2021 Kansas Speedway, Hollywood Casino 400

Kyle Larson wasted no time in securing a spot in the championship race by winning at Texas this past weekend. The odds on favorite to win this years championship didn’t have much of a problem winning his eighth win of the season and third of the playoffs. Joey Logano took the biggest hit when he lost an engine late in the race and now sits forty-three points below the cut line. He’s probably going to need to win to make it in.

HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400

This week the series heads to the Kansas Speedway for the running of the Hollywood Casino 400. This is the second race of the round of eight and only three more drivers can make the championship race. Things are going to heat up as these seven drivers try to win one of the next two races or position themselves to get in on points.

Kyle Larson: How can you not pick Kyle to win every week through the end of the year? He has nothing to lose and nothing to gain. They might try to do some testing for next year, but I think they just try to stay focused and keep winning races. As dominant as he was last weekend there’s no reason to think he can’t do it again this week.

Kyle Busch: Kyle won the race here back in May of this year and had a pretty good early showing last week at Texas. This team knows that they almost have to win one of the next two races to make the championship and they can win either of those. The Gibbs drivers don’t seem quite as fast as the Hendrick drivers, but Kyle doesn’t want to head to Martinsville needing to win.

Martin Truex Jr.: Martin hasn’t won here since sweeping the races here back in the 2017 season. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t been good here though either. He has only finished outside of the top ten once in his last nine starts at Kansas. The problem is they just don’t seem to be in the same groove they were in for a few years at the intermediate tracks.

Chase Elliott: Chase won at Kansas during the fall of 2018 and has finished in the top six in five of his last six starts there. He currently sits just below the cutline, but that doesn’t really matter right now with two races to go. The question is, when will Kevin Harvick make sure he doesn’t win the championship again this year? I think he waits until Phoenix if Chase makes it in.

Ryan Blaney: Ryan has run well here his whole career, but lately he hasn’t been getting the types of finishes he would expect. In his last four starts at Kansas he has scored points in every stage, yet he has only finished in the top twenty once. They are going to have to figure out why they can’t finish a race here in the top ten consistently and get that corrected this week. He should have a car capable of winning this race.

Brad Keselowski: Brad had a good run at Texas last week and needs to continue that momentum this week at Kansas. He finished third in the May race and has finished in the top ten in four of his last five starts including a win in the spring of 2019. All they need to do is the same thing they did last week and hope for a little bit of luck.

Joey Logano: After losing an engine late in last weeks race this team really needs to win one of the next two races. He won this race last season, but they haven’t run consistently well with only three top ten finishes in their last nine races. This could be the beginning of the end for them for this season.

Denny Hamlin: Denny won back to back races here in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He currently sits in third place, but only has a nine point cushion. Nobody is truly in or out at this point with two races left to determine the championship four so they can’t sit back and points race. He has scored points in each stage in the last five races so that’s something else he’s got going for himself.

DRIVER GROUP GAME FANTASY NASCAR PICKS FOR KANSAS SPEEDWAY

Driver Group Game Group A

Ryan Blaney

Driver Group Game Group B

Alex Bowman
Christopher Bell

Driver Group Game Group C

Chase Briscoe

MY TOP-5 OVERALL AT KANSAS SPEEDWAY

Kyle Larson
Kyle Busch
Ryan Blaney
Martin Truex Jr.
Brad Keselowski

Dark Horse: Tyler Reddick

Stay Away From: Matt DiBenedetto

Big 18: Austin Dillon

19 replies on “2021 Kansas Speedway, Hollywood Casino 400”

why stay away from Matty D? this is literally one of, if not his best, 1.5 mile track.

i’ve set aside a start for him here for awhile. along with my last start of Reddick.

If you consider 1 top ten in thirteen races good, then by all means use him.

well you recommended Almirola last week & have recommended – logano as an A driver no less – on 1.5 mile tracks this year where they’ve been putrid.

i was gonna use Matty D anyway & last week’s top 15 or whatever didn’t deter me. he’s even better at kansas.

also… in my league i made kyle larson, kyle busch, and bowman A drivers. and only 8 starts per driver. much more necessity in going deep for starts in the B group.

in everyone else’s standard leagues i’m going 12, 5, 8, 42.

Good for you!

Gut…..Give me your top 5 B and Top 3 C please. Have 88(3),24,20(2),8 (3)and 1(3)…… Leaning 9….20,24(1)….14. Thoughts on line up? Maintaining lead in my group. Thanks pal…..

Larson, Kyle Busch, Bowman, Byron, Bell
Stenhouse, Briscoe, Wallace