All Eyes on Kansas Speedway

All Eyes on Kansas Speedway

It’s officially race week in Kansas City, and the NASCAR Cup Series is rolling with intensity and momentum into Sunday’s AdventHealth 400. Yesterday at Darlington, Joey Logano bumped race leader William Byron out of his way with two laps left to capture his first win of the season.

That fantastic finish raises the stakes, tension and drama fans can expect this weekend at Kansas Speedway.

“I probably would have gone straight to the bump-and-run if it wasn’t for how he got the lead,” Logano said in his winning press conference at Darlington. “He came off of Turn 2 and drove me right into the wall. At that point, I’m lucky my car isn’t broken. I’m a very angry driver, and I think anyone in the field would probably agree, if someone is going to be willing to do that to you, well, the gloves are off at that point. I knew if I got back there what I was going to do and what I had to do.”

Byron, in the heat of the moment, had a different opinion.

“Yeah, he’s just a moron,” Byron said. “He can’t win a race so he does it that way. I don’t know, we’ll – yeah, it was close racing on the restart. We were faster than him. Obviously at the end the right rear started to go away, and yeah, he didn’t even make it a contest.”

Both Logano and Byron will be key contenders again Sunday in the AdventHealth 400, and both drivers have enjoyed Kansas Speedway success. Logano owns three NASCAR Cup Series wins at Kansas Speedway (2014, 2015 and 2020), while Byron earned a NASCAR Camping World Truck series win here in 2016, the first NASCAR national series win of his career.

Fans can see both drivers in action on Saturday afternoon during NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying at 4 p.m. It’s part of an action-packed Saturday slate that includes the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA Menards Series race at 1 p.m. and the Heart of America 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at 7 p.m.

And then at 2 p.m. Sunday, Logano, Byron and the rest of the NASCAR Cup Series stars will compete in the AdventHealth 400. Tickets for both days are available for purchase at www.kansasspeedway.com.

About Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway is a premier motorsports facility in the Midwest. The track, which opened in 2001, hosts two NASCAR Cup Series weekends each year, along with approximately 200 other event days each year. This includes the annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue, the largest barbecue competition in the world which attracts teams both nationally and internationally. The Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, which opened in 2012, overlooks Turn 2 of the track.  Kansas Speedway’s two NASCAR weekends in 2022 will take place May 14-15 and Sept. 9-11. Fans can purchase tickets at www.kansasspeedway.com and get all of the latest information by downloading the NASCAR tracks app at www.kansasspeedway.com/nascar-tracks-app

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 16 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series, NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in eight cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat (‘NASCAR’).