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Pit Stop Results

NASCAR Cup Series

AdventHealth 400

Kansas Speedway

May 5th, 2024

Race #12 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 267
- Extended to 268 laps
Miles Raced : 402.0
Time of Race: 03h 10m 42s
Average Speed: 126.481 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.001s
Cautions : 7
Caution Laps : 43
Lead Changes : 27
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 31 (82 %)

Denny Hamlin pits — Kansas City, Kansas - May 5th, 2024: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, pits during the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway. Photo by Logan Riely | Getty Images

Pit Stop Summary Table

Detail table of each pit stop is below the summary table.

DRIVER	# STOPS	AVG SVC	AVERAGE STOP	FASTEST STOP	SLOWEST STOP
Brad Keselowski	7	11.601	39.610	37.822	43.170
Denny Hamlin	6	9.542	37.702	32.428	40.146
Jimmie Johnson	4	11.995	40.229	38.807	42.771
Joey Logano	4	10.369	37.920	37.301	38.893
Kyle Busch	6	9.632	36.997	31.788	38.304
Martin Truex Jr	6	10.260	37.979	37.088	38.767
Michael McDowell	5	9.155	37.647	34.107	40.784
Austin Dillon	6	10.138	37.947	37.624	38.457
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	6	10.193	38.245	32.943	42.076
Kyle Larson	6	10.221	37.865	33.428	43.083
Alex Bowman	6	9.270	37.126	32.615	39.223
Ryan Blaney	7	9.523	37.285	32.345	39.373
Corey Lajoie	5	9.890	37.713	33.063	40.405
Chase Elliott	6	8.876	36.634	32.390	37.783
Chris Buescher	6	9.409	37.252	32.984	39.160
Ryan Preece	5	13.426	42.801	38.286	52.247
Daniel Suarez	7	9.166	36.986	33.155	38.096
Ross Chastain	6	9.470	37.161	33.546	38.303
Bubba Wallace	5	12.105	40.076	37.918	42.919
Daniel Hemric	5	11.431	39.580	37.992	42.038
William Byron	6	10.043	38.076	34.054	40.178
Tyler Reddick	6	10.360	38.183	37.398	38.772
Justin Haley	7	11.487	39.926	39.007	40.927
John Hunter Nemechek	7	11.244	40.251	33.303	50.614
Christopher Bell	6	9.288	37.094	33.202	38.359
Austin Cindric	4	10.001	37.790	37.259	38.446
Austin Hill	5	13.660	42.123	39.946	44.071
Chase Briscoe	4	9.117	37.212	32.420	40.316
Harrison Burton	6	11.700	39.896	38.288	44.027
Noah Gragson	6	8.420	36.311	32.642	38.257
Riley Herbst	4	11.787	39.950	38.536	41.302
Zane Smith	6	10.944	39.231	38.007	39.852
Josh Berry	7	10.315	38.277	37.798	39.195
Ty Gibbs	6	10.505	38.501	37.628	41.342
Todd Gilliland	6	10.866	38.977	33.787	42.645
Derek Kraus	5	11.064	39.840	38.276	42.002
Carson Hocevar	6	9.003	36.955	32.423	38.408
Corey Heim	7	9.562	37.485	32.593	39.900

Pit Stop Detail Table

Summary table of each pit stop is above the detail table.

