Opportunistic Chase Elliott steals a NASCAR Cup Playoff win at Kansas: In the last few feet of race track in the second overtime Sunday afternoon, Chase Elliott came from oblivion to steal the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET and earn a berth in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. As his No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet sped wide open through the final corner on Lap 273 at Kansas Speedway, Elliott’s car bounced off the side of Denny Hamlin’s Toyota on the way to the finish line.[Read More]
#9-Chase Elliott won the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his second win of the year, second at Kansas and 21st career win.
#11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd followed by #20-Christopher Bell, pole sitter #19-Chase Briscoe, #23-Bubba Wallace, #5-Kyle Larson, #45-Tyler Reddick, #6-Brad Keselowski, #24-William Byron, and #88-Shane Van Gisbergen
Hamlin was the dominant driver of the race despite late race problems with power steering. He won stages 1 & 2 and also earned the fastest lap bonus.
The race ended on the second overtime attempt. Wallace was the leader on the restart and led at the white flag, but he and Bell got together creating an opening for Hamlin to move up. Hamlin then got up the track, forcing Wallace into the wall. Elliott jumped past them to win by .069 second.
There were 20 lead changes among 11 drivers and 9 cautions for 48 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 123.106mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers finished at Kansas:
#9-Chase Elliott, 1st
#11-Denny Hamlin, 2nd
#20-Christopher Bell, 3rd
#19-Chase Briscoe, 4th
#23-Bubba Wallace, 5th
#5-Kyle Larson, 6th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 7th
#24-William Byron, 9th
#1-Ross Chastain, 11th
#22-Joey Logano, 21st
#12-Ryan Blaney, 24th
#2-Austin Cindric, 30th
Race Fast Facts – Kansas:
Chase Elliott (P) won the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET, his 21st victory in 353 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and 13th top-10 finish in 20 races at Kansas Speedway.
Denny Hamlin (P) (second) posted his 17th top-10 finish in 35 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2025.
Christopher Bell (P) (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 12 races at Kansas Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson (P) leads the point standings by 6 points over Denny Hamlin (P).
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Kansas:
Race 31 of 36 in the season
Race 5 of 10 in the Playoffs
Race 2 of 3 in the Round of 12
1) #9-Chase Elliott [Win in Round of 12], [18 playoff points], 3104
2) #12-Ryan Blaney [Win in Round of 12], [33 playoff points], 3099
3) #5-Kyle Larson, [32 playoff points], 3124, +54
4) #11-Denny Hamlin [36 playoff points], 3118, +48
5) #20-Christopher Bell [23 playoff points], 3114, +44
6) #24-William Byron [32 playoff points], 3110, +40
7) #19-Chase Briscoe [18 playoff points], 3091, +21
8) #22-Joey Logano [8 playoff points], 3083, +13
Outside the top 8
9) #1-Ross Chastain [7 playoff points], 3070, -13
10) #23-Bubba Wallace [9 playoff points], 3057, -26
11) #45-Tyler Reddick [6 playoff points], 3054, -29
12) #2-Austin Cindric [8 playoff points], 3035, -48
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Chase Elliott. After Hamlin and Wallace get together and Wallace gets into the wall in turn 4.
White flag for Wallace. Hamlin to second, then Briscoe, Bell, and Elliott.
Lap 272 – Green flag for the second overtime attempt. Wallace, Bell, Briscoe, Reddick, Hamlin, Byron, Larson, Elliott, SVG, Chastain the top 10.
Lap 268 – Smith gets out of the car. Red flag is lifted after nearly 9 minutes. Pit road is open immediately but the leaders stay out.
Lap 267 – CAUTION in turn 4. Smith gets into the wall and on his side before flipping over. Nemechek got into his rear. Berry also involved in the aftermath. Caution came out before the white flag. Race will be red flagged. Wallace is still the leader.
Lap 267 – Green flag for the first overtime attempt.
Lap 266 – Coming to the green: Wallace, Bell, Briscoe, Reddick, Hamlin, Elliott, Larson, SVG, Byron and Keselowski. Will be an overtime finish.
Lap 263 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 261 – CAUTION is out for Hocevar spinning on the backstretch. Wallace still the leader over Bell, Briscoe, Reddick, and Hamlin.
