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Truck Series races at Kansas Speedway get title sponsors

The two NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series (NGROTS) races at Kansas Speedway this weekend now have entitlement partners, it was announced today...

Raelynn to perform National Anthem at Kansas

Race fans and country music enthusiasts should get a charge out of the national anthem for Thursday’s Super Start Batteries 400 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Platinum Country star RaeLynn will perform the virtual national...

Kansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones to serve as Grand Marshal at Kansas

The Kansas City Chiefs rose to the top of the football world in February 2020 by claiming the franchise’s second Super Bowl title, by virtue of their 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Miami.  One of the key cogs of the defense who helped them to their stellar...

Kansas Lottery to sponsor XFINITY race at Kansas Speedway

The Kansas Lottery has been the entitlement sponsor of Kansas Speedway’s Fall NASCAR Xfinity Series race since 2008 – with this year’s Kansas Lottery 300 scheduled for Saturday, October 17. Now they have doubled down on their presence at the track. The first of two...

O’Reilly Auto Parts, Super Start Batteries named title sponsor of Kansas Speedway Cup race

One of the country’s leading automotive parts stores, with its headquarters in the Midwest, is now coming to one of the ...

NASCAR returns to Kansas Speedway July 23-25

NASCAR will return to Kansas Speedway the weekend of July 23-25, it was announced today. Over the course of the three days, NASCAR will run five races across four different series, highlighted by the NASCAR Cup Series Kansas 400 on Thursday, July 23 to commence the...

Lauren Alaina performing pre-race concert at Kansas Speedway

Country music artist Lauren Alaina will kick-off the May 31 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway in a pre-race concert...

NASCAR and Penn National Gaming expand alliance with gaming partnership

NASCAR® and Penn Interactive, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: NASDAQ) (“Penn National” or the “Company”), announced today a new multi-year partnership that will make Penn National an authorized gaming operator of NASCAR in the United States. The partnership...

Sonoma Raceway and Kansas Speedway Tee Up Tasty Wager on Big Game

KANSAS CITY, KAN. (Jan. 31, 2020) – As their teams prepare to face off on Sunday, the staffs at Kansas Speedway and Sonoma Raceway decided to have a little fun as proud supporters of their local teams...

Jensen Ackles named Grand Marshall for Hollywood Casino 400

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 14, 2019) – Jensen Ackles, who currently stars on the CW’s longest-running drama (15 years), “Supernatural,” has been tabbed to say the most famous words in motorsports, “Drivers, start your engines,” on Oct. 20 prior to the Hollywood Casino...

William Byron making appearance in Ignition Garage in Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Sept. 17, 2019) – Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff driver William Byron will participate in a Q&A session in Ignition Garage on Sunday, Oct. 20...

Kansas Speedway partners with GEHA on military ticket offer

Kansas Speedway and GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) have partnered to enhance Kansas Speedway’s military offer, while GEHA will also be the presenting sponsor for Kansas Speedway’s pre-race activities for the Hollywood Casino 400 on Oct. 20...

Clint Bowyer to headline Kansas’ Ignition Garage

Race fans know that any time with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer is a good time, and fans won’t want to miss Bowyer in Ignition Garage on Sunday, Oct. 20 prior to the Hollywood Casino 400. With Bowyer headlining this fan Q&A, who knows what...

Kansas Speedway introduces Beyond the Checkered hospitality

In an effort to showcase the leadership of women in the NASCAR industry and in Kansas City companies, Kansas Speedway is introducing Beyond the Checkered, a new female-focused infield hospitality option that will include Q&A sessions with women inside the NASCAR...

Casey Donahew to perform prior to Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway

NASCAR racing and party seem to go hand in hand, so it seems only fitting that an artist, Casey Donahew, with an album aptly titled “All Night Party,” would kick off Hollywood Casino 400 race day with a pre-race concert...

Brad Keselowski wins overtime shootout at Kansas Speedway

At the end of a thrilling victory in Saturday night’s Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway, race winner Brad Keselowski’s...

Ross Chastain gets vindication with NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series win at Kansas

Elation and heartbreak were barely more than a lap apart when Ross Chastain took the checkered flag to win Friday night’s Digital Ally 250 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway...

Kevin Harvick leads Stewart-Haas sweep of Kansas qualifying

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – After Friday afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Kansas Speedway, the...

Friday Kansas Notebook

Martin Truex Jr. narrowly escapes disaster in final practice...

Weekend Preview: Kansas Speedway

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - With eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victories in 2018 and a near-miss at his second Cup title, Kevin Harvick came into the 2019 season feeling understandably confident in himself and his Stewart-Haas Racing team...