Kyle Larson dominates at Kansas in defense of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series win: Last year, Kyle Larson won the spring race at Kansas Speedway by the thinnest of margins—0.001 seconds in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. On Sunday, after putting his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the pole on Saturday, Larson defended his victory in far more decisive fashion, leading 221 of 267 laps in winning the AdventHealth 400 at the 1.5-mile track.[Read More]
#5-Kyle Larson won the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The win is his third win of the year, third at Kansas and 32nd career win.
#20-Christopher Bell finished 2nd followed by #12-Ryan Blaney, #19-Chase Briscoe, #48-Alex Bowman, #21-Josh Berry, #60-Ryan Preece, #17-Chris Buescher, #22-Joey Logano, and #42-John Hunter Nemechek.
Larson started from the pole and dominated much of the race, lead 221 laps on the day. That’s the most laps ever led by a driver in a race at Kansas. He was never seriously challenged for the lead while out front,
The fastest lap bonus was earned by Larson.
Stages 1 & 2 were both won by Larson.
There were 15 lead changes among 9 drivers and 7 cautions for 37 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 129.740mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Race Fast Facts – Kansas:
Kyle Larson won the AdventHealth 400, his 32nd victory in 378 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his third victory and 12th top-10 finish in 21 races at Kansas Speedway.
Christopher Bell (second) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 11 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2025.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 21 races at Kansas Speedway.
Shane Van Gisbergen (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 35 points over William Byron.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Kansas:
Race 12 of 26 in the regular season
(updated after Buescher’s penalty)
1) #5-Kyle Larson, 3 wins, 469 [regular season points leader], [23 playoff points]
2) #20-Christopher Bell, 3 wins, 384 points [16 playoff points]
3) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2 win, 346 [12 playoff points]
4) #24-William Byron, 1 win, 434 points, [8 playoff points]
5) #22-Joey Logano, 1 win, 318, [7 playoff points]
6) #2-Austin Cindric, 1 win, 273 points [7 playoff points]
7) #21-Josh Berry, 1 win, 244 points, [6 playoff points]
8) #9-Chase Elliott, 378, +134 ahead of 17th
9) #12-Ryan Blaney, 362, [2 playoff points] +118 ahead of 17th
10) #45-Tyler Reddick, 357, +113 ahead of 17th
11) #48-Alex Bowman, 325, +81head of 17th
12) #23-Bubba Wallace, 310, [2 playoff points], +66 ahead of 17th
13) #1-Ross Chastain, 300 +56 ahead of 17th
14) #19-Chase Briscoe, 278, +34 ahead of 17th
15) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 258, +14 ahead of 17th
16) #60-Ryan Preece, 251, [1 playoff point], +6 ahead of 17th
Outside the top 16:
17) #8-Kyle Busch, 244, -7 behind 16th
18) #42-John Hunter Nemechek, 234, -17 behind 16th
19) #17-Chris Buescher, 224, -27 behind 16th (after penalty)
20) #77-Carson Hocevar, 203, -48 behind 16th
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Kyle Larson. Bell finishes second followed by Blaney, Briscoe, Bowman, Berry, Preece, Buescher, Logano, and Nemechek.
Lap 263 – It’s Larson’s race to lose with 5 laps remaining. His lead is 1.6 second.
Lap 258 – Larson over Bell by 2.1 seconds with 10 to go.
Lap 248 – Down to 15 laps left. No changes up front. Larson over Bell, Bowman, Briscoe, and Blaney.
Lap 243 – 25 laps remaining. Larson still in control, ahead of Bell by 1.7 second.
Lap 331 – 37 laps remaining. Larson ahead of Bell by 1 second. Third place Bowman is 1.8 seconds back.
Lap 223 – 45 laps to go. Larson leads Bell by .4 second.
Lap 219 – Once more the green flag is out. Now with 49 laps remaining. Logano, Bell, Logano, Bowman, Briscoe, Blaney, Preece, Smith, Buescher and Hocevar the top 10.
Lap 213 – Green flag once more with 55 laps to go. Larson still leads. Caution out again on the backstretch. This time it’s Haley and Wallace.
Lap 207 – Green flag with 61 laps remaining. Larson, Logano, Bell, Blaney, Briscoe, Bowman, Smith, Preece, Buescher and Elliott the top 10. Another caution due to Busch spinning on the backstretch. He doesn’t hit anything, but gets caught in the grass.
Lap 201 – Green flag out with 67 laps remaining. Bell now the leader. The caution comes out after Ware, Suarez and TDillon get together in turn 2. Larson was the leader at the scoring line.
Lap 200 – Hamlin takes his car to garage for repairs.
