The Cup Series caps off a doubleheader weekend at Kansas Speedway with the Advent Health 400.
Minus Mike Joy for practice and qualifying, Jamie McMurray joins Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer in the broadcast booth.
Two Cup Series drivers had pre-race inspection issues with Todd Gilliland’s number 34 car and Tyler Reddick’s number 45 car failed inspection twice and have had their car chiefs ejected for the weekend and will lose their right to choose a pit stall for the race.
The drivers get a 25 minute practice session before making single car qualifying in a one lap run.
Thirty-eight teams brought cars to the race including Truck Series driver Corey Heim and Xfinity regular Jesse Love.
The drivers have been divided into two groups for practice.
Some of the drivers have had flat tire issues and they only get one set of tires for practice. NASCAR has announced they will not approve a replacement for the flat tires.
The fourth driver with a tire issue, Chase Briscoe brings out the red flag when he is stopped on the track.
Goodyear recommends a minimum tire pressure for each tire; the recommended pressure for the left rear tire is 22psi. The four drivers who have had tire issues had their tire pressures much lower than the recommended pressure.
Before leaving practice early with a flat tire, Ty Gibbs ran the fastest lap on the track in group 1.
Zane Smith is brings out the red flag with a flat tire and gets into the wall.
Fifth overall, William Byron tops the leaderboard in Group 2. Kyle Larson leads the multiple laps list.
The first driver on the track to make a qualifying run is Corey Heim who posted a time of 29.899 seconds around the mile and a half track.
Josh Berry has a lap of over 31 seconds after getting into the wall during his qualifying lap.
With a speed of 29.391 seconds Kyle Larson wins the pole for his 22nd career pole. Chris Buescher will start alongside Larson on the front row.
The starting lineup for the Advent Health 400:
Kyle Larson
Chris Buescher
Christopher Bell
Tyler Reddick
Joey Logano
Ty Gibbs
William Byron
Daniel Suarez
Chase Elliott
Ryan Blaney
Michael McDowell
Justin Haley
Austin Cindric
Denny Hamlin
Bubba Wallace
Erik Jones
John Hunter Nemechek
Zane Smith
Chase Briscoe
Austin Dillon
Alex Bowman
Carson Hocevar
Todd Gilliland
Noah Gragson
Riley Herbst
Ross Chastain
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Corey Heim
Ty Dillon
Ryan Preece
Cole Custer
Jesse Love
AJ Allmendinger
Shane van Gisbergen
Kyle Busch
Brad Keslowski
Cody Ware
Josh Berry
Stage one for the race is 80 laps, stage two is 85 laps, and stage three is 102 laps for a total of 267 around the mile and a half track.
Ty Gibbs will start the race from the back of the field after the crew made unapproved adjustments to the car due to a tire issue. Ty Dillon, Zane Smith, Shane van Gisbergen, Chase Briscoe, and Brad Keselowski will also have to start the race from the back of the field/
Mike Joy is back for today’s race with Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer.
On this Mother’s Day, some of the moms in NASCAR give the command to start the engines.
Last spring, Chris Buescher and Kyle Larson ran to have the closest finish in NASCAR history – one thousandth of a second with Kyle Larson edging out the win. This year they start the race side by side on the front row with Kyle Larson edging out Chris Buescher for the pole.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag start of the race from the inside lane with Chris Buescher on the outside. Drivers are four wide in the field with Kyle Larson leading the way.
Lap three, Kyle Larson has a near half second lead on Christopher Bell; Chris Buescher, Joey Logano, and William Byron round out the top five.
William Byron passes Joey Logano for fourth.
Starting 15th, bubba Wallace has moved up five spots.
The first caution flag of the race comes out on lap six when AJ Allmendinger “blows up” and spews a lot of white smoke. Allmendinger takes his car to the garage.
Some of the drivers come down pit road for service.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 10 with Christopher Bell alongside. Larson and Bell go side by side before Larson gets out in front.
Lap 12, the top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney. Bubba Wallace is just outside the top five in sixth.
Denny Hamlin is reporting a very tight condition and has fallen back to 32nd after making a pit stop during the caution.
