StatChat 2025 - AdventHealth 400 at Kansas

By Adam Carabine

Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Kansas City, Kansas for the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Kansas is a 1.5-mile tri-oval speedway that was built in 2001.  Jeff Gordon won the first NASCAR race there that same year.  Kansas’ most recent races were won by Kyle Larson in the spring and Ross Chastain in the fall last season.

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 between 62-67 laps.

This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 3,064 laps, for 4,038.14 miles so far this season.  With Denny Hamlin’s engine blowing up last week, there are now no drivers who have completed every single lap.  Chase Elliott is one lap behind, and Tyler Reddick is two behind. 

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:

Chase Elliott	10.11 over 18 races (1 win)
Denny Hamlin	12.18 over 33 races (4 wins)
Brad Keselowski	12.53 over 30 races (2 wins)
Kyle Larson	13.00 over 20 races (2 wins)
Christopher Bell	13.40 over 10 races

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:

Riley Herbst	35.00 over 1 race
Cody Ware	33.60 over 5 races
Michael McDowell	26.89 over 27 races
Justin Haley	26.63 over 8 races
Josh Berry	26.00 over 3 races

Kansas is an Intermediate Track.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:

Denny Hamlin	12.03 over 339 races (28 wins)
Kyle Larson	12.20 over 177 races (17 races)
Kyle Busch	12.45 over 355 races (29 races)
Joey Logano	12.47 over 285 races (19 wins)
Chase Elliott	12.51 over 158 races (6 wins)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:

Shane Van Gisbergen	23.43 over 9 races
JH Nemechek	22.95 over 44 races
Ryan Preece	22.50 over 91 races
Ty Dillon	22.35 over 125 races
Josh Berry	21.74 over 26 races (1 win)

Denny Hamlin is the winningest driver at Kansas, having won 4 times there.  Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano are all tied for 2nd with 3 wins each.

Notable drivers who have not won at Kansas:          

Christopher Bell	(has won at 10 other tracks)
William Byron	(has won at 10 other tracks)
Ryan Blaney	(has won at 9 other tracks)
Alex Bowman	(has won at 8 other tracks)
Chris Buescher	(has won at 6 other tracks)

No current drivers scored their first Cup Series win at Kansas.

Based on average finish, no drivers list 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 2024

Tyler Reddick	+643 pts
Bubba Wallace	+536 pts
Chris Buescher	+437 pts
William Byron	+424 pts
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	+275 pts

Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024

Brad Keselowski	-473 pts
Ty Gibbs	-290 pts
Josh Berry	-275 pts
Joey Logano	-230 pts
Todd Gilliland	-216 pts

Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:

Best Career Year          

William Byron	8.91
Christopher Bell	12.00
Chase Briscoe	16.18
JH Nemechek	18.91
Todd Gilliland	19.45

Worst Career Year

Brad Keselowski	26.27
Cole Custer	25.64
Carson Hocevar	21.82
Ty Gibbs	19.91
Zane Smith	19.09

Rookie of the Year Battle

Riley Herbst	141
SVG	121

The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position.  (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.)  No stage points or playoff points count.

Manufacturer Standings        

Chevrolet	397
Toyota	390
Ford	371

Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:

Chartered Team Standings

Hendrick	392
Joe Gibbs	376
Penske	332
Trackhouse	314
23XI	304
RFK	277
Spire	266
RCR	265
Front Row	258
Kaulig	245
Legacy MC	235
Hyak	218
Wood Bros	164
Haas Factory	125
Rick Ware	68

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

Kyle Larson	108
William Byron	98
Ryan Blaney	92
Bubba Wallace	90
Alex Bowman	74
Tyler Reddick	70
Joey Logano	66
Austin Cindric	65
Denny Hamlin	59
Chase Elliott	53

Milestone Watch

Chase Elliott	Looking for his 20th Career Win
William Byron	Looking for his 60th Career Top 5
Erik Jones	Looking for his 40th Career Top 5
Josh Berry	Looking for his 10th Career Top 10
Joey Logano	Looking for his 290th Career Top 10
Ryan Preece	Looking for his 20th Career Top 10
Daniel Suarez	This will be his 300th Career Cup Series Start

Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:

Winless Streaks

Justin Haley	152 races
Cole Custer	108 races
Bubba Wallace	90 races
Erik Jones	90 races
Kyle Busch	68 races
Michael McDowell	59 races
Daniel Suarez	45 races
Chase Elliott	38 races
Brad Keselowski	34 races
AJ Allmendinger	31 races

The race begins Sunday, May 11th at 3:00 pm EST (12:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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