StatChat 2025 - Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas
- Adam Carabine
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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 Hollywood Casino 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. Kyle Larson won here in the spring earlier this year, and Ross Chastain won 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 7,919 laps, for 10,701.63 miles so far this season. No driver has completed every single lap - Tyler Reddick is closest, running 15 laps down.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:
Chase Elliott | 10.37 over 19 races (1 win) |
Christopher Bell | 12.36 over 11 races |
Kyle Larson | 12.43 over 21 races (3 wins) |
Denny Hamlin | 12.88 over 34 races (4 wins) |
Brad Keselowski | 13.32 over 31 races (2 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Kansas:
Cody Ware | 33.00 over 6 races |
Riley Herbst | 31.00 over 2 races |
Justin Haley | 27.11 over 9 races |
Michael McDowell | 26.75 over 28 races |
Carson Hocevar | 25.50 over 4 races |
Kansas is an Intermediate Track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates:
Denny Hamlin | 11.93 over 347 races (29 wins) |
Kyle Larson | 12.17 over 185 races (18 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 12.38 over 166 races (7 wins) |
Kyle Busch | 12.43 over 363 races (29 wins) |
Joey Logano | 12.57 over 293 races (19 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates:
SVG | 22.65 over 17 races |
Ty Dillon | 22.41 over 133 races |
JH Nemechek | 22.14 over 52 races |
Ryan Preece | 21.76 over 99 races |
Noah Gragson | 21.31 over 47 races |
Denny Hamlin is the winningest driver at Kansas, having won 4 times there. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson and Joey Logano are all tied for 2nd with 3 wins each.
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 whose most recent Cup Series Victory was at Kansas:
Kyle Larson | 18 races ago, 2025 |
Notable drivers who have not won at Kansas:
Ryan Blaney | (has won at 11 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 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
Chase Briscoe | +308 pts |
JH Nemechek | +260 pts |
Ryan Preece | +228 pts |
Erik Jones | +185 pts |
Zane Smith | +135 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024
Noah Gragson | -197 pts |
Brad Keselowski | -188 pts |
Daniel Suarez | -180 pts |
Ty Gibbs | -104 pts |
Tyler Reddick | -91 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Christopher Bell | 12.27 |
Chase Briscoe | 12.60 |
Ryan Preece | 16.47 |
JH Nemechek | 19.27 |
Worst Career Year
Cole Custer | 24.40 |
Carson Hocevar | 20.73 |
Zane Smith | 20.57 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
SVG | 2,059 (4 wins) |
Riley Herbst | 343 |
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 | 1,090 |
Toyota | 1,068 |
Ford | 1,014 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Joe Gibbs | 1,038 |
Hendrick | 1,024 |
Penske | 881 |
RFK | 849 |
Trackhouse | 820 |
23XI | 782 |
Spire | 752 |
Legacy MC | 695 |
RCR | 692 |
Front Row | 673 |
Kaulig | 618 |
Wood Bros | 465 |
Hyak | 439 |
Haas Factory | 378 |
Rick Ware | 214 |
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
William Byron | 270 |
Ryan Blaney | 270 |
Kyle Larson | 221 |
Denny Hamlin | 193 |
Bubba Wallace | 187 |
Tyler Reddick | 181 |
Alex Bowman | 160 |
Christopher Bell | 151 |
Chase Elliott | 146 |
Chase Briscoe | 140 |
Milestone Watch
Denny Hamlin | Looking for his 60th Career Cup Series Win |
Chris Buescher | Looking for his 30th Career Top 5 |
Ross Chastain | Looking for his 70th Career Top 10 |
Brad Keselowski | Looking for his 160th Career Top 5 |
Zane Smith | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
SVG | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
Kyle Larson | Looking for his 200th Career Top 10 |
Scorigami Update
No drivers scored a new finishing position at New Hampshire
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Justin Haley | 171 races |
Cole Custer | 127 races |
Erik Jones | 109 races |
Kyle Busch | 87 races |
Michael McDowell | 78 races |
Daniel Suarez | 64 races |
Brad Keselowski | 53 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 50 races |
Alex Bowman | 46 races |
Chris Buescher | 38 races |
The race begins Sunday, September 28th at 3:00 pm EST (12:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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