The white line on the track is a mere reference for the drivers and not a no-go line.
Lap 18, Kyle Larson has a one second lead on Christopher Bell; Chris Buescher, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five.
Josh Berry started the race in last place after a bad qualifying run. He is now in the top 10!
Lap 21, Brad Keselowski was one of the drivers who had to start the race from the back of the field; he is now in the top 20. Ty Gibbs is also a part of the top 20 after starting at the back of the field.
Lap 29, Kyle Larson has led every lap so far and has a lead of a second and a half on Christopher Bell.
Since the start of the race, Kyle Busch has moved up 21 spots.
Lap 30, the top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, and Chase Elliott. Joey Logano has dropped out of the top 10.
Lap 34, Christopher Bell has closed the gap on leader Kyle Larson to just over a second.
Lap 35, green flag pit stops begin with Michael McDowell, Erik Jones, and Ross Chastain.
Bubba Wallace was charged with crewman interference on pit road and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.
Lap 40, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell come down pit road. Alex Bowman is the new leader.
Jesse Love was charged with driving through too many pit boxes and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr was charged with crew members coming over the wall too soon and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.
Denny Hamlin is the new leader as pit stops cycle through. The leaders were last on pit road on lap eight.
Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, and Todd Gilliland come down pit road and give the lead over to Ty Dillon.
Kyle Larson has retaken the lead with William Byron in second; Ty Dillon, Christopher Bell, and Riley Herbst round out the top five.
Lap 52, Christopher Bell passes Ty Dillon for third.
Lap 53, there are 29 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 54, Kyle Larson has a near two second lead on William Byron; Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five.
AJ Allmendinger is out of the race with a blown engine.
Lap 62, Kyle Larson has increased his lead over teammate Willaim Byron to nearly two and a half seconds; Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five.
Lap 63, Kyle Larson has increased his lead to three seconds over William Byron.
Lap 66, William Byron is smoking on his way to pit road with a flat tire. He gets sideways coming on pit road but gets the car straightened out and to his pit stall; the track stays green. Low tire pressure is the suspected reason for Byron’s flat tire.
Lap 70, the top five are Kyle Larson with a lead of over five seconds on Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and Austin Cindric.
Denny Hamlin was near the back of the field with a handling issue; he is now in the top 10.
William Byron’s flat tire happened so quickly that the crew had little time to prepare for the stop. The tire carrier didn’t even have time to don his gloves. He now has some blisters from the hot tires.
Kyle Larson wins stage one for his seventh stage win of the season. He has over twice the stage wins than any other driver in the Cup Series.
The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott
Christopher Bell
Ruan Blaney
Austin Cindric
Alex Bowman
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Preece
Joey Logano
Zane Smith
Drivers come down pit road for service with Kyle Larson winning the race off of pit road.
Carson Hocevar was charged with equipment interference and will have to restart the race from the back of the field. Erik Jones was charged with pitting while pit road was closed.
Team owner Richard Childress noted that Kyle Larson is in his own zip code.
Denny Hamlin reports a clutch issue.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag start of stage two on lap 88 with Chase Elliott alongside. Drivers get four wide in the field with Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott battling for the lead.
NASCAR says that the race start is under review.
Restart is good.
Lap 91, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott continue to swap the lead back and forth.
Lap 92, Kyle Larson gets the lead with a battle for second.
The top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and Ryan Preece.
Alex Bowman and Zane Smith make contact but the track stays green.
There are just 22 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 96, Kyle Larson has pulled out to a near one second lead on Christopher Bell; Chase Elliott, Ryan Preece, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five.
Lap 101, Kyle Larson has pulled out to a near two second lead on Chrisotpher Bell.
Lap 107, Kyle Larson now has a four second lead on Christopher Bell; Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and Josh Berry round out the top five.
Lap 111, there are 22 cars on the lead lap with AJ Allmendinger the only driver out of the race. Bubba Wallace is the first car one lap down.
Lap 112, Kyle Larson continues to increase his lead and is now five and a half seconds in front of Christopher Bell.
