RFK Racing Weekly Advance | Kansas II
09/07/2022

RFK Racing Weekly Advance | Kansas II

The second race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs rolls on this weekend at Kansas Speedway, where Jack Roush has nine wins all-time and four in the NCS.

 

 

NASCAR Cup Series Race at Kansas

Sunday, Sept. 11 | 3 p.m. ET

USA, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

  • Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang
  • Chris Buescher, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang

 

 

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Overall, RFK has started 177 races across the three national series, earning nine wins, 41 top-five finishes, 76 top-10 finishes and has an overall average finish of 14.9.

 

Winning at Kansas

RFK swept both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NCS races at Kansas in the fall of 2012 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Kenseth. Stenhouse became the sixth driver to win at the track for the organization via his Xfinity victory.

 

NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin earned RFK’s first NCS win at Kansas in 2005 and former driver Greg Biffle bested the 1.5-mile track in 2007 and 2010. RFK’s first overall win at Kansas came in 2002 via Jeff Burton in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Three drivers (Jon Wood in 2003, Carl Edwards in 2004 and Erik Darnell in 2007) have won in the NCWTS at Kansas for RFK.

 

Tale of the Tape

RFK has started 108 NCS races at Kansas, recording four victories, 20 top-five finishes, 36 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 16.6 and has led 970 laps. Kenseth earned the most recent victory at Kansas in the fall of 2012.

 

RFK Kansas Wins

 

2002      Burton  NXS

2003      Wood    Truck

2004      Edwards Truck

2005      Martin  Cup

2007      Biffle     Cup

2007      Darnell Truck

2010      Biffle                    Cup

2012-2  Kenseth               Cup

2012      Stenhouse          NXS

 

By the Numbers at Kansas

Race      Win       T5          T10               Pole       Laps               Led        AvSt      AvFn     Miles

108        4             20          36               2             27588   970        17.2       16.6               41382

50          2             14          28               3             9699      383        12.9       12.9               14548.5

19          3             7             12               0             3059      229        9.9         11.0               4588.5

177        9             41          76               5             40346   1582      14.8               14.9       60519

 

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