Last week at Bristol we got to see domination by Kyle Larson, but also hardly any meaningful passing in what most non-Kyle Larson fans thought was a snoozer of a race. Now, we head to the site of probably the best race and finish of the year, Kansas. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Kansas Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Kansas.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 268 | 63 | 3rd | 2nd | 134.7 |
| 2 | 12 | Chris Buescher | 268 | 54 | 5th | 1st | 123.1 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 268 | 0 | 10th | 11th | 95.8 |
| 4 | 13 | Martin Truex Jr. | 268 | 0 | 7th | 5th | 108.0 |
| 5 | 14 | Denny Hamlin | 268 | 71 | 1st | 3rd | 124.6 |
| 6 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 268 | 5 | 4th | 12th | 105.8 |
| 7 | 18 | Alex Bowman | 268 | 0 | 17th | 7th | 86.5 |
| 8 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 268 | 14 | 8th | 4th | 108.4 |
| 9 | 3 | Noah Gragson | 268 | 0 | 9th | 10th | 94.8 |
| 10 | 8 | Michael McDowell | 268 | 0 | 11th | 15th | 86.5 |
| 11 | 30 | Brad Keselowski | 268 | 1 | 14th | 13th | 86.5 |
| 12 | 26 | Ryan Blaney | 268 | 0 | 16th | 18th | 79.7 |
| 13 | 29 | John Hunter Nemechek | 268 | 0 | 19th | 32nd | 65.1 |
| 14 | 25 | Todd Gilliland | 268 | 4 | 24th | 23rd | 71.1 |
| 15 | 17 | Josh Berry | 268 | 0 | 31st | 28th | 55.8 |
| 16 | 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 268 | 0 | 22nd | 20th | 65.3 |
| 17 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 268 | 0 | 18th | 17th | 68.7 |
| 18 | 35 | Justin Haley | 268 | 0 | 26th | 26th | 60.9 |
| 19 | 2 | Ross Chastain | 268 | 43 | 2nd | 9th | 89.3 |
| 20 | 15 | Tyler Reddick | 268 | 7 | 15th | 8th | 75.3 |
| 21 | 10 | Chase Briscoe | 268 | 0 | 33rd | 30th | 44.0 |
| 22 | 20 | Corey Heim | 268 | 0 | 38th | 35th | 53.6 |
| 23 | 36 | William Byron | 268 | 0 | 13th | 14th | 69.6 |
| 24 | 22 | Carson Hocevar | 268 | 0 | 20th | 19th | 63.1 |
| 25 | 16 | Austin Dillon | 268 | 0 | 23rd | 22nd | 52.8 |
| 26 | 28 | Corey LaJoie | 268 | 0 | 29th | 27th | 47.9 |
| 27 | 27 | Daniel Suarez | 268 | 0 | 27th | 31st | 38.7 |
| 28 | 32 | Ryan Preece | 268 | 0 | 34th | 29th | 36.5 |
| 29 | 24 | Zane Smith | 268 | 0 | 25th | 24th | 45.1 |
| 30 | 33 | Daniel Hemric | 268 | 0 | 28th | 33rd | 35.6 |
| 31 | 38 | Derek Kraus | 268 | 6 | 37th | 38th | 40.3 |
| 32 | 6 | Ty Gibbs | 267 | 0 | 6th | 6th | 80.2 |
| 33 | 34 | Austin Hill | 267 | 0 | 32nd | 34th | 28.7 |
| 34 | 11 | Joey Logano | 266 | 0 | 21st | 21st | 52.3 |
| 35 | 37 | Riley Herbst | 266 | 0 | 36th | 37th | 26.7 |
| 36 | 31 | Harrison Burton | 262 | 0 | 35th | 36th | 25.5 |
| 37 | 7 | Austin Cindric | 184 | 0 | 12th | 16th | 69.4 |
| 38 | 19 | Jimmie Johnson | 175 | 0 | 30th | 25th | 42.6 |
– There were 6 drivers with a 105+ Driver Rating in the Spring race here, that is tied for the most in a race this year.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Chase Elliott | 10.18 | 1st | 31st | 17 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 12.21 | 1st | 38th | 29 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 12.31 | 1st | 41st | 32 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 12.32 | 1st | 39th | 19 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12.59 | 1st | 43rd | 32 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 12.67 | 1st | 40th | 30 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 14.11 | 3rd | 36th | 9 |
| 8 | William Byron | 14.77 | 3rd | 38th | 13 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 15.18 | 2nd | 43rd | 17 |
| 10 | Kyle Busch | 15.64 | 1st | 41st | 33 |
| 11 | Ryan Blaney | 15.95 | 3rd | 37th | 19 |
| 12 | John Hunter Nemechek | 16.33 | 13th | 19th | 3 |
| 13 | Joey Logano | 16.90 | 1st | 39th | 30 |
| 14 | Austin Dillon | 17.09 | 6th | 41st | 22 |
| 15 | Tyler Reddick | 17.10 | 1st | 35th | 10 |
| 16 | Chris Buescher | 17.88 | 2nd | 34th | 17 |
| 17 | Ross Chastain | 18.27 | 5th | 39th | 11 |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | 18.50 | 9th | 29th | 4 |
| 19 | Erik Jones | 18.80 | 3rd | 40th | 15 |
| 20 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 19.40 | 4th | 29th | 10 |
| 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19.65 | 8th | 40th | 23 |