Lap 114, Chase Elliott passes Chrisotpher Bell for second place.
Lap 118, Denny Hamlin passes Josh Berry for fifth.
Lap 121, Kyle Larson has a five second lead on Chase Elliott; Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, and Denny Hamlin round out the top five.
Austin Cindric was charged with an uncontrolled tire during his pit stop and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.
Green flag pit stops have begun.
Lap 126, some of the drivers at the front of the field are making their pit stops.
Kyle Larson makes his pit stop – has led 114 of the 126 laps so far. He hands the lead over to Ryan Preece.
Lap 128, Ryan Preece makes his pit stop and gives the lead over to Carson Hocevar.
Denny Hamlin had a 17 second pit stop after a right front tire issue – the tire changer lost the lug nut.
Lap 132, Carson Hocevar makes his pit stop. Kyle Larson retakes the lead and is three seconds in front of Chase Elliott.
Ty Gibbs has been charged with a commitment line violation and will have to serve a passthrough penalty.
Lap 139, Kyle Larson has a three second lead on Chase Elliott; Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, and Josh Berry round out the top five.
There are 21 cars on the lead lap. Todd Gilliland is the last car on the lead lap.
Lap 145, Kyle Larson has a lead of over three seconds on Chase Elliott; Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, and Josh Berry round out the top five.
Lap 149, Chase Elliott has cut into Kyle Larson’s lead and is now two and a third seconds back.
Lap 152, Kyle Larson is reporting a vibration.
Lap 153, Kyle Larson’s lead is now under two seconds over Chase Elliott; Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, and Josh Berry round out the top five.
There are only 19 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 155, Josh Berry passes Christpher Bell for fourth.
Lap 160, while Chase Elliott is just a second and a half behind leader Kyle Larson; third place driver Ryan Blaney is over five seconds behind the leader. The top five drivers are separated by nearly nine seconds.
Lap 163, Kyle Larson’s lead is less than one second in front of Chase Elliott.
As stage two’s end approaches, there is a big pack of cars.
Kyle Larson wins stage two for the stage sweep.
The top 10 drivers at the end of stage two:
Kyle Larson
Chase Elliott
Ryan Blaney
Josh Blaney
Christopher Bell
Alex Bowman
Brad Keselowski
Denny Hamlin
Zane Smith
Ryan Preece
Drivers come down pit road for service with Chase Elliott winning the race off of pit road with Kyle Larson coming out in second.
Chase Elliott brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three with Kyle Larson alongside on lap 173. Elliott gets out in front as drivers get four wide back in the field.
The top five are Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Blaney.
Lap 178, Chase Elliott has a one second lead on Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski as they battle for second.
Lap 180, Brad Keselowski passes Kyle Larson for second.
Lap 182, Chase Elliott has a near two second lead on Brad Keselowski; Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five with 19 cars on the lead lap.
Alex Bowman passes Ryan Blaney for fifth.
Lap 190, Denny Hamlin passes Ryan Blaney for fifth.
With 75 laps remaining in the race, Chase Elliott has a one second lead on Brad Keselowski; Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Christopher Bell round out the top five.
The caution flag comes out on lap 195 for a blown tire in Brad Keselowski’s car. Keselowski was one of the five drivers who had tire issues during practice on Saturday.
Drivers come down pit road for service with Christopher Bell winning the race off of pit road by inches. Denny Hamlin’s car stalled on pit road and had to be pushed back in his pit stall. After a slow stop Chase Elliott drops out of the top 10.
Denny Hamlin takes his car to the garage.
Christopher Bell brings the field down for the green flag restart with Kyle Larson alongside on lap 200. Joey Logano and Chase Briscoe drop down right after the restart for a four way battle.
The caution flag comes out on lap 200 for a wreck in turn two involving Cody Ware, Ty Dillon, and catching up Daniel Suarez.
Kyle Larson is declared the leader by inches.
Bubba Wallace is the “lucky dog”.
Riley Herbst and Carson Hocevar were caught speeding on pit road and will have to restart the race from the back of the field. Cody Ware was charged with pitting while pit road was closed and will also restart the race from the back of the field.
