The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Kansas Speedway this weekend for a Saturday showdown. The Kansas Lottery 250 will be at 5 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. After last weekend’s excitement at Texas Motor Speedway where Austin Cindric collected his third consecutive series win after Kyle Busch’s No. 54 Toyota was disqualified, the series looks forward to 167 laps at the 1.5-mile track.
Cindric is now sitting pretty in second place in the Playoff standings, 24 points behind leader Chase Briscoe. Briscoe leads the series with five wins this season and Cindric is right behind him with three.
There are currently six drivers locked into the Xfinity Series Playoffs including Briscoe, Cindric, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, and Brandon Jones.
Burton, a Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender, is the highest-ranked rookie and has two wins so far this season.
Justin Allgaier is the highest-ranked driver without a win so far this season in sixth, 146 back from the points leader.
Jones got his first career Xfinity Series victory at Kansas Speedway last season and is the only driver currently entered with a previous win at the track. Jones, who has been the recipient of a streak of bad luck in the last few weeks, will head into Saturday’s race with that momentum on his side.
Matt Kenseth holds the series qualifying record at the track from October 17, 2015, at 184.906 mph and Christopher Bell holds the race record from October 21, 2017 at 141.158 mph.
Kyle Busch holds the record for the most wins (4), Kenseth holds the record for the most poles (3) and Busch holds the record for most top fives (8) and most top 10s (10).
Toyota has the most race wins by a manufacturer with nine and in 2016, we saw the most caution laps in a race at the track with 51 and the fewest caution laps in a race was 20 in 2017.
The inaugural Xfinity Series race at Kansas was in 2001 and won by Jeff Green, current crew chief for RSS Racing. He went back-to-back, winning in 2002 as well.
Only two races have been won from the pole position (2010 and 2016).
This weekend’s Kansas Lottery 250 (5 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) will be 250.5 miles and 167 laps. The stages will end on Lap 40 and Lap 80.
