NASCAR Cup Series Kansas results: Kurt Busch wins
Kurt Busch won a dramatic race for 23XI Racing at Kansas Speedway after a fierce battle with Kyle Larson
The veteran driver secured his 34th career victory and his first since joining 23XI Racing at the start of the 2022 season. The team, co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, had one previous victory with Bubba Wallace at Talladega last fall.
Busch is the eleventh different winner this year. Larson finished second after a dramatic back-and-forth battle.
There were ten leaders with 18 lead changes in a race slowed by eight cautions. While Kurt Busch won the second stage, his younger brother Kyle, who ultimately finished third, won the first stage. The elder Busch led a race-high 116 laps.
Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Laps Led | Retirement | Points | Bonus | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 45 | Kurt Busch | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'03.150 | 116 | 50 | |||||
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'04.563 | 1.413 | 1.413 | 29 | 40 | |||
3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'05.141 | 1.991 | 0.578 | 18 | 53 | |||
4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'05.436 | 2.286 | 0.295 | 36 | ||||
5 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'06.995 | 3.845 | 1.559 | 37 | 32 | |||
6 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'11.806 | 8.656 | 4.811 | 36 | ||||
7 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'16.689 | 13.539 | 4.883 | 4 | 43 | |||
8 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'18.308 | 15.158 | 1.619 | 3 | 29 | |||
9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'19.108 | 15.958 | 0.800 | 29 | ||||
10 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 267 | 3:13'19.648 | 16.498 | 0.540 | 32 | ||||
11 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 267 | 3:13'20.708 | 17.558 | 1.060 | 33 | ||||
12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 267 | 3:13'21.771 | 18.621 | 1.063 | 1 | 35 | |||
13 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'22.586 | 19.436 | 0.815 | 24 | ||||
14 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 267 | 3:13'23.488 | 20.338 | 0.902 | 23 | ||||
15 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 267 | 3:13'25.021 | 21.871 | 1.533 | 22 | ||||
16 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'25.594 | 22.444 | 0.573 | 25 | 27 | |||
17 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 267 | 3:13'27.027 | 23.877 | 1.433 | 22 | ||||
18 | 16 | Noah Gragson | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'27.506 | 24.356 | 0.479 | |||||
19 | 7 | Corey Lajoie | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'28.384 | 25.234 | 0.878 | 18 | ||||
20 | 42 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 267 | 3:13'31.401 | 28.251 | 3.017 | 17 | ||||
21 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Ford | 267 | 3:13'33.815 | 30.665 | 2.414 | 16 | ||||
22 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 267 | 3:13'35.322 | 32.172 | 1.507 | 15 | ||||
23 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 267 | 3:13'48.900 | 45.750 | 13.578 | 14 | ||||
24 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 266 | 3:13'03.956 | 1 Lap | 1 Lap | 13 | ||||
25 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Ford | 266 | 3:13'04.329 | 1 Lap | 0.373 | 12 | ||||
26 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 266 | 3:13'23.093 | 1 Lap | 18.764 | 11 | ||||
27 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 265 | 3:13'19.428 | 2 Laps | 1 Lap | 10 | ||||
28 | 77 | Josh Bilicki | Chevrolet | 265 | 3:13'29.809 | 2 Laps | 10.381 | |||||
29 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 264 | 3:13'21.964 | 3 Laps | 1 Lap | 10 | 22 | |||
30 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 263 | 3:13'16.180 | 4 Laps | 1 Lap | 24 | 14 | |||
31 | 15 | J.J. Yeley | Ford | 263 | 3:13'18.850 | 4 Laps | 2.670 | |||||
32 | 43 | Erik Jones | Chevrolet | 261 | 3:13'20.476 | 6 Laps | 2 Laps | 8 | ||||
33 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Chevrolet | 256 | 3:13'21.441 | 11 Laps | 5 Laps | 4 | ||||
34 | 51 | Cody Ware | Ford | 255 | 3:13'06.931 | 12 Laps | 1 Lap | 3 | ||||
35 | 31 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 64 | 46'23.690 | 203 Laps | 191 Laps | Electrical | 2 | |||
36 | 78 | B.J. McLeod | Ford | 32 | 21'09.781 | 235 Laps | 32 Laps | Chassis | 1 |
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