Lap 260 – Wallace leads at the line.
Lap 259 – Green flag with 9 to go. Bell, Wallace, Briscoe, Reddick, Blaney, Byron, Hamlin, Elliott, Larson, Logano, and Buescher the top 10.
Lap 256 – Pit road is open. Leaders come in. Off pit road: Bell, Wallace, Briscoe, Reddick, Blaney, Byron, Hamlin. They all took two tires.
Lap 253 – CAUTION is out. Debris in turn 4. It’s a tire carcass off Busch’s car.
Lap 251 – 17 to go. Hamlin’s lead at .73 second over Bell. Then Wallace, Elliott, Briscoe, Reddick, Larson, Buescher, Blaney and Smith.
Lap 246 – 22 laps to go. Hamlin over Bell by .8 second, Wallace 2.5 seconds back, Elliot now 3.8 seconds back.
Lap 239 – Hamlin says hes still struggling with the steering. His lead over Bell is still about a second.
Lap 233 – Hamlin leads Bell by .6 second. Third place Wallace is 1.9 second back.
Lap 226 – Briscoe made some contact with the wall but continues.
Lap 225 – Allmendinger officially done for the day.
Lap 224 – Hamlin holds the lead on the restart.
Lap 223 – Green flag with 45 laps to go. Hamlin, Bell, Wallace, Elliott, Briscoe.
Lap 221 – Hamlin says he still doesn’t have power steering after recycling the system.
Lap 219 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out.
Lap 217 – CAUTION is out for an accident in turn 1 including Logano, Cindric, Gragson, Hocevar, Stenhouse, Allmendinger. Everyone drives away.
Lap 217 – Back to green with 51 laps remaining. Hamlin thinks he has a problem with the power steering.
Lap 214 – Pit road is open. Leaders are all back in. This could be the final stops of the day. Off pit road: Hamlin, Wallace, Elliott, Bell, Larson, Briscoe, Buescher.
Lap 212 – CAUTION is out for a Yeley spin on the frontstretch after contact from Hocevar.
Lap 210 – Hamlin now with a .8 second lead. Third place Wallace is 3.8 seconds back, then Elliott and Larson.
Lap 202 – Bell now in second.
Lap 201 – First 200 laps completed in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 5 seconds. 67 laps remaining. Everyone needs to pit again
Lap 197 – Hamlin takes the lead back from Elliott. Third place Bell is 1.27 second back.
Lap 196 – Berry heads to pit road with a flat tire.
Lap 191 – Ten playoff drivers are in the top 12. Cindric is back in 20th, Byron in 26th.Non-playoff drivers in the top 10: Buescher in 7th, Hocevar in 9th.
Lap 185 – Elliott still leads but Hamlin is back within .6 second of him. Bell remains third, then Wallace and Briscoe.
Lap 174 – Elliott takes the lead from Hamlin.
Lap 173 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 95 lap remaining. Keselowski penalized for getting fuel twice. He was the free pass car.
Lap 168 – Pit road is open and leaders are in for service. Off pit road: Hamlin, Elliott, Bell, Larson, Briscoe, Wallace, Chastain, Logano, Buescher.
Lap 166 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Hamlin, Bell, Larson, Elliott, Briscoe, Wallace, Logano, Chastain, Blaney, and Bowman. Lowest running playoff driver is Byron in 23rd.
Lap 161 – Five laps remaining in stage 2. Hamlin leads Bell by 1.6 second.
Lap 151 – Hamlin leads Bell by 1.4 second with 15 laps remaining in stage 2.
Lap 140 – Hamlin now with a 16 second lead over Elliott. Bell third then Larson and Wallace.
Lap 135 – Race is halfway complete in 1 hour, 31 minutes.
Lap 131 – Suarez pits and Hamlin retakes the lead. Then Wallace, Larson, Bell, Chastain, Briscoe, Logano.
Lap 126 – Uncontrolled tire penalty for Jones.
Lap 125 – Now Suarez out front with pit stops about complete.
Lap 124 – Nemechek to the lead.
Lap 123 – Berry now the leader.
Lap 122 – Bell pits from the lead. Hamlin follows him down.
