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| Last spring at Kansas it was Jeff Gordon beating Kevin Harvick. It was Gordon's third career Kansas win. |
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015 Top 16 at Kansas Speedway
Rank
|
Driver
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Races
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Poles
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Wins
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Top Fives
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Top 10s
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DNFs
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Average Finish
|
Driver Rating
| |
1
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Kevin Harvick
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18
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
8
|
1
|
11.5
|
100.4
| |
2
|
Martin Truex Jr.
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
18.2
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90.4
| |
3
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
17
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
14
|
1
|
9.5
|
112.1
| |
4
|
Joey Logano
|
11
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
19.8
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79.7
| |
5
|
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
|
17
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
16.6
|
91.3
| |
6
|
Brad Keselowski
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
13.1
|
88.1
| |
7
|
Jamie McMurray
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
20.3
|
73.4
| |
8
|
Matt Kenseth
|
18
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
10
|
2
|
14.2
|
105.6
| |
9
|
Kasey Kahne
|
15
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
7
|
1
|
13.8
|
92.7
| |
10
|
Denny Hamlin
|
13
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
14.5
|
87.9
| |
11
|
Paul Menard
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
15.6
|
80.3
| |
12
|
Aric Almirola
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
18.2
|
84.4
| |
13
|
Jeff Gordon
|
18
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
12
|
2
|
10.3
|
100.5
| |
14
|
Ryan Newman
|
18
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
18.0
|
71.9
| |
15
|
Kurt Busch
|
18
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
19.0
|
83.7
| |
16
|
Danica Patrick
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
24.6
|
59.0
|
* – Based on last 14 races at Kansas Speedway.
Kansas Speedway Data
Season Race #: 11 of 36 (05-10-15)
Track Size: 1.5-miles
Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 17 to 20 degrees
Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 17 to 20 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 10 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 2,685 feet
Backstretch Length: 2,207 feet
Race Length: 267 laps / 400 miles
Top 10 Driver Ratings at Kansas
Jimmie Johnson........................ 112.1
Matt Kenseth............................. 105.6
Kyle Larson............................... 103.9
Greg Biffle................................ 102.8
Jeff Gordon.............................. 100.5
Kevin Harvick............................ 100.4
Carl Edwards.............................. 96.8
Tony Stewart............................... 95.3
Kasey Kahne.............................. 92.7
Dale Earnhardt Jr........................ 91.3
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014 races (14 total) among active drivers at Kansas Speedway.
Qualifying/Race Data
2014 pole winner:
Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
194.252 mph, 27.799 secs. 05-08-14
2014 race winner:
Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet
128.149 mph, (03:07:31), 05-10-14
Track qualifying record:
Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet
197.773 mph, 27.304 secs. 10-3-14
Track race record:
Denny Hamlin, Toyota
144.122 mph, (02:59:51), 04-22-12
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Kansas Speedway:
History
· Groundbreaking was held on May 25, 1999.
· The official opening of Kansas Speedway was in 2001, with the first events being an ARCA race and a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race on the same day – June 2.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race was on Sept. 30, 2001 – won by Jeff Gordon.
· During the 2012 season, between the April and October events the 1.5-mile track underwent a repave adding variable banking in the corners.
Notebook
· There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway, one NSCS event from 2001 - 2010 and two races per year since 2011.
· 117 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas; 89 in more than one.
· Five drivers have started all 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway – Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman.
· Jason Leffler won the inaugural Coors Light pole at Kansas Speedway in 2001 with a speed of 176.499 mph.
· 11 drivers have Coors Light poles at Kansas, led by Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne with three each.
· Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick are the only two drivers to win consecutive Coors Light poles at Kansas Speedway (Johnson – 2007, 2008 and Harvick – fall 2013, spring 2014 and fall 2014).
· Youngest Kansas pole winner: Jason Leffler (09/30/2001 – 26 years, 0 months, 14 days).
· Oldest Kansas pole winner: Mark Martin (10/04/2009 – 50 years, 8 months, 25 days).
· 12 different drivers have won at Kansas Speedway, led by Jeff Gordon with three.
· Hendrick Motorsports leads the series in wins at Kansas with five: Jeff Gordon (three) and Jimmie Johnson(two).
· Four manufacturers have won at Kansas Speedway in the NSCS; led by Chevrolet with nine victories, Ford with four, Toyota and Dodge each have two.
· Four of the 18 (22.2%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway have been won from the Coors Light pole; Joe Nemechek (2004), Jimmie Johnson (2008), Matt Kenseth (spring 2013) and Kevin Harvick(fall 2013).
· Five of the 18 (27.7%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway have been won from the front row: four from the pole and one from second-place.
· 11 of the 18 (61.1%) NASCAR Sprint Cup races at Kansas Speedway have been won from a top-10 starting position.
· Two of the 18 (11.1%) NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway have been won from a starting position outside the top 20.
· The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Kansas Speedway was 25th, by Brad Keselowski in the spring of 2011.
· Youngest Kansas winner: Joey Logano (10/05/2014 – 24 years, 4 months, 11 days).