DRIVER	LDR LAP	DRV LAP	STOP	TOTAL	TYPE
Todd Gilliland	30	29	11.71	39.63	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	30	29	12.25	40.57	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	32	31	9.74	37.09	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	32	31	9.61	37.23	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	32	31	10.01	37.94	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	32	31	11.04	38.77	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	32	31	12.31	40.49	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	32	31	12.78	41.30	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	32	32	9.98	37.53	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	32	32	10.44	37.99	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	33	32	9.54	37.21	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	33	32	10.01	37.51	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	33	32	9.98	37.86	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	33	32	10.34	37.90	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	33	32	10.21	38.02	Four Wheel Change
Michael McDowell	33	32	10.18	38.14	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	33	32	10.11	38.19	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	33	32	10.28	38.26	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	33	32	10.41	38.43	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	33	32	10.48	38.45	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	33	32	10.54	38.57	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	33	32	10.68	38.61	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	33	32	11.04	38.95	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	33	32	11.55	39.42	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	33	32	12.48	40.26	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	33	32	11.75	40.32	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	34	33	10.24	38.05	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	34	33	10.84	38.09	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	34	33	10.48	38.22	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	34	33	10.21	38.41	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	34	33	10.91	39.01	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	34	33	11.65	39.65	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	34	33	11.71	39.85	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	34	34	10.44	38.36	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	35	34	10.14	37.99	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	35	34	11.45	39.95	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	35	34	11.94	40.07	Four Wheel Change
Derek Kraus	51	50	13.58	42.00	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	83	83	10.11	37.62	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	83	83	9.71	37.63	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	83	83	9.78	37.65	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	83	83	10.24	37.70	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	83	83	9.91	37.71	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	83	83	9.74	37.76	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	83	83	9.84	37.78	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	83	83	10.18	37.79	Four Wheel Change
Michael McDowell	83	83	9.61	37.81	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	83	83	10.08	37.82	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	83	83	10.04	37.88	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	83	83	10.01	37.90	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	83	83	10.08	37.90	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	83	83	10.11	37.91	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	83	83	10.31	37.92	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	83	83	10.01	37.98	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	83	83	10.38	38.09	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	83	83	10.31	38.10	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	83	83	9.91	38.15	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	83	83	10.48	38.24	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	83	83	10.31	38.26	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	83	83	10.54	38.57	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	83	83	11.38	38.89	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	83	83	11.34	39.21	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	83	83	11.24	39.41	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	83	83	11.31	39.49	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	83	83	11.38	39.69	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	83	83	11.41	40.03	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	83	83	10.61	40.15	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	83	83	12.25	40.67	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	83	83	12.81	40.96	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	83	83	14.58	43.24	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	84	83	10.41	38.25	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	84	83	10.64	38.65	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	84	84	15.55	44.35	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	115	114	10.34	38.29	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	115	114	10.91	38.67	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	116	114	10.38	38.29	Four Wheel Change
Derek Kraus	116	114	10.34	39.31	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	116	115	9.94	37.73	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	116	115	10.18	38.29	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	117	116	9.61	37.26	Four Wheel Change
Michael McDowell	117	116	9.58	37.39	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	117	116	10.08	37.59	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	117	116	10.08	37.69	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	117	116	10.24	37.80	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	117	116	10.18	37.82	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	117	116	10.14	38.00	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	117	116	10.48	38.49	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	117	116	10.61	38.52	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	117	116	15.08	50.61	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	118	117	9.34	36.99	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	118	117	9.61	37.32	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	118	117	9.64	37.46	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	118	117	9.68	37.69	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	118	117	9.94	37.92	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	118	117	10.34	37.96	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	118	117	10.51	38.14	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	118	117	12.91	40.93	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	118	118	9.98	38.07	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	118	118	10.31	38.16	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	118	118	10.84	38.30	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	118	118	11.04	38.77	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	118	118	15.38	43.08	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	119	117	10.64	38.54	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	119	118	9.51	37.27	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	119	118	10.01	38.01	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	119	118	10.71	38.81	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	119	118	12.61	40.94	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	122	121	10.58	38.04	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	123	122	10.61	38.26	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	124	122	10.44	38.05	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	124	124	9.84	37.40	Four Wheel Change
