denny Hamlin: wrecked out of 2 of last 3 Kansas races (finished 41st and 37th in those races)
– Kevin Harvick: finished 37th and 38th in last 2 races; 1st time with consecutive finishes outside top 35 since March 2014
– Austin Dillon: finished outside top 25 in 2 of 3 career Chase races at Kansas
(ESPN Stats & Info)
