Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES
TRACK: Kansas Speedway
RACE: Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps / 300 miles)
DATE: Saturday, October 19, 2019
TV: 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC
RADIO: 2:30 p.m. ET on MRN and SiriusXM Ch. 90
It’s the 30th race of the season, and the fourth of the Playoffs. Four full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars have combined to score 13 victories. The Xfinity Series returns to Kansas Speedway for the Kansas Lottery 300. The continued Playoff battle and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the 30th race of the season.
Coverage for the Kansas Lottery 300 is scheduled to start Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET. Kansas has been on the schedule since the track opened in 2001. It has hosted the 30th race of the season since 2015. In 17 races at the 1.5-mile Tri- Oval, 13 drivers have claimed victory.
Christopher Bell and Jeff Green are the only former winners entered in Saturday’s race. The last time a driver competing exclusively for the Xfinity Series Championship won at Kansas was Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in 2012.
The last time the Xfinity Series visited Kansas, Bell took the victory in dramatic and thrilling fashion. He took the lead with four laps to go after pulling off a slide job on his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones. The duo made contact, putting both cars into the wall, and cutting Jones’ tire. Bell beat Tyler Reddick to the line by 2.670 seconds. William Byron was best Xfinity Series regular in fourth. Six of the 10 drivers in the race that day are entered in Saturday’s field.
With the point differential we have in the Round of 8, there’s going to be a priority in getting as many stage points as you can these next three races. Winning is obviously the easiest way to get to Homestead and battle for the championship. You don’t have to win, but you have to be up in the top five and contending for a win or you’re not going to earn enough points to get in that way. My confidence in this No. 1 Allstate Parts and Service team is high, and we’re on a 1.5-mile track. My confidence on those tracks is very high as well, so we’ll go to Kansas and get it done there.”
I’m ready to get to Kansas and get the Round of 8 underway. This track wasn’t too kind to us last year, but I’m confident we can go back and rebound for a solid finish. Our mile-and-a-half program is strong and we have a nice run of top-five finishes going for us. Our goal is to continue that positive momentum this weekend with our BRANDT/TradeMark Nitrogen Camaro and do what we can to get to Victory Lane and lock ourselves into the Championship 4.”
I’m really happy to get back behind the wheel of this No. 8 Chevrolet this weekend in Kansas with Marquis Spa. Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) and everyone on this JR Motorsports team have given me a great car each time out this year and hopefully we will be just as quick this weekend. It’s going to be a fun day on Saturday and I can’t wait to get there.”
Kansas is such a fun track to race on. We were able to get the win there last year in the Truck Series after winning the pole and I feel really confident that we will unload with that same kind of speed with our PUBG Mobile Chevrolet this weekend. We’ve kept this momentum on our side through the first round of the playoffs and hopefully we can keep that going on Saturday and put ourselves in a really good position as the final four gets closer. I’m ready to get going and go fight for a chicken dinner.
Kansas Lottery 300 Starting Lineup:
Pos No. Driver Sponsor Make
1 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
2 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford
3 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Parts Ford
4 5 Kevin Harvick Morton Buildings Chevrolet
5 2 Brian Scott Smokey Mountain Snuff Chevrolet
6 54 Kyle Busch Monster Energy Toyota
7 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota
8 33 Paul Menard Tide/Menards Chevrolet
9 42 Kyle Larson Cartwheel by Target Chevrolet
10 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet
11 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford
12 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
13 20 Matt Kenseth RESER’S Toyota
14 16 Ryan Reed ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes Ford
15 31 Dylan Kwasniewski Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
16 99 James Buescher RUUD Toyota
17 43 Dakoda Armstrong Winfield Ford
18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
19 1 Landon Cassill All Day Parts Chevrolet
20 25 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Toyota
21 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota
22 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Dodge
23 44 David Starr Niece Toyota
24 7 Regan Smith Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet
25 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/ Chevrolet
26 98 Corey LaJoie Medallion Financial/Smithfield Ford
27 40 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
28 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota
29 10 Blake Koch SupportMilitary.org Toyota
30 93 Kevin Swindell JGL Racing Dodge
31 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet
32 70 Derrike Cope Youtheory Chevrolet
33 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge
34 29 Milka Duno CANTV Toyota
35 72 John Jackson Crash Claims R US Chevrolet
36 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet
38 23 Timmy Hill Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
39 87 Jennifer Jo Cobb Mark One Electric Ford
40 90 Martin Roy Gamache Truck Center Chevrolet
FTQ 17 Tanner Berryhill NationalCashLenders.com Dodge
FTQ 89 Morgan Shepherd Courtney Construction Chevrolet
FTQ 46 Ryan Ellis Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
After the events of Dover International Speedway, Brandon Jones, Ross Chastain, Ryan Truex, and Ryan Reed have been eliminated from the 2018 Playoff Grid.
With the reseeding, Christopher Bell leads Justin Allgaier by just five points. Daniel Hemric is now in third, 31-Points behind and two points ahead of the cutoff for the Championship Four. Cole Custer and Elliott Sadler are tired for fourth, 33 behind and tied for the cutoff spot.
Tyler Reddick is two points behind the cutoff with Matt Tifft eight points behind. Austin Cindric, the only driver to enter Dover behind the cutoff to advance to the Round of Eight is 10-Points behind the cutoff for the Championship Four.