Denny Hamlin is out of the race.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 207 with Joey Logano alongside. Larson jumps out in front as the drivers get three and four wide across the track.
The caution flag comes out for Kyle Busch spinning out and coming to a stop in the grass. Busch was the bottom car in a four wide battle when Noah Gragson made contact to send Busch spinning. He gets a push to get back on the track.
Shane van Gisbergen is the “lucky dog”.
Lap 209, the top five are Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, and Ryan Blaney.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag restart with Joey Logano alongside with 55 laps remaining in the race. Logano edges out for the lead before Kyle Larson gets the lead. The caution flag comes out for a wreck involving Bubba Wallace and Jusitn Haley in turn two. Erik Jones was also involved. Ricky Stenhouse Jr was the “lucky dog”.
The top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Alex Bowman, and Chase Briscoe.
Austin Dillon was charged with having too many crew members over the wall. He will restart the race from the back of the field. Justin Haley had an uncontrolled tire and will also restart from the back of the field.
Kyle Larson brings the field down for the green flag restart with Christopher Bell alongside on lap 218. Larson gets out in front for the lead with Alex Bowman in second. Christopher Bell passes Alex Bowman for second.
The top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Preece.
Brad Keselowski, Daniel Suarez, and Ty Dillon are out of the race.
With 44 laps to go, Kyle Larson has a near half second lead on Christopher Bell; Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Preece round out the top five.
Lap 229, Kyle Larson has a near one second lead on Christopher Bell; Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Preece round out the top five.
Lap 231, Kyle Larson has increased his lead on Christopher Bell to over a second. There are 22 cars on the lead lap.
Lap 233, Kyle Larson is slowly increasing his lead on Christopher Bell and is now a second and a half out in front.
Thirty to go, Kyle Larson continues to increase his lead and is now over a second and a half over Christopher Bell; Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Preece continue to round out the top five.
Kyle Larson has led 192 of the 240 laps run so far. Previously the driver who led the most laps was not the winner of the race.
Just 25 laps to go, Kyle Larson has a lead of over a second and a half on Christopher Bell.
Erik Jones returns to the track 31 laps down.
Lap 247, Kyle Larson has just led lap 200 – the most of any driver at Kansas.
Twenty to go, Kyle Larson has a near two second lead on Christopher Bell; Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Blaney round out the top five.
Erik Jones is being posted for not making the minimum speed and will have to return to the garage.
Fifteen to go, Kyle Larson has a lead of over two seconds on Christopher Bell.
Ten to go, Kyle Larson continues to dominate the race with a lead of over two seconds on Christopher Bell.
Last year Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher were separated by one thousandth of a second; this year they are over 14 seconds apart with Larson in the lead and Buescher in eighth.
Eight to go, the top five are Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, and Chase Briscoe.
Leader Kyle Larson encounters slower traffic.
Five to go, Kyle Larson has a near two second lead on Christopher Bell.
Alex Bowman hits the wall but the track stays green.
Carson Hocevar brushes the wall and has a tire coming apart. Hocevar makes it to pit road and the track stays green.
Kyle Larson takes the white flag with a second and a half lead on Christopher Bell.
Kyle Larson wins the race in dominating fashion.
Larson said that he was struggling at the end with a bad vibration.
The unofficial results of the Advent Health 400:
Kyle Larson
Christopher Bell
Ryan Blaney
Chase Briscoe
Alex Bowman
Josh Berry
Ryan Preece
Chris Buescher
Joey Logano
John Hunter Nemechek
Austin Cindric
Todd Gilliland
Corey Heim
Noah Gragson
Chase Elliott
Zane Smith
Tyler Reddick
Ross Chastain
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Shane van Gisbergen
Kyle Busch
Austin Dillon
Michael McDowell
William Byron
Cole Custer
Carson Hocevar
Riley Herbst
Ty Gibbs
Jesse Love
Cody Ware
Justin Haley
Erik Jones
Bubba Wallace
Daniel Suarez
Ty Dillon
Denny Hamlin
Brad Keselowski
AJ Allmendinger