NASCAR Cup Series StatChat 2026 - Kansas
- Adam Carabine
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By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway, built in 2001. Jeff Gordon won the first Cup Series race there that same year. Kyle Larson won this race in the spring last year, and Chase Elliott won it in the fall.
Tomorrow’s race will be 267 laps long (for a total of 400.5 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 80 – 165 – 267. Pit road speed is 45 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 55 mph. The fuel window is approximately 62-67 laps.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 2,343 laps, for 2,733.46 miles so far this season. Four drivers have completed 100% of them so far (Keselowski, Elliott, Reddick, and Preece).
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:
Chase Elliott | 9.90 over 20 races (2 wins) |
Christopher Bell | 11.58 over 12 races |
Kyle Larson | 12.14 over 22 races (3 wins) |
Denny Hamlin | 12.57 over 35 races (4 wins) |
Brad Keselowski | 13.16 over 32 races (2 wins) |
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Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:
Cody Ware | 33.57 over 7 races |
Riley Herbst | 28.00 over 3 races |
Michael McDowell | 26.31 over 29 races |
Carson Hocevar | 26.20 over 5 races |
Ty Gibbs | 24.57 over 7 races |
Kansas is an Intermediate Track
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:
Denny Hamlin | 11.85 over 352 races (31 wins) |
Kyle Larson | 12.25 over 190 races (18 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 12.28 over 171 races (8 wins) |
Kyle Busch | 12.53 over 368 races (29 races) |
Joey Logano | 12.64 over 298 races (19 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:
Cody Ware | 27.94 over 64 races |
Michael McDowell | 25.92 over 255 races |
Riley Herbst | 24.96 over 20 races |
Ty Dillon | 22.48 over 138 races |
JH Nemechek | 22.42 over 138 races |
Denny Hamlin is the winningest driver at Kansas, he has 4 wins there. Five drivers share second-place, with three wins each. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, as well as current drivers Joey Logano and Kyle Larson.
Drivers who ran their first Cup Series race at Kansas:
Austin Dillon | 2011 – P26 |
Ryan Blaney | 2014 – P27 |
Denny Hamlin | 2005 – P32 |
Erik Jones | 2015 – P40 |
Drivers who earned their first Cup Series win at Kansas:
No one | -- |
Drivers whose most recent Cup Series Victory was at Kansas:
Kyle Larson | 2025 |
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Notable drivers who have not won at Kansas:
Ryan Blaney | (has won at 12 other tracks) |
William Byron | (has won at 11 other tracks) |
Christopher Bell | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
Alex Bowman | (has won at 8 other tracks) |
Chris Buescher | (has won at 6 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, no driver lists Kansas as their BEST or WORST track.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2025
Tyler Reddick | +704 pts |
Ty Gibbs | +473 pts |
Daniel Suarez | +287 pts |
Brad Keselowski | +237 pts |
Ryan Blaney | +210 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025
Alex Bowman | -692 pts (missed 4 races with vertigo) |
Chase Briscoe | -332 pts |
Christopher Bell | -209 pts |
Ross Chastain | -209 pts |
JH Nemechek | -192 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Tyler Reddick | 5.50 |
Ryan Blaney | 9.13 |
Ty Gibbs | 10.50 |
Chase Elliott | 10.63 |
Ryan Preece | 13.63 |
Carson Hocevar | 15.75 |
SVG | 18.00 |
Riley Herbst | 24.50 |
Worst Career Year
Cole Custer | 28.00 |
Josh Berry | 24.38 |
Austin Dillon | 22.63 |
Kyle Busch | 22.00 |
Austin Cindric | 21.75 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (55 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Toyota | 400 |
Chevrolet | 295 |
Ford | 283 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
23XI | 334 |
Joe Gibbs | 294 |
Hendrick | 277 |
Penske | 270 |
RFK | 223 |
Spire | 216 |
Trackhouse | 198 |
Front Row | 185 |
Legacy MC | 155 |
RCR | 149 |
Kaulig | 146 |
Hyak | 103 |
Wood Bros | 103 |
Haas Factory | 73 |
Rick Ware | 64 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
Ryan Blaney | 72 |
Kyle Larson | 64 |
Bubba Wallace | 64 |
Denny Hamlin | 63 |
Tyler Reddick | 58 |
William Byron | 55 |
Austin Cindric | 49 |
Ty Gibbs | 47 |
Christopher Bell | 46 |
Chris Buescher | 41 |
Milestone Watch
Ross Chastain | Looking for his 40th Career Top 5 |
Bubba Wallace | This will be his 300th Career Cup Series Start |
Denny Hamlin | Looking for his 100th Career Top 5 |
Kyle Larson | Looking for his 210th Career Top 10 |
Austin Cindric | Looking for his 30th Career Top 10 |
Brad Keselowski | Looking for his 280th Career Top 10 |
Chris Buescher | Looking for his 90th Career Top 10 |
Ty Gibbs | Looking for his 40th Career Top 10 |
Scorigami Update
Bristol was the first time that:
Riley Herbst finished 21st
Ty Gibbs finished 1st
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Cole Custer | 141 races |
Erik Jones | 125 races |
Kyle Busch | 101 races |
Michael McDowell | 92 races |
Daniel Suarez | 78 races |
Brad Keselowski | 67 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 64 races |
Alex Bowman | 52 races |
Chris Buescher | 52 races |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 49 races |
The race begins Sunday, April 19th at 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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