Lap 121 – Green flag pit stops beginning.
Lap 106 – Bell continues to lead. Elliott second, then Hamlin, Wallace,and Larson.
Lap 101 – First 100 laps of the race completed in one out and 12 minutes.
Lap 95 – Green flag back out. Bell, Larson, Hamlin, Elliott, Chastain. Under caution, Hamlin reported that his throttle stuck.
Lap 92 – Pit road is open but leader stay out.
Lap 90 – CAUTION for Preece and Nemechek together on the frontstretch.
Lap 88 – Back to green for the start of the second stage.
Lap 83 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Off pit road first: Bell, Larson, Elliott, Chastain, Briscoe, Hamlin.
Lap 81 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Hamlin wins it over Larson, Elliott, Bell, Chastain, Briscoe, Logano, Buescher, Smith, and Hocevar.
Lap 78 – Hamlin leads Larson, Elliott, Bell, and Chastain.
Lap 66 – Elliott up to second.
Lap 63 – Back to green flag.
Lap 60 – Reddick had to come to pit road again for a loose wheel.
Lap 59 – Pit road is open. Leaders are back in. Hamlin is off first, then Larson, Bell, Logano, Briscoe, Elliott. Hamlin and Logano only took two tires.
Lap 56 – CAUTION is out for Ware blowing a tire in turn 4. Busch will be the free pass.
Lap 50 – Hamlin leads Larson, Briscoe, Bell, Reddick, Elliott, Hocevar, Gibbs, Buescher, and Byron.
Lap 46 – Hamlin back to the lead as Keselowski pits. Hamlin got around Larson on track a couple laps ago.
Lap 41 – Now Keselowski to the lead. He’s the only driver that hasn’t pitted.
Lap 40 – Blaney to the lead. He has not pitted. Of those that have been in, Larson is ahead of Hamlin on track.
Lap 38 – Hamlin comes to the pits from the lead. Berry takes the lead.
Lap 34 – Green flag pit stops are underway. Wallace on of the first to come down.
Lap 30 – Hamlin leads Briscoe by 1.7 second. Then Larson, Elliott, and Reddick. Pit stops coming in a few laps.
Lap 21 – Hamlin takes the lead from Briscoe.
Lap 11 – Briscoe still leads over Hamlin, Larson, Elliott, and Reddick.
Lap 7 – The Penske cars are moving forward after starting at the rear. Cindric is 27th, Logano 29th, and Blaney 31st.
Lap 2 – Briscoe leads the first lap. McDowell and SVG come to pit road to serve their penalties. They will both lose a lap.
• 3:05pm/et – Green flag at Kansas.
• 2:54pm/et – Engines fired.
• 2:46pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 2:30pm/et – USA has pre-race coverage.
• Cindric will drop to the rear today for unapproved adjustments after getting into the wall during qualifying.
• No weather issues today at Kansas. The National Weather Service forecast is: Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Race details:
Broadcast: USA, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:12:32
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 66 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
- Drivers report to the Drivers Meeting tent in the Infield Fan Walk by 12:50 p.m.
- There will be a Drivers Only entrance from the NCS Garage (click for map).
- Drivers will exit the tent, then walk secured route to the stage on Pit Road.
- Driver Introductions will begin promptly at 1:15 p.m.
- Drivers will exit stage, then report to ride-around floats.
- Drivers will do a short lap across the frontstretch, then drop at the tail of the grid.
Invocation: 1:46:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:47:00 p.m.
Command: 1:54:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:05:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #2-Austin Cindric (unapproved adjustments), #12-Ryan Blaney (backup car), #22-Joey Logano (unapproved adjustments), #71-Michael McDowell (pre-race penalty), #88-Shane Van Gisbergen (pre-race penalty)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #19-Chase Briscoe chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #11-Denny Hamlin took the 4th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Kansas Pit Stall page.
#19-Chase Briscoe won the Busch pole for the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway with a speed of 180.078mph for his seventh pole of the year, first at Kansas and ninth of his career.
#11-Denny Hamlin will start second followed by #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #20-Christopher Bell, #77-Carson Hocevar, #23-Bubba Wallace, #54-Ty Gibbs, #1-Ross Chastain, and #43-Erik Jones.