Derek Kraus	148	146	9.88	38.28	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	168	168	9.48	37.10	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	168	168	9.68	37.30	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	168	168	9.81	37.44	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	168	168	9.84	37.46	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	168	168	9.74	37.62	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	168	168	9.78	37.63	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	168	168	9.84	37.64	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	168	168	9.81	37.72	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	168	168	9.58	37.75	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	168	168	10.11	37.77	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	168	168	10.11	37.91	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	168	168	10.58	37.94	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	168	168	10.12	38.02	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	168	168	10.34	38.16	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	168	168	9.98	38.26	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	168	168	10.58	38.31	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	168	168	10.28	38.44	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	168	168	10.28	38.80	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	168	168	11.65	39.22	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	168	168	11.38	39.37	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	168	168	11.01	39.86	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	168	168	10.78	40.25	Four Wheel Change
Michael McDowell	168	168	10.51	40.78	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	168	168	13.21	40.79	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	168	168	14.48	42.65	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	168	168	14.25	42.77	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	168	168	15.24	43.17	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	169	167	12.18	40.53	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	169	168	9.71	37.36	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	169	168	9.84	37.49	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	169	168	11.04	38.67	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	169	168	11.18	39.27	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	169	168	12.35	40.35	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	169	168	14.01	42.41	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	169	168	18.35	52.25	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	179	179	5.81	33.79	Two Wheel Change Right
Josh Berry	179	179	10.28	38.28	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	179	179	11.04	38.56	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	179	179	10.91	39.20	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	179	179	11.24	39.60	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	179	179	14.38	42.56	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	180	179	9.58	37.45	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	181	179	10.14	38.04	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	181	179	10.81	39.07	Four Wheel Change
Derek Kraus	181	179	11.31	40.47	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	181	180	11.34	39.45	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	186	186	10.11	37.67	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	187	186	10.64	38.56	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	188	185	11.55	39.43	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	188	187	9.91	37.87	Four Wheel Change
Derek Kraus	194	193	10.21	39.15	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	194	193	12.78	42.04	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	194	194	10.78	38.43	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	194	194	11.11	39.16	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	194	194	11.61	39.80	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	194	194	12.51	40.41	Four Wheel Change
Austin Hill	195	193	15.65	44.07	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	201	201	4.57	31.79	Two Wheel Change Right
Noah Gragson	201	201	4.84	32.81	Two Wheel Change Right
Daniel Suarez	201	201	5.21	33.16	Two Wheel Change Right
Christopher Bell	201	201	5.54	33.20	Two Wheel Change Right
Ross Chastain	201	201	6.01	33.55	Two Wheel Change Right
Chase Elliott	201	201	9.98	37.78	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	201	201	9.98	37.83	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	201	201	9.87	37.84	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	201	201	10.11	37.85	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	201	201	10.08	37.89	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	201	201	10.11	37.89	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	201	201	9.91	37.89	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	201	201	10.14	37.92	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	201	201	10.21	37.92	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	201	201	10.68	38.38	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	201	201	10.61	38.50	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	201	201	10.74	39.01	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	201	201	11.18	39.73	Four Wheel Change
Corey Heim	201	201	11.18	39.90	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	201	201	11.81	40.18	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	201	201	13.98	42.08	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	253	252	12.91	41.34	Four Wheel Change
Carson Hocevar	257	256	4.67	32.42	Two Wheel Change Right
Corey Lajoie	259	258	5.31	33.06	Two Wheel Change Right
Ryan Blaney	262	262	4.50	32.35	Two Wheel Change Right
Chase Elliott	262	262	4.54	32.39	Two Wheel Change Right
Chase Briscoe	262	262	4.57	32.42	Two Wheel Change Right
Denny Hamlin	262	262	4.81	32.43	Two Wheel Change Right
Corey Heim	262	262	4.57	32.59	Two Wheel Change Right
Alex Bowman	262	262	4.50	32.62	Two Wheel Change Right
Noah Gragson	262	262	4.61	32.64	Two Wheel Change Right
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	262	262	4.84	32.94	Two Wheel Change Right
Chris Buescher	262	262	5.11	32.98	Two Wheel Change Right
John Hunter Nemechek	262	262	5.34	33.30	Two Wheel Change Right
Kyle Larson	262	262	5.77	33.43	Two Wheel Change Right
William Byron	262	262	5.81	34.05	Two Wheel Change Right
Michael McDowell	262	262	5.91	34.11	Two Wheel Change Right
Christopher Bell	262	262	9.54	37.29	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	262	262	10.21	37.99	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	262	262	10.24	38.06	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	262	262	10.71	38.16	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	262	262	10.28	38.30	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	262	262	10.54	38.46	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	262	262	10.54	38.55	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	262	262	10.88	39.10	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	262	262	11.11	39.20	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	262	262	11.04	39.64	Four Wheel Change
Harrison Burton	263	257	15.25	44.03	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	263	263	14.08	42.92	Four Wheel Change

