Background

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

First practice

Aric Almirola was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.311 seconds and a speed of 178.153 mph (286.709 km/h).^[10]

Final practice

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.383 seconds and a speed of 177.731 mph (286.030 km/h).^[11]

Qualifying results

• Eleven cars failed post-qualifying inspection and started at the rear, including 5 of the top 8 qualifiers (Nos. 10, 41, 9, 19, 42, 13, 22, 34, 00, 46, 66).^[13]

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 80

Stage Two Laps: 80

Final stage results

Stage Three Laps: 107

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 23 among 12 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 6 minutes and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 131.023 miles per hour (210.861 km/h)

Television

Fox Sports covered their ninth race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Regan Smith and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Jason Toy, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.