NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Kansas Lottery 300
The Place: Kansas Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, September 27
The Time: 4 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 3:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 300 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, Sept. 26
ARCA Race: Reese’s 150 (FS1, MRN, SiriusXM at 8 p.m. ET)
Saturday, Sept. 27
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 10:30 a.m. ET)
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM at 1 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: Kansas Lottery 300 (CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 4 p.m. ET)
Sunday, Sept. 28
NCS Race: Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET (USA, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)
Kansas Speedway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 26th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway (2001-2025).
- Kansas has been on the Xfinity Series schedule every year since inaugural race in 2001.
- Kansas is the fifth of six races on 1.5-mile tracks this season.
- Kansas is the second race in the Round of 12; the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course will be the cutoff race next week.
- The four lowest drivers in points after the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course will be eliminated from the Xfinity Series Playoffs.
- This is the eighth Xfinity Series Playoff race Kansas has hosted since the Playoffs started in 2016; Kansas was in the regular season in 2022 and 2023.
- Any driver who leaves Kansas 57 points above eighth place will advance to Round of 8 on points.
- Connor Zilisch enters Kansas 85 points above the cut line and 82 points above eighth place.
- Carson Kvapil (+16), Harrison Burton (+9) and Sheldon Creed (+7) all climbed above the cut line at Bristol.
- Nick Sanchez (-3), Jesse Love (-3) and Sammy Smith (-24) all fell below the cut line at Bristol.
- Both Richard Childress Racing drivers enter Kansas below the cutline: Jesse Love (-3), Austin Hill (-16).
- Aric Almirola won at Bristol, the third straight Playoff race won by a non-Playoff driver.
- Joe Gibbs Racing ended an 18-race winless streak at Bristol, their longest in the Xfinity Series since a 34-race streak between 2006-2007.
- Connor Zilisch tied Xfinity Series record with 15 straight top-five finishes; he can break the record set by Sam Ard in 1983 this weekend.
- Connor Zilisch’s 2.1 average finish in the last 15 races is the best in series history in a 15-race span.
- Connor Zilisch’s nine wins this season are record for most wins by a rookie.
- Connor Zilisch won seven of the last nine races this season, tied with Sam Ard for most in a nine-race span.
- Connor Zilisch won 33% of his starts, the best win percentage all-time.
- Randall Burnett was announced as Connor Zilisch’s crew chief next season when he moves to Trackhouse Racing in the Cup Series.
- JR Motorsports won 16 races this season with a series-record six different drivers, all six drivers won in the last 18 races (does not include Parker Kligerman who won in relief role at Daytona).
- Sheldon Creed got his 15th career runner-up finish at Bristol, the most in series history without a win.
- JR Motorsports had at least one car finish top-five in a record 29 straight races.
- Brandon Jones, with two wins, is the only active driver to win at Kansas in the NXS.
- Seven drivers on the entry list won at Kansas: Jones (2 Xfinity), Eckes (Trucks, ARCA), Hill (Trucks), Sanchez (2 ARCA), Creed (ARCA), Love (ARCA), Queen (ARCA).
- Joe Gibbs Racing won 13 of last 18 Kansas races with nine different drivers.
- Brenden “Butterbean” Queen will make his second career start at Kansas driving the Kaulig Racing #11, he finished 20th in his NXS debut at Bristol last race.
- Rajah Caruth will drive the Hendrick Motorsports #17, his first start for HMS since Phoenix in 11/2023 where he finished 14th.
- Four of the 25 Kansas races went to overtime, last was July 2020.
- JR Motorsports won three of the four races on 1.5-mile tracks this season.
- Justin Allgaier has six wins on 1.5-mile tracks, the most among active drivers.
- The pass for the win came on an overtime restart in the last three races on 1.5-mile tracks.
- Toyota snapped an 18-race winless streak at Bristol, their longest streak since their first Xfinity Series win in 2007.
- Connor Zilisch leads the series with nine wins, 16 top fives, 848 laps led, an 8.4 average finish and seven poles this season.
- Justin Allgaier leads the series with 11 stage wins this season.
- Connor Zilisch and Jesse Love lead the series with 18 top 10s this season.
- Justin Allgaier and Connor Zilisch each won the Fastest Lap Award five times this season.
- Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are 9th on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
- Justin Allgaier is two top 10s away from becoming the first driver to reach 300 NXS top-10 finishes.
- Justin Allgaier will make his 499th career start at Kansas.
- Chevrolet led 3,291 of 4,301 laps this season (77%).
- Chevrolet won 23 of 27 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 27 races in series history.
- Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
NXS Clinch Scenarios for Kansas Speedway (Playoff Race #2)
Already Clinched
- No drivers have clinched a spot in the 8-driver field of the next round.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 57 points above the 8th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Connor Zilisch, Justin Allgaier or Sam Mayer.
- Connor Zilisch: Would clinch with 23 points
- Justin Allgaier: Would clinch with 52 points
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
- Carson Kvapil: Could only clinch with help
- Harrison Burton: Could only clinch with help
- Brandon Jones: Could only clinch with help
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help
- The following drivers could clinch on points with a win by Carson Kvapil
- Connor Zilisch: Would clinch with 24 points
- Justin Allgaier: Would clinch with 53 points
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
- Harrison Burton: Could only clinch with help
- Brandon Jones: Could only clinch with help
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help
- The following drivers could clinch on points with a win by Harrison Burton, Brandon Jones or Sheldon Creed:
- Connor Zilisch: Would clinch with 26 points
- Justin Allgaier: Would clinch with 55 points
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
- Carson Kvapil: Could only clinch with help
- Harrison Burton: Could only clinch with help
- Brandon Jones: Could only clinch with help
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help
- If there is a new winner from Taylor Gray or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being 57 points above the 7th winless driver in the standings.
- Connor Zilisch: Would clinch with 27 points
- Justin Allgaier: Would clinch with 56 points
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
- Carson Kvapil: Could only clinch with help
- Harrison Burton: Could only clinch with help
- Brandon Jones: Could only clinch with help
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Connor Zilisch, Justin Allgaier, Sam Mayer, Carson Kvapil, Harrison Burton, Brandon Jones, Sheldon Creed, Taylor Gray, Nicholas Sanchez, Jesse Love, Austin Hill, Sammy Smith.
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