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Race Fast Facts

Kansas Speedway
AdventHealth 400
Race Winner: Kyle Larson
Age: 31
Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
Kyle Larson won the AdventHealth 400, his 25th victory in 343 Cup Series races.
The margin of victory was .001 seconds, the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history.
This is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 2024. This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 19 races at Kansas Speedway.
Chris Buescher (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 17 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2024.
Chase Elliott (third) posted his 11th top-10 finish in 17 races at Kansas Speedway.
Josh Berry (15th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Larson leads the point standings by 29 points over Martin Truex Jr..

Race Recap

Kyle Larson beats Chris Buescher at Kansas in closest NASCAR finish ever

May 5th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

In the closest finish in NASCAR history, Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher to the checkered flag by roughly one inch to win Sunday night’s AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

After Kyle Busch’s spin on Lap 261 of a scheduled 267 sent the race to overtime, Buescher took the lead on the restart of the two-lap shootout, only to have Larson pull even on the backstretch on the final lap.

Larson’s No. 5 Chevrolet and Buescher’s No. 17 Ford banged doors twice coming to the finish line. Buescher held the edge a foot from the stripe, but Larson surged ahead to win in a photo finish, with timing and scoring showing a margin of 0.001 seconds.

The victory was Larson’s second of the season, his second at Kansas and the 25^thof his career. The win was the sixth this season for Hendrick Motorsports, most in the NASCAR Cup Series so far this year.

“That was wild,” said Larson who had faded from second to fourth before Busch’s spin. “I was obviously thankful for that caution. We were dying pretty bad. Was happy to come out third (off pit road), and figured my best shot was to choose the bottom and try and split three-wide to the inside.

“Worked out my car turned well and was able to get some runs. Got through (Turns) 1 and 2 really good down the backstretch and had a big tow on Chris, and got him to kind of enter shallow, and I just committed really hard up top.

“Wasn’t quite sure if we were going to make it out the other side. I got super loose in the center, and then we’re just trying to… I’m trying not to get too far ahead of him to where he can side draft, and then I was just trying to kill his run. It was crazy.”

In the frenzied overtime, Chase Elliott was third, 0,059 seconds behind Larson, followed by Martin Truex Jr., who trailed the leader by 0.075 seconds.

The caution for Busch’s spin negated the fuel-saving measures that had dominated the final stage of the race. The lead-lap cars pitted en masse on Lap 263, with most taking right-side tires only, and Truex opting for fresh rubber on all four corners.

Fifth-place finisher Denny Hamlin was first off pit road and chose the bottom lane for the overtime restart with Larson behind him and Buescher to his outside. But Larson ducked to the inside entering Turn 1, abandoning Hamlin and allowing Buescher to surge into the lead.

Buescher, who scored his first career top five on an intermediate speedway, held the top spot until Larson surged ahead by a half-car-length on the backstretch to set up the wild drag race to the finish line.

“That sucks to be that close,” said Buescher, who overcame a penalty for a pit crew member over the wall too soon during the Stage 2 break. “It was a great finish for us, a really strong day. A lot of speed in this Castrol Edge Ford Mustang, and we really needed that. Needed a win more, and I thought might have had that one.

“Had a lot of speed there firing off. We were really good really all day, and really proud of that. Had some good strategy to get us back up there and tried to cover what I could and gave him half a lane too much, I suppose, but good hard race right there down to the line. But, yeah, it just hurts.”

The race featured 27 lead changes among 10 drivers and seven cautions for 43 laps. Except for stage breaks, the race ran caution free until Lap 176, when contact from Corey LaJoie’s Chevrolet sent seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson spinning in a three-car accident that slowed the race for seven laps.

Three more cautions followed in rapid succession, creating varying strategic options as drivers either chose to pit for fuel or to stay out. Truex, who had ample fuel, was closing fast late in the race on then-leader Hamlin, who was saving gas, when the caution for Busch’s spin forced the overtime.

Pole winner Christopher Bell ran sixth, followed by Alex Bowman, Busch, Noah Gragson (scoring his third straight top 10) and Michael McDowell.

“That race from start to finish was amazing,” said Larson. “That first stage was incredible. The second stage at the end was fun, and then that whole last stage with the wrecks and cautions and then fuel strategy and tires running long and all that was wild.

“You guys got your money’s worth today, and I’m just proud to be a part of the show.”

Notes:Hamlin won the first stage and Buescher the second… The previous closest finishes in NASCAR history were Ricky Craven’s 0.002-second win over Kurt Busch on March 16, 2003 at Darlington and Jimmie Johnson’s victory over Clint Bowyer at Talladega on April 17, 2011 by the same margin… Corey Heim finished 22^ndin relief of injured Erik Jones, who will return to action next weekend at Darlington… Larson extended his series lead to 29 points over Truex in second… Larson’s victory by the closest of margins kept Ford drivers winless through 12 races this season.