See the complete qualifying results and the Hollywood Casino 400 Starting Lineup.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers start at Kansas:
#19-Chase Briscoe, 1st
#11-Denny Hamlin, 2nd
#5-Kyle Larson, 3rd
#9-Chase Elliott, 4th
#20-Christopher Bell, 5th
#23-Bubba Wallace, 7th
#1-Ross Chastain, 9th
#24-William Byron, 1th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 12th
#2-Austin Cindric, 26th
#22-Joey Logano, 35th
#12-Ryan Blaney, 37th (backup car)
Kansas – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Chase Briscoe (P) won the Pole Award for the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET with a lap of 29.987 seconds, 180.078 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 175 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his seventh pole and 18th top-10 start in 2025 – the most in a season in the Next Gen era.
This is his first pole in ten races at Kansas Speedway.
Denny Hamlin (P) (second) posted his 16th top-10 start of 2025 and his 19th in 35 races at Kansas Speedway.
Kyle Larson (P) (third) posted his 12th top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 15th in 31 races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (24th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway is over. The results:
#17-Chris Buescher 176.056
#38-Zane Smith 175.695
#11-Denny Hamlin 175.684
#23-Bubba Wallace 175.661
#42-John Hunter Nemechek 175.535
Slowest: #44-J.J. Yeley 168.145mph.
Most laps run: #88-Shane Van Gisbergen & #35-Riley Herst, 35 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 31 drivers): #38-Zane Smith, 174.145mph
Notes: #12-Ryan Blaney got into the wall after blowing a tire. He will have to go to a backup car. #22-Joey Logano had a tire go down but did not hit anything.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Hollywood Casino 400 Practice speeds page.
NASCAR Cup Series pre-race inspection is complete at Kansas Speedway. Two cars failed twice Nos. 51 and 71.
Car #71 – Michael McDowell
On their 2nd attempt through inspections after passing all stations they were observed making an unapproved adjustment to the splitter. The struts were reinstalled, and the car was rerun over the USS and failed due to the adjustment.
- The 71 Crew Chief Travis Peterson was ejected from the event.
- Loss of pit selection
- Start at the rear of the field
- The vehicle must perform a stop and go penalty after receiving the green flag
Car #51 – Cody Ware
Failed inspections twice.
- The car chief Dave Jones was ejected from the event
- Loss of pit selection
In addition to the inspection penalties today, car No. 88 is also receiving penalties for unapproved adjustments prior to practice.
Car #88 – Shane Van Gisbergen
The 88 Crew Chief Stephen Doran was ejected from the event.
- Loss of pit selection
- Start at the rear of the field
- The vehicle must perform a stop and go penalty after receiving the green flag
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway is posted, 37 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
The only part-time team is #44-J.J. Yeley.
See the full entry list on the Hollywood Casino 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Kansas: The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup awaiting NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series teams at Kansas Speedway introduces new right-side tire codes for both series. These updated right-side tires have been developed to give teams more strategy options at Kansas and, for both series, the Kansas setup will return when NASCAR heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway next month.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET: A look at some of the top statistical performers at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, going into the Hollywood Casino 400
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Kansas Speedway
- This weekend marks the 40th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.
- This is the first 1.5 mile race since the Coca-Cola 600 and the sixth of seven races on 1.5 mile tracks in 2025. There have been 18 races since the last race on a 1.5 mile track.
- Kansas traditionally held one Cup race from 2001-2010, and two races every year since 2011.
- This is the eighth time Kansas has hosted a Playoff race in the Round of 12 (2014-19, 2024-25) after having been in both the Round of 16 (2022-23) and the Round of 8 (2020-21).
- Kansas and Las Vegas are the only tracks to hold a Playoff race in all three rounds of the Playoffs.
- Kansas is one of four tracks to host a Playoff race every year since the formation of the Playoffs in 2004 (Talladega, Martinsville, Phoenix).
- This is the 26th race at Kansas since the repave following the 2012 season.
- The winner of the fall Kansas race has gone on to win the championship four times, but only twice in the Elimination Era (2017 – Martin Truex Jr, 2021 – Kyle Larson).
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Race rules and information:
