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Pit Stops : Kansas Speedway

AdventHealth 400

Kansas Speedway , Kansas City, KS

Sunday, May 7th, 2023 Race 12 of 36 2023 Season
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  • Kansas Speedway
  • AdventHealth 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 24 - Liberty University Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the Pole Award for the AdventHealth 400 with a lap of 30.133 seconds, 179.206 mph.
  • This is his 10th pole in 192 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his second pole and eighth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2023 and his eighth in 17 races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Ross Chastain (third) posted his second top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his fifth in 12 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (seventh) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, May 7th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Denny Hamlin breaks drought with last-lap tap-and-pass at Kansas

Denny Hamlin didn't tap-dance around the tap that helped him to a much-needed victory at Kyle Larson's expense in Sunday's AdventHealth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

On the final lap, after an intense chase that began with a restart on Lap 221 of 267, Hamlin closed in on Larson's Chevrolet and further loosened an already loose race car. Slight contact from the right front of Hamlin's Toyota turned Larson into the outside wall as Hamlin streaked past and took the checkered flag.

Larson recovered to finish second, 1.307 seconds behind the winner, who ended a 33-race drought with his fourth victory at Kansas and exited his car at the finish line to a chorus of boos from fans who didn't like the way he had won the race.

"Yeah, I got position on him there, tried to side-draft him and clipped his left rear," said Hamlin, who collected his 49th career victory, tying him with Tony Stewart for 15th most all-time. "But I'm glad he was able to at least finish.

"Credit to my FedEx team, though. Four hundred wins for Joe Gibbs Racing (203 in the NASCAR Cup Series, 197 in the Xfinity Series)—it's such a great accomplishment for them."

Hamlin's last-lap pass for the win was the first at Kansas. The race featured 37 lead changes among 12 drivers, the most lead changes in NASCAR history in a 400-mile race on a 1.5-mile intermediate speedway.

Larson led seven times for a race-high 85 laps that included a stretch of 46 straight before Hamlin grabbed the win on Lap 267.

"I haven't seen a replay," Larson said, "but obviously, he was side-drafting really aggressively, like he would. He was touching me, it felt like, and it had me really out of control. I we wish we could…"

As Larson uttered those words, his attention turned to a confrontation between fifth-place finisher Ross Chastain and Noah Gragson, who swapped sheet metal at least twice during the race. The drivers took a couple of swings at each other before being restrained.

"I got tight off of (Turn) 4, for sure," said Chastain, who ran Gragson up toward the wall during the final stage. "Noah and I have a very similar attitude on the racetrack. We train together, we prepare together, and we know every little thing about each other.

"Yeah, I definitely crowded him up off of 4, and he took a swipe at us in 3, and came down and grabbed ahold of me (after the race). A very big man once told me we have a no-push policy here at Trackhouse (Racing)."

Pole winner William Byron ran third, after recovering from a speeding penalty that put him two laps down. Bubba Wallace passed Chastain with 15 laps left to secure the fourth position. Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Tyler Reddick and Austin Dillon completed the top 10.

The fact that Larson was able to contend for the win at all was a reflection of his talent, given thorny circumstances that set him back in the early going. In a three-way battle for the lead before the race was five laps old, Reddick tried to shoehorn his No. 45 Toyota between Larson, the leader, and Ross Chastain, then running third.

But Reddick tapped the rear of Larson's Chevrolet and sent the No. 5 spinning toward the apron. Larson avoided contact with the wall and recovered to reassume the lead during the second stage.

As Hamlin's crew chief Chris Gabehart noted after the race, "Denny Hamlin just beat the most talented race car driver in the world. What does that say?"

Consecutive wrecks late in Stage 2 scrambled the running order and handed the stage win to Logano, who had stayed out under the sixth caution for Christopher Bell's wreck on the backstretch on Lap 159.

As Chastain slowed slightly on the backstretch, Bell steered his No. 20 Toyota to the inside, then moved up the track and clipped Chastain's Chevrolet. Bell spun into the wall and damaged his car beyond repair.