TRACK: Kansas Speedway
RACE: Kansas Lottery 300 (200 laps / 300 miles)
DATE: Saturday, October 19, 2019
TV: 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC
RADIO: 2:30 p.m. ET on MRN and SiriusXM Ch. 90
It’s the 30th race of the season, and the fourth of the Playoffs. Four full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series regulars have combined to score 13 victories. The Xfinity Series returns to Kansas Speedway for the Kansas Lottery 300. The continued Playoff battle and stage racing are just some of the storylines heading into the 30th race of the season.
Coverage for the Kansas Lottery 300 is scheduled to start Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET. Kansas has been on the schedule since the track opened in 2001. It has hosted the 30th race of the season since 2015. In 17 races at the 1.5-mile Tri- Oval, 13 drivers have claimed victory.
Christopher Bell and Jeff Green are the only former winners entered in Saturday’s race. The last time a driver competing exclusively for the Xfinity Series Championship won at Kansas was Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in 2012.
The last time the Xfinity Series visited Kansas, Bell took the victory in dramatic and thrilling fashion. He took the lead with four laps to go after pulling off a slide job on his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Erik Jones. The duo made contact, putting both cars into the wall, and cutting Jones’ tire. Bell beat Tyler Reddick to the line by 2.670 seconds. William Byron was best Xfinity Series regular in fourth. Six of the 10 drivers in the race that day are entered in Saturday’s field.
With the point differential we have in the Round of 8, there’s going to be a priority in getting as many stage points as you can these next three races. Winning is obviously the easiest way to get to Homestead and battle for the championship. You don’t have to win, but you have to be up in the top five and contending for a win or you’re not going to earn enough points to get in that way. My confidence in this No. 1 Allstate Parts and Service team is high, and we’re on a 1.5-mile track. My confidence on those tracks is very high as well, so we’ll go to Kansas and get it done there.”
I’m ready to get to Kansas and get the Round of 8 underway. This track wasn’t too kind to us last year, but I’m confident we can go back and rebound for a solid finish. Our mile-and-a-half program is strong and we have a nice run of top-five finishes going for us. Our goal is to continue that positive momentum this weekend with our BRANDT/TradeMark Nitrogen Camaro and do what we can to get to Victory Lane and lock ourselves into the Championship 4.”
I’m really happy to get back behind the wheel of this No. 8 Chevrolet this weekend in Kansas with Marquis Spa. Taylor (Moyer, crew chief) and everyone on this JR Motorsports team have given me a great car each time out this year and hopefully we will be just as quick this weekend. It’s going to be a fun day on Saturday and I can’t wait to get there.”
Kansas is such a fun track to race on. We were able to get the win there last year in the Truck Series after winning the pole and I feel really confident that we will unload with that same kind of speed with our PUBG Mobile Chevrolet this weekend. We’ve kept this momentum on our side through the first round of the playoffs and hopefully we can keep that going on Saturday and put ourselves in a really good position as the final four gets closer. I’m ready to get going and go fight for a chicken dinner.
Kansas Lottery 300 Starting Lineup:
Pos No. Driver Sponsor Make
1 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet
2 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford
3 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Parts Ford
4 5 Kevin Harvick Morton Buildings Chevrolet
5 2 Brian Scott Smokey Mountain Snuff Chevrolet
6 54 Kyle Busch Monster Energy Toyota
7 11 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Toyota
8 33 Paul Menard Tide/Menards Chevrolet
9 42 Kyle Larson Cartwheel by Target Chevrolet
10 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet
11 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford
12 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
13 20 Matt Kenseth RESER’S Toyota
14 16 Ryan Reed ADA Drive to Stop Diabetes Ford
15 31 Dylan Kwasniewski Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
16 99 James Buescher RUUD Toyota
17 43 Dakoda Armstrong Winfield Ford
18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
19 1 Landon Cassill All Day Parts Chevrolet
20 25 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Toyota
21 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota
22 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Dodge
23 44 David Starr Niece Toyota
24 7 Regan Smith Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet
25 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/ Chevrolet
26 98 Corey LaJoie Medallion Financial/Smithfield Ford
27 40 Matt DiBenedetto Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
28 14 Eric McClure Hefty Ultimate/Reynolds Wrap Toyota
29 10 Blake Koch SupportMilitary.org Toyota
30 93 Kevin Swindell JGL Racing Dodge
31 4 Jeffrey Earnhardt teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet
32 70 Derrike Cope Youtheory Chevrolet
33 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge
34 29 Milka Duno CANTV Toyota
35 72 John Jackson Crash Claims R US Chevrolet
36 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet
38 23 Timmy Hill Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
39 87 Jennifer Jo Cobb Mark One Electric Ford
40 90 Martin Roy Gamache Truck Center Chevrolet
FTQ 17 Tanner Berryhill NationalCashLenders.com Dodge
FTQ 89 Morgan Shepherd Courtney Construction Chevrolet
FTQ 46 Ryan Ellis Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet
After the events of Dover International Speedway, Brandon Jones, Ross Chastain, Ryan Truex, and Ryan Reed have been eliminated from the 2018 Playoff Grid.
With the reseeding, Christopher Bell leads Justin Allgaier by just five points. Daniel Hemric is now in third, 31-Points behind and two points ahead of the cutoff for the Championship Four. Cole Custer and Elliott Sadler are tired for fourth, 33 behind and tied for the cutoff spot.
Tyler Reddick is two points behind the cutoff with Matt Tifft eight points behind. Austin Cindric, the only driver to enter Dover behind the cutoff to advance to the Round of Eight is 10-Points behind the cutoff for the Championship Four.