Lap 198 – Leaders come to pit road. This could be the final stop of the day. Off pit road: Bell, Larson, Blaney, Logano, Bowman, Briscoe, Preece, Smith. Hamlin, who is having clutch problems, could not get fired off and has to be pushed back to his stall. Elliott has a slow stop and falls to 12th.
Lap 195 – CAUTION for Keselowski into the wall in turn one. He blew a tire while running second.
Lap 188 – 80 laps remaining. Elliott over Keselowski by 1.6 second. Third place Larson has fallen 2.9 seconds back.
Lap 180 – Keselowski has gotten around Larson for second. Elliott’s lead is 1.8 second.
Lap 174 – Back to green flag racing for the final stage. 94 laps remaining. Elliott leads Larson, Blaney, Keselowski, Bell, Preece, Logano, Smith, Bowman, Hocevar.
Lap 170 – Pit road is open and the leaders are in. Off pit road: Elliott, Larson, Blaney, Berry, Keselowski, Bell. However, Berry was speeding and will have to drop to the rear.
Lap 166 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Larson wins it over Elliott, Blaney, Berry, Bell, Keselowski, Bowman, Hamlin, Smith, and Preece.
Lap 164 – With two laps left in the stage, Elliott is .6 second behind Larson.
Lap 156 – Ten laps remaining in stage 2. Larson over Elliott by 1.3 second.
Lap 140 – Larson continues to dominate with 26 laps remaining in stage 2. He’s 3.5 seconds ahead of Elliott. Then Bell, Blaney, Berry, Bowman, Keselowski, Smith, Hamlin and Buescher.
Lap 131 – Hocevar pits and pit stops have cycled through. Larson back in the lead over Elliott, Bell, Blaney, and Berry.
Lap 130 – Hocevar leads. He still has not pitted. Larson is second.
Lap 127 – Larson pits from the lead and Preece becomes the leader.
Lap 122 – Some green flag stops beginning. Cindric penalized for an uncontrolled tire.
Lap 105 – Larson leading Bell by 2.7 seconds already. Elliott, Blaney, Berry round out the top 5. Byron made contact with the wall. He’s 27th now.
Lap 89 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Larson continues to lead.
Lap 85 – Leaders on pit road for service. Off pit road: Larson, Elliott, Blaney, Bell, Bowman, Cindric, Preece, Hamlin, Logano, Smith.
Lap 81 – CAUTION out for the end of stage 1. Larson wins it. He’s followed by Elliott Bell, Blaney, Cindric, Bowman, Hamlin, Preece, Logano, and Smith. The free pass is Gilliland, in 22nd.
Lap 72 – Larson’s lead over Bell is at 5.1 seconds. Nine laps remaining in stage 1.
Lap 66 – Byron comes to pit road with a tire down. He spins entering the pits, but there is no caution and he completed the stop.
Lap 60 – 21 laps remaining in stage 1. Larson leads Byron by 2 seconds, then Bell, Elliott and Blaney.
Lap 56 – Allmendinger is officially out due to engine failure.
Lap 50 – Larson retakes the lead over Byron, Bell, TDillon and Herbst.
Lap 49 – TDillon up front. He has not pitted during this round. Larson is second, then Byron, Bell, and Elliott.
Lap 46 – Hamlin, Briscoe and Gilliland pit from the lead pack. TDillon to the lead.
Lap 43 – Hamlin now to the lead as Busch pits.
Lap 42 – Busch takes the lead as Bowman pits. Busch pitted during the first caution.
Lap 41 – Larson and Bell pit from the from the front of the field. Bowman to the lead.
Lap 39 – Wallace penalized for equipment interference during his pit stop. A tire rolled into the neighboring pit box. He will have a pass through penalty.
Lap 36 – Some pit stops underway early from those drivers that didn’t pit under the first caution.
Lap 31 – Top 10 are Larson, Bell, Byron, Blaney, Buescher, Elliott, Wallace, Cindric, Bowman, and Preece.
Lap 21 – Larson with a 1.5 second lead over Bell. Buescher remains third.
Lap 11 – Back to green: Larson, Bell, Buescher, Byron, Logano.
Lap 9 – Some drivers further back in the pack come to pit road for service. Leaders stay out.
Lap 7 – CAUTION out due to Allmendinger losing an engine in turn 4. Larson leads Bell and Buescher.
Lap 2 – Larson leads the first lap.
3:13pm/et – Green flag at Kansas. Larson and Buescher on the front row. First stage is 80 laps.
3:02pm/et – Engines fired.
2:54pm/et -Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
2:00pm/et – Driver to the rear (so far): #6-Keselowski (unapproved adjustments), #10-Dillon, (unapproved adjustments) #19-Briscoe, (unapproved adjustments) #21-Berry (unapproved adjustments), #38-Smith (unapproved adjustments), #54-Gibbs (unapproved adjustments), #88-Van Gisbergen (unapproved adjustments)
1:30pm/et – FS1 is now on the air with RACEDAY.
No weather issues today at Kansas. Today’s forecast: Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.
As of Saturday evening, there were no drivers reported to be dropping to the rear for the start of the race.
Race Details:
Broadcast: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 267 laps / 400.5 miles
Stages: 80 / 165 / 267
Average time of race: 3:16:03
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 66 laps
Pre-race timing (Central Time)
Invocation: 1:54:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:55:00 p.m.
Command: 2:02:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:13:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #6-Keselowski (unapproved adjustments), #10-Dillon, (unapproved adjustments) #19-Briscoe, (unapproved adjustments) #21-Berry (unapproved adjustments), #38-Smith (unapproved adjustments), #54-Gibbs (unapproved adjustments), #88-Van Gisbergen (unapproved adjustments)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #5-Kyle Larson chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #17-Chris Buescher took the eighth stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Kansas Pit Stall page.
#5-Kyle Larson won the Busch pole for the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway with a speed of183.730mph for his first pole of the year, first at Kansas and 22nd of his career.
#17-Chris Buescher will start second followed by #20-Christopher Bell, #45-Tyler Reddick, #22-Joey Logano, #54-Ty Gibbs, #24-William Byron, #99-Daniel Suarez, #9-Chase Elliott and #12-Ryan Blaney in the top-10.
See the complete qualifying results and the AdventHealth 400 Starting Lineup.
Kansas Speedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Kyle Larson won the Pole Award for the AdventHealth 400 with a lap of 29.391 seconds, 183.730 mph.
This is his 22nd pole in 378 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and sixth top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in 21 races at Kansas Speedway.
Chris Buescher (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2025 and his third in 19 races at Kansas Speedway.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his eighth top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his third in 12 races this season.
Riley Herbst (25th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway is over. The results:
#54-Ty Gibbs 180.144
#71-Michael McDowell 179.456
#48-Alex Bowman 17.378
#23-Bubba Wallace 179.342
#24-William Byron 179.319
Slowest: #16-AJ Allmendinger 175.029
Most laps run: 37, #12-Ryan Blaney
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 36 drivers): #5-Kyle Larson, 177.380
Notes: #88-Shane VanGisbergen, #54-Ty Gibbs, #6-Brad Keselowski, #19-Chase Briscoe all had flat left rear tires in the group 1 session. In the second group, #38-Zane Smith cut a right rear and hit the wall.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the AdventHealth 400 Practice speeds page.
Pre-race inspection is complete in the NASCAR Cup Series garage.
- No. 34 failed inspection twice.
- Car chief Joe Marra has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
- No. 45 failed inspection twice.
- Car chief Michael Hobson has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Notables: 33-Jesse Love, #67-Corey Heim
See the full entry list on the AdventHealth 400 Entry List page.
NASCAR News & Notes – Kansas:
- This weekend marks the 39th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, and the 25th since the repave following the 2012 season.
- The last six NASCAR Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway were won by six different drivers; Kyle Larson with two victories is the only repeat winner in the last nine races. The record for different Cup Series winners at Kansas is seven, and it has happened twice: 2002-2008 and 2020-2023.
- A total of 20 different drivers have won a Cup Series race at Kansas, and nine of the 20 are active this weekend: Denny Hamlin (2012, 2019, 2020, 2023), Joey Logano (2014, 2015, 2020), Kyle Busch (2016, 2021), Brad Keselowski (2011, 2019), Ross Chastain (2024), Tyler Reddick (2023), Bubba Wallace (2022), Kyle Larson (2021), Chase Elliott (2018).
- Christopher Bell won the pole for the last three races at Kansas, the last driver to win the pole for four straight races at a track was Kyle Larson at Sonoma between 2017 and 2022.
- Kevin Harvick was the last driver to win three straight poles at Kansas (2013-2014), a driver has never won four straight poles at Kansas. Christopher Bell’s four Kansas poles rank second all-time to Harvick with five.
- A total of 19 different drivers have won a Cup Series pole at Kansas, and seven of the 19 are active this weekend: Christopher Bell (2022, 2023, 2024 sweep), Joey Logano (2015, 2018), William Byron (2023), Tyler Reddick (2022), Ryan Blaney (2017), Brad Keselowski (2015), AJ Allmendinger (2012).
- The pass for the win came in the final two laps in three of the last four Kansas Speedway races including two last lap passes.
Statistical Advance – A look at some of the top statistical performers at Kansas Speedway.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Kansas: Cup teams ran this right-side tire code twice at Kansas in 2024 . . . this is a different left-side tire code than these teams ran at this track last season (compound change for more tire wear and lap-time fall-off) . . .Cup teams have run this same tire set-up at Las Vegas, Homestead, Darlington and Texas already this season.
Race rules and information:
