Last week at Texas we started a streak of 4 straight point races being at Intermediate tracks with a Joey Logano win after a ton of cautions yet again. Now we head to the track that had hands down the best finish of the 2024 season, 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 | 20 | Ross Chastain | 267 | 52 | 12th | 12th | 115.3 |
| 2 | 6 | William Byron | 267 | 24 | 1st | 4th | 128.5 |
| 3 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 267 | 5 | 8th | 8th | 110.0 |
| 4 | 7 | Ryan Blaney | 267 | 3 | 3rd | 3rd | 110.7 |
| 5 | 2 | Ty Gibbs | 267 | 5 | 6th | 2nd | 115.5 |
| 6 | 12 | Alex Bowman | 267 | 6 | 9th | 1st | 107.7 |
| 7 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 267 | 122 | 5th | 16th | 119.5 |
| 8 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 267 | 1 | 4th | 11th | 100.7 |
| 9 | 38 | Chase Elliott | 267 | 0 | 19th | 9th | 82.2 |
| 10 | 15 | Zane Smith | 267 | 3 | 20th | 17th | 82.9 |
| 11 | 25 | Chris Buescher | 267 | 0 | 23rd | 14th | 79.3 |
| 12 | 22 | Austin Dillon | 267 | 0 | 29th | 23rd | 61.5 |
| 13 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 267 | 0 | 30th | 18th | 71.8 |
| 14 | 5 | Joey Logano | 267 | 3 | 2nd | 28th | 93.5 |
| 15 | 27 | Corey LaJoie | 267 | 0 | 27th | 20th | 56.2 |
| 16 | 37 | Ryan Preece | 267 | 0 | 13th | 24th | 70.1 |
| 17 | 13 | Bubba Wallace | 267 | 0 | 21st | 21st | 66.5 |
| 18 | 24 | Noah Gragson | 267 | 0 | 24th | 15th | 64.6 |
| 19 | 3 | Kyle Busch | 267 | 26 | 18th | 7th | 86.4 |
| 20 | 30 | Daniel Hemric | 267 | 0 | 17th | 33rd | 56.0 |
| 21 | 32 | Ty Dillon | 267 | 0 | 31st | 25th | 45.7 |
| 22 | 26 | Brad Keselowski | 267 | 4 | 11th | 5th | 72.7 |
| 23 | 28 | Harrison Burton | 267 | 0 | 36th | 19th | 55.1 |
| 24 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 267 | 0 | 25th | 10th | 52.3 |
| 25 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 267 | 7 | 14th | 13th | 79.2 |
| 26 | 11 | Kyle Larson | 267 | 0 | 35th | 30th | 45.3 |
| 27 | 33 | Todd Gilliland | 267 | 0 | 22nd | 22nd | 56.1 |
| 28 | 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 267 | 0 | 15th | 27th | 52.7 |
| 29 | 21 | Michael McDowell | 267 | 0 | 26th | 29th | 40.8 |
| 30 | 31 | John Hunter Nemechek | 267 | 0 | 28th | 31st | 36.7 |
| 31 | 34 | Kaz Grala | 267 | 0 | 32nd | 32nd | 33.5 |
| 32 | 14 | Carson Hocevar | 267 | 5 | 10th | 6th | 68.9 |
| 33 | 23 | Justin Haley | 266 | 0 | 16th | 26th | 49.2 |
| 34 | 17 | Austin Cindric | 263 | 0 | 7th | 34th | 57.3 |
| 35 | 16 | Erik Jones | 263 | 0 | 34th | 35th | 35.6 |
| 36 | 35 | Jimmie Johnson | 257 | 0 | 37th | 36th | 26.2 |
| 37 | 36 | J.J. Yeley | 118 | 1 | 33rd | 37th | 26.3 |
| 38 | 29 | Josh Berry | 0 | 0 | 38th | 38th | 26.0 |
– Last Fall’s Kansas race was one of just 2 races last year to have every driver finish in the Top 8 with a 100+ Driver Rating, Sonoma was the other.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Chase Elliott | 10.11 | 1st | 31st | 18 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 12.18 | 1st | 41st | 33 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12.30 | 1st | 43rd | 33 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 12.53 | 1st | 38th | 30 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 13.00 | 1st | 39th | 20 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 13.40 | 3rd | 36th | 10 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.42 | 1st | 40th | 31 |
| 8 | William Byron | 13.86 | 2nd | 38th | 14 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 14.67 | 2nd | 43rd | 18 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 15.35 | 3rd | 37th | 20 |
| 11 | Kyle Busch | 15.74 | 1st | 41st | 34 |
| 12 | Joey Logano | 16.81 | 1st | 39th | 31 |
| 13 | Ross Chastain | 16.83 | 1st | 39th | 12 |
| 14 | Austin Dillon | 16.87 | 6th | 41st | 23 |
| 15 | Chris Buescher | 17.50 | 2nd | 34th | 18 |
| 16 | Tyler Reddick | 17.82 | 1st | 35th | 11 |
| 17 | Noah Gragson | 18.40 | 9th | 29th | 5 |
| 18 | Cole Custer | 18.71 | 7th | 24th | 7 |
| 19 | Zane Smith | 19.50 | 10th | 29th | 2 |
| 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.75 | 13th | 30th | 4 |
| 21 | Erik Jones | 19.81 | 3rd | 40th | 16 |
| 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20.00 | 8th | 40th | 24 |
| 23 | Daniel Suarez | 20.38 | 7th | 36th | 16 |
| 24 | Bubba Wallace | 20.64 | 1st | 37th | 14 |
| 25 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20.80 | 8th | 35th | 20 |
| 26 | Chase Briscoe