· Oldest Kansas winner: Mark Martin (10/09/2005 – 46 years, 9 months, 0 days).
· Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman are tied for the series most runner-up finishes at Kansas Speedway with two each.
· Jeff Gordon leads the series in top-five finishes at Kansas Speedway with 10; followed by Greg Biffle with seven.
· Jimmie Johnson leads the series in top-10 finishes at Kansas Speedway with 14; followed by Jeff Gordon (12) and Carl Edwards (11).
· Joey Logano leads all active drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average starting position at Kansas Speedway with an 10.818.
· Kyle Larson (7.000) leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in average finishing position at Kansas Speedway –Jimmie Johnson (9.529) is the only other driver with an average finish inside the top 10.
· There has been one NSCS race resulting with a green-white-checkered finish at Kansas Speedway: fall of 2011 (267/272).
· Only one of the 18 races at Kansas Speedway has been shortened due to weather conditions: fall of 2007.
· Qualifying has never been cancelled due to weather conditions in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kansas Speedway.
· Denny Hamlin has participated in the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway without posting a DNF (13).
· 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion and 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon (10/09/2011), Ryan Blaney (5/10/2014) and Denny Hamlin (10/09/2005) made their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career starts at Kansas Speedway.
· Jeff Gordon and Matt Kenseth are the only two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers that have posted consecutive wins at Kansas Speedway: Gordon (2001 and 2002 – the first two NSCS events at Kansas) and Kenseth (fall of 2012, spring of 2013).
· Nine of the 10 active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winners at Kansas Speedway participated in at least two or more races before visiting Victory Lane. Jeff Gordon won at Kansas in his first appearance.
· Kevin Harvick competed at Kansas Speedway 15 times before winning last fall; the longest span of any the 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series winners at Kansas.
· Kevin Harvick (15) and Matt Kenseth (13) have made 10 or more attempts before their first win at Kansas Speedway.
· Kurt Busch leads the series with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway without visiting Victory Lane at 18.
· Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kansas Speedway was the (10/10/2004) race won by Joe Nemechek with a MOV of 0.081 second.
· Jimmie Johnson leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Kansas Speedway with 586 laps led in 17 starts.
· Danica Patrick is the only female driver that has competed at Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series:
Driver
|
Starting Position
|
Finishing Position
|
Date
|
Danica Patrick
|
29
|
16
|
10/5/2014
|
Danica Patrick
|
9
|
7
|
5/10/2014
|
Danica Patrick
|
29
|
43
|
10/6/2013
|
Danica Patrick
|
25
|
25
|
4/21/2013
|
Danica Patrick
|
40
|
32
|
10/21/2012
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NASCAR in Kansas
· There have been 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Kansas.
Track Name
|
City
|
NSCS
|
Kansas Speedway
|
Kansas City
|
18
|
· 17 drivers in NASCAR national series history have their home state recorded as Kansas.
· Two drivers from Kansas have won at least one race in NASCAR’s three national series; both have won in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Driver
|
NSCS
|
NNS
|
NCWTS
|
Clint Bowyer
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
Jim Roper
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
MILESTONES - KANSAS
DRIVER
|
HAS
|
NEEDS
|
MILESTONE
|
Kyle Larson
|
49
|
1
|
50th NSCS Start - Larson is tied with Boris Said and Justin Allgaier for 272nd on the all-time NSCS starts list with 49 starts.
|
Justin Allgaier
|
49
|
1
|
50th NSCS Start - Allgaier is tied with Boris Said and Kyle Larson for 272nd on the all-time NSCS starts list with 49 starts.
|
Tony Stewart
|
48
|
2
|
50th NSCS Win - Stewart is 12th on the all-time NSCS wins list.
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Matt Kenseth
|
32
|
1
|
33rd NSCS Win - Kenseth is tied with Dale Jarrett for 22nd on the all-time NSCS wins list, one win behind Fireball Roberts in 21st (33 wins).
|
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
|
24
|
1
|
25th NSCS Win - Earnhardt Jr. is 30th on the all-time NSCS wins list, one win behind Joe Weatherly and Denny Hamlin in 29th (25 wins).
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
199
|
1
|
200th NSCS Top-Five Finish - Johnson is tied with Benny Parsons for 12th on the all-time NSCS top fives list, two top-fives behind Buddy Baker in 11th (201).
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
299
|
1
|
300th NSCS Top-10 Finish - Johnson is 16th on the all-time NSCS top 10s list, two top-10s behind James Hylton in 15th (301).
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Jeff Gordon
|
24,778
|
222
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25,000 NSCS Laps Led - Gordon can become the sixth driver in NSCS history to lead 25,000 laps.
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Matt Kenseth
|
9,567
|
433
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10,000 Laps Led - Kenseth can become the 16th driver in series history to lead 10,000 or more laps.
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Kevin Harvick
|
953
|
47
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1,000 Laps Led In First 11 Races - Harvick can become the 10th driver in series history to lead 1,000 laps or more in the first 11 races of a season.
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#43 car
|
199
|
1
|
200 NSCS Wins - The No. 43 car is second on the all-time NSCS wins list, five wins behind the No. 11 car in first (204).
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