| 22 | Josh Berry | 20.00 | 15th | 25th | 2 |
| 23 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20.80 | 8th | 35th | 20 |
| 24 | Daniel Suarez | 20.87 | 7th | 36th | 15 |
| 25 | Bubba Wallace | 20.92 | 1st | 37th | 13 |
| 26 | Chase Briscoe | 21.14 | 13th | 32nd | 7 |
| T27 | Carson Hocevar | 22.00 | 20th | 24th | 2 |
| T27 | Corey Heim | 22.00 | 22nd | 22nd | 1 |
| 29 | Todd Gilliland | 22.20 | 14th | 25th | 5 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 22.92 | 14th | 38th | 13 |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 24.00 | 11th | 37th | 6 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 24.14 | 8th | 38th | 22 |
| 33 | Ryan Preece | 25.11 | 12th | 34th | 9 |
| 34 | Corey LaJoie | 25.20 | 19th | 34th | 15 |
| 35 | Justin Haley | 25.71 | 18th | 39th | 7 |
| 36 | Daniel Hemric | 26.33 | 18th | 31st | 3 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 26.81 | 10th | 43rd | 26 |
| 38 | Ty Gibbs | 28.50 | 14th | 34th | 4 |
| 39 | Zane Smith | 29.00 | 29th | 29th | 1 |
| 40 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.50 | 23rd | 38th | 2 |
| 41 | Harrison Burton | 30.80 | 21st | 36th | 5 |
| 42 | Derek Kraus | 31.00 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| 43 | Josh Bilicki | 32.71 | 25th | 39th | 7 |
| 44 | J.J. Yeley | 32.90 | 14th | 43rd | 21 |
| 45 | Austin Hill | 33.00 | 33rd | 33rd | 1 |
| 46 | B.J. McLeod | 33.13 | 30th | 39th | 8 |
| 47 | Cody Ware | 33.60 | 27th | 40th | 5 |
| 48 | Timmy Hill | 33.83 | 22nd | 40th | 12 |
| 49 | David Starr | 34.00 | 34th | 34th | 1 |
| 50 | Justin Allgaier | 34.40 | 26th | 41st | 5 |
| 51 | Riley Herbst | 35.00 | 35th | 35th | 1 |
| 52 | Joey Gase | 35.30 | 29th | 38th | 10 |
| 53 | Chad Finchum | 39.50 | 39th | 40th | 2 |
Out of the 53 active drivers to run a Cup race at Kansas only John Hunter Nemechek has never finished out of the Top 20 here, but he’s also ran just 3 races here. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Best Active Kansas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Kansas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 104.35 | 19 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 79.32 | 19 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 98.83 | 32 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 78.86 | 17 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 97.27 | 17 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 78.57 | 19 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 97.07 | 27 | 4 | Christopher Bell | 77.63 | 9 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 95.71 | 32 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 72.90 | 32 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 93.58 | 9 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 72.68 | 32 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 93.32 | 19 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 70.48 | 57 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 92.13 | 32 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 69.33 | 32 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 90.93 | 10 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 67.71 | 29 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 90.37 | 29 | 10 | Tyler Reddick | 67.15 | 10 |
– If you want to know who will probably run well this weekend look no further than the tables above as the same 10 drivers fill out both tables, just in a different order.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 13.79 | 19 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 2 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.65 | 32 | T1 | Corey Heim | 100 | 1 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 7.54 | 30 | T1 | Derek Kraus | 100 | 1 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 6.35 | 30 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 6.08 | 32 | 5 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.88 | 3 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 5.47 | 17 | 6 | Josh Berry | 99.81 | 2 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 4.97 | 33 | 7 | Todd Gilliland | 99.70 | 5 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 4.52 | 29 | 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 99.69 | 10 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 4.02 | 17 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 99.67 | 17 |
| 10 | William Byron | 3.90 | 13 | 10 | Austin Hill | 99.63 | 1 |
Carson Hocevar is the only active driver with 2+ starts at Kansas that has ran 100% of the laps at Kansas in races he’s competed in. He’ll look to keep his 100% alive this weekend. Photo by Jamie Squire — Getty Images
| Most Active Kansas Starts | Most Active Kansas Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 33 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 3 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 32 | T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 32 | T3 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 30 | T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 30 | T5 | Daniel Hemric | 1 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 29 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 26 | T5 | William Byron | 1 |
| 8 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| T9 | Austin Dillon | 22 | T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 |
| T9 | David Ragan | 22 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
Jimmie Johnson has 6 Kansas Wins/Poles, two more than any other active driver. Photo by Jonathan Moore — NASCAR via Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 12.50 | T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 6.25 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 10.00 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 6.06 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 3 | 10.00 | T8 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 10.00 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 10.53 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 7.69 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.90 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 5.88 |
| Most Active Kansas Top 3’s | Best Active Kansas Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 8 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 31.58 | 6 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 26.67 | 8 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 25.00 | 8 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 23.53 | 4 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6 | 5 | Brad Keselowski | 20.69 | 6 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 18.75 | 6 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 5 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 18.18 | 6 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 8 | Joey Logano | 16.67 | 5 |
| T9 | Erik Jones | 2 | 9 | Erik Jones | 13.33 | 2 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 11.76 | 2 |
– Unless a driver making their 1st, 2nd or 3rd Cup start here at Kansas get a Top 3 it will be Kyle Larson who is atop the Kansas Top 3% list above no matter what.
| Most Active Kansas Top 5’s | Best Active Kansas Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 43.75 | 14 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 42.11 | 8 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 10 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 41.18 | 7 |
| T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 34.38 | 11 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 9 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 30.30 | 10 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 8 | T6 | Jimmie Johnson | 30.00 | 9 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 7 | T6 | Joey Logano | 30.00 | 9 |
| T7 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 8 | Erik Jones | 26.67 | 4 |
| 9 | Erik Jones | 4 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 24.14 | 7 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 10 | Christopher Bell | 22.22 | 2 |
| T10 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | ||||
– You can pretty much bet on a Top 5 or bust for Denny Hamlin this weekend as in his 32 starts he has 14 Top 5’s, making him the leader in Top 5% above, but he only has 15 Top 10’s, making him 10th in Top 10% below.
| Most Active Kansas Top 10’s | Best Active Kansas Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 19 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 66.67 | 6 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 18 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 64.71 | 11 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 16 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 63.33 | 19 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 15 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 57.89 | 11 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56.25 | 18 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 12 | 6 | William Byron | 53.85 | 7 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 11 | 7 | Alex Bowman | 52.94 | 9 |
| T7 | Kyle Larson | 11 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 48.48 | 16 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 9 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 48.28 | 14 |
| T10 | William Byron | 7 | 10 | Denny Hamlin | 46.88 | 15 |
| T10 | Ryan Blaney | 7 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 16.67 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 6.67 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 16.67 | T8 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 5.56 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 15.38 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 4.17 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 3 | 10.00 | T8 | William Byron | 1 | 3.85 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.67 | T8 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 3.33 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 6.67 |
– With his Stage 1 win in the Spring race at Kansas Denny Hamlin tied Kyle Busch for most Stage Wins and best Stage Win% among active drivers.
| Most Active Kansas Stage T10’s | Best Active Kansas Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 23 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 76.67 | 23 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 23 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 76.67 | 23 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 22 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 73.33 | 22 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 22 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 73.33 | 22 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 18 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 69.23 | 18 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 17 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 56.67 | 17 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 15 | 7 | Erik Jones | 53.57 | 15 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 14 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 50.00 | 10 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 13 | 9 | Joey Logano | 46.67 | 14 |
| T10 | Tyler Reddick | 10 | ||||
| T10 | Ross Chastain | 10 | 10 | Ross Chastain | 45.45 | 10 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 10 | ||||
– After this weekend there is the potential for either Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, or Kyle Busch to be atop the most Stage Wins list at Kansas among active drivers.
| Most Active Kansas Starts without Win | Most Active Kansas Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 26 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 33 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 32 |
| T3 | Austin Dillon | 22 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 26 |
| T3 | David Ragan | 22 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23 |
| 5 | J.J. Yeley | 21 | T5 | Austin Dillon | 22 |
| 6 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20 | T5 | David Ragan | 22 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 19 | 7 | J.J. Yeley | 21 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 17 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 19 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 17 | T9 | Alex Bowman | 17 |
| T10 | Corey LaJoie | 15 | T9 | Chase Elliott | 17 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 15 | T9 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 15 | |||
– Despite having the most Wins here at Kansas Denny Hamlin has not been able to even win one Pole in 32 starts here.
| Most Active Kansas Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Kansas Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 26 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 26 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23 |
| T3 | Austin Dillon | 22 | T3 | Austin Dillon | 22 |
| T3 | David Ragan | 22 | T3 | David Ragan | 22 |
| 5 | J.J. Yeley | 21 | 5 | J.J. Yeley | 21 |
– If you’re looking for drivers not to do well this weekend, look no further than the tables above as the same 5 drivers are in both tables.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 21 |
| 2 | Corey LaJoie | 15 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | 13 |
| 4 | Timmy Hill | 12 |
| 5 | Joey Gase | 10 |
– With his 10th place finish in the Spring race Michael McDowell was able to remove his name from the top of the “Most Starts without a Top 10” list above.
| Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 30 | 1 | Corey LaJoie | 30 |
| T1 | Corey LaJoie | 30 | 2 | Ryan Preece | 18 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 30 | T3 | B.J. McLeod | 16 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 30 | T3 | J.J. Yeley | 16 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 30 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 30 | T5 | Josh Bilicki | 14 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 28 | T5 | Justin Haley | 14 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 26 | T5 | Timmy Hill | 14 |
| 9 | Ty Dillon | 24 | T9 | David Ragan | 12 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 22 | T9 | Joey Gase | 12 |
– Maybe a new team is the key for Corey LaJoie to have success at Kansas as he’s the only driver to race in every race here with stages to not get a Stage T10.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Poles | Denny Hamlin | 7 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 6 | Top 5’s | Chris Buescher | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 3 | Top 5’s | Kyle Busch | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Larson | 6 | Top 10’s | Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 3 | Top 10’s | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 2 | Top 10’s | Noah Gragson | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Top 10’s | Ross Chastain | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Busch | 2 | Top 10’s | Ty Gibbs | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– Denny Hamlin is on a 6 race Top 5 streak here at Kansas which is the longest such streak in the history of Cup racing at Kansas.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-13 | 43.45 | Kurt Busch | 1st | 6 | 2024-12 | 26.49 | Denny Hamlin | 5th |
| 2 | 2022-28 | 40.07 | Alex Bowman | 4th | T7 | 2023-28 | 23.51 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd |
| 3 | 2023-28 | 36.94 | Kyle Larson | 4th | T7 | 2024-12 | 23.51 | Kyle Larson | 1st |
| 4 | 2023-12 | 31.84 | Kyle Larson | 2nd | 9 | 2022-28 | 21.72 | Bubba Wallace | 1st |
| 5 | 2023-12 | 29.59 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8th | 10 | 2024-12 | 20.15 | Chris Buescher | 2nd |
Kurt Busch absolutely dominated the first Next Gen race at Kansas in 2022 as he holds the top spot in the Laps Led% table above, the top spot in Driver Rating table below, and won the race. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-13 | Kurt Busch | 137.2 | 1st | 6 | 2023-28 | Tyler Reddick | 126.1 | 1st |
| 2 | 2023-12 | Denny Hamlin | 136.1 | 1st | 7 | 2022-28 | Bubba Wallace | 125.9 | 1st |
| 3 | 2024-12 | Kyle Larson | 134.7 | 1st | 8 | 2024-12 | Denny Hamlin | 124.6 | 5th |
| 4 | 2022-28 | Alex Bowman | 128.2 | 4th | 9 | 2022-13 | Kyle Busch | 124.0 | 3rd |
| 5 | 2023-28 | Denny Hamlin | 126.2 | 2nd | 10 | 2024-12 | Chris Buescher | 123.1 | 2nd |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-12 | Kyle Larson | 100 | 1st | T6 | 2023-12 | Martin Truex Jr. | 98.88 | 8th |
| T2 | 2022-28 | Christopher Bell | 99.63 | 3rd | 8 | 2024-12 | Christopher Bell | 98.13 | 6th |
| T2 | 2023-28 | Denny Hamlin | 99.63 | 2nd | T9 | 2023-28 | Tyler Reddick | 97.76 | 1st |
| T2 | 2023-28 | Chase Elliott | 99.63 | 6th | T10 | 2022-13 | Kyle Larson | 97.75 | 2nd |
| 5 | 2022-13 | Kurt Busch | 99.25 | 1st | T10 | 2022-28 | Ross Chastain | 97.75 | 7th |
| T6 | 2023-12 | Denny Hamlin | 98.88 | 1st | T10 | 2022-28 | Kyle Larson | 97.75 | 8th |
With this finish at Kansas in the Spring Kyle Larson became the first (and only) driver to run every lap in the Top 15 at Kansas in the Next Gen car. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 5th | 5.20 | 1 | 37th | 35.00 |
| 2 | 4th | 5.80 | 2 | 38th | 31.00 |
| 3 | 9th | 9.00 | 3 | 31st | 30.20 |
| 4 | 6th | 11.00 | 4 | 16th | 27.80 |
| 5 | 3rd | 11.20 | 5 | 34th | 27.60 |
| 6 | 1st | 11.40 | 6 | 32nd | 27.20 |
| 7 | 17th | 12.00 | 7 | 7th | 26.20 |
| 8 | 8th | 13.00 | 8 | 29th | 25.80 |
| 9 | 11th | 14.00 | 9 | 19th | 25.60 |
| 10 | 13th | 14.20 | T10 | 22nd | 25.20 |
| T10 | 33rd | 25.20 | |||
– Starting in the top 5 has proved to be beneficial here at Kansas in the Next Gen car as 4 of the top 5 starting positions hold spots in the top 7 best Avg. Finish table above.
| Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 137.20 | 1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 99.25 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 116.98 | 5 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 93.12 | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 116.16 | 5 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 86.76 | 5 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 102.64 | 5 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 84.37 | 5 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 98.40 | 5 | 5 | Ross Chastain | 83.25 | 5 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 97.00 | 5 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 80.93 | 5 |
| 7 | Alex Bowman | 94.58 | 4 | 7 | Ryan Blaney | 79.51 | 5 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 94.20 | 5 | 8 | Alex Bowman | 72.62 | 4 |
| 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 90.58 | 5 | 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 70.98 | 5 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 90.36 | 5 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 68.66 | 5 |
– Since Kurt Busch only ran one Next Gen race at Kansas, and in that race he was fantastic, his records in the tables above and below are likely never to be broken.
| Best Next Gen Kansas Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Kansas Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | Kurt Busch | 43.45 | 1 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 2.80 | 5 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 20.64 | 5 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 3.40 | 5 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 12.57 | 5 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 7.50 | 4 | 4 | Alex Bowman | 10.00 | 4 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 10.20 | 5 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7.70 | 5 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 11.20 | 5 | 6 | Tyler Reddick | 7.03 | 5 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 11.60 | 5 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 5.39 | 5 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11.80 | 5 | 8 | Bubba Wallace | 5.24 | 5 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 12.20 | 5 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 4.64 | 5 |
| 10 | William Byron | 12.60 | 5 | 10 | Chris Buescher | 4.04 | 5 |
| Next Gen Kansas Win List | Next Gen Kansas Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 3 |
| T1 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 20.00 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 20.00 | |||
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 20.00 | T2 | William Byron | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 20.00 | |||
Christopher Bell has been very fast at Kansas in the Next Gen car as he has won 3 of the 5 Poles here, but he’s yet to get a victory in a race. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 60.00 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 60.00 |
| T3 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 |
| T3 | Erik Jones | 1 | 25.00 |
| T3 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 20.00 |
| T3 | William Byon | 1 | 20.00 |
– Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson have figured out the Next Gen car at Kansas better than anyone as they’ve both finished 3 of the 5 races in the Top 3.
| Most Next Gen Kansas Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Kansas Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 100 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 100 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 80.00 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 100 |
| T3 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 40.00 | T3 | Alex Bowman | 4 | 100 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 40.00 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 4 | 80.00 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 40.00 | T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 4 | 80.00 |
| T6 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 | T6 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 60.00 |
| T6 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 25.00 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 60.00 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 1 | 25.00 | T6 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 60.00 |
| T6 | 7 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 20.00 | T6 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 60.00 |
| T10 | Joey Logano | 2 | 40.00 | ||||
| T10 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 40.00 | ||||
| T10 | William Byron | 2 | 40.00 | ||||
– Look out for Toyota and Hendrick to be strong this weekend as their drivers are 7 of the 9 that have 3+ Top 10’s here in the Next Gen and are all 5 drivers to have 2+ Top 5’s.
| Most Next Gen Kansas Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Kansas Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 20.00 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | 80.00 |
| T2 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Ross Chastain | 8 | 80.00 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 70.00 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 10.00 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 70.00 |
| T2 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 10.00 | T3 | Ryan Blaney | 7 | 70.00 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 10.00 | T6 | Bubba Wallace | 6 | 60.00 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 1 | 10.00 | T6 | Christopher Bell | 6 | 60.00 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10.00 | T8 | Joey Logano | 5 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 50.00 | ||||
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 10.00 | T8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 50.00 | ||||
– Denny Hamlin has been great in stages at Kansas in the Next Gen car as he is the only driver to get multiple stage wins here with it.