"Just tried to get a little too aggressive on the side-draft, got into the 1 (Chastain) and spun out," Bell said succinctly after leaving the infield care center.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 267
  • Margin of Victory: 01.307 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 24 Minutes 24 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 117.564
  • Cautions: 11 for 57 laps
  • Lead Changes: 37
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,632 (17.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Kansas Speedway
  • AdventHealth 400
  • Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
  • Age: 42
  • Team : No. 11 - FedEx Express Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Christopher Gabehart
  • Denny Hamlin won the AdventHealth 400, his 49th victory in 626 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 30 races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 17 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • William Byron (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (29th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Ross Chastain leads the point standings by 31 points over Christopher Bell.
Kyle Busch pits during qualifying and pit crew challenge
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina - May 16, 2024 : Kyle Busch, driver of the #8 Lenovo Chevrolet, pits during qualifying and pit crew challenge for the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Aggregate of each driver's pit stops during the race.

 
DRIVER
START
FINISH
STATUS
# STOPS
DRIVER / PIT CREW
FASTEST
SLOWEST
AVG TIME
RANK
DRIVER
AVG TIME
RANK
PIT CREW
AVG TIME
RANK

Kyle Busch
16
35
Accident
4
37.460
37.869
37.691
1
27.398
1
10.293
4
Bubba Wallace
17
4
Running
7
37.500
38.406
37.886
2
27.765
9
10.121
1
Ross Chastain
3
5
Running
7
37.448
38.479
37.979
3
27.850
14
10.129
2
Chase Elliott
21
7
Running
6
37.291
39.970
38.085
4
27.624
5
10.460
5
Ryan Blaney
10
16
Running
7
37.628
38.723
38.153
5
27.867
15
10.286
3
Martin Truex Jr
4
8
Running
7
37.978
38.716
38.241
6
27.554
3
10.687
10
Kevin Harvick
13
11
Running
7
37.429
39.727
38.389
7
27.779
10
10.610
7
Denny Hamlin
8
1
Running
7
37.782
39.957
38.445
8
27.506
2
10.939
14
William Byron
1
3
Running
7
37.071
41.886
38.482
9
27.696
7
10.785
12
Brad Keselowski
20
19
Running
5
37.932
39.101
38.594
10
28.044
23
10.550
6
Joey Logano
6
6
Running
7
37.679
40.365
38.647
11
27.821
12
10.825
13
Erik Jones
19
21
Running
7
37.752
39.504
38.790
12
28.128
25
10.663
9
Daniel Suarez
9
15
Running
6
36.962
44.211
38.802
13
27.642
6
11.161
18
Chris Buescher
14
17
Running
7
37.999
41.043
38.842
14
27.727
8
11.116
16
Ty Dillon
26
22
Running
7
37.139
41.972
38.854
15
28.238
27
10.616
8
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
33
12
Running
5
38.436
39.964
38.935
16
27.790
11
11.144
17
Kyle Larson
2
2
Running
8
37.139
49.181
39.062
17
27.875
16
11.186
19
Justin Haley
30
18
Running
9
34.085
40.949
39.072
18
27.883
18
11.189
20
Noah Gragson
22
29
Running
5
38.847
39.383
39.193
19
27.936
20
11.258
21
Josh Berry
29
25
Running
7
35.735
44.732
39.208
20
28.438
30
10.771
11

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER
LEADER LAP
DRIVER LAP
DRIVER TIME
CREW TIME
TOTAL
TYPE

AJ Allmendinger
39
38
28.028
10.010
38.038
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
207
207
27.976
10.210
38.186
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
166
166
27.767
11.345
39.112
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
191
191
27.821
11.844
39.665
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
84
83
28.062
11.678
39.740
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
139
139
27.913
12.346
40.259
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
111
110
33.725
14.117
47.842
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
191
191
27.700
9.643
37.343
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
159
158
27.867
9.710
37.577
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
109
109
27.935
9.943
37.878
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
83
83
27.565
10.644
38.209
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
34
33
27.702
10.711
38.413
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
207
207
27.875
10.577
38.452
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
180
180
27.973
15.449
43.422
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Aric Almirola
139
137
35.645
19.753
55.398
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
207
207
28.189
9.743
37.932
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
149
149
28.018
10.243
38.261
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
166
166
28.073
10.577
38.650
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
191
191
28.084
10.944
39.028
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
66
65
27.856
11.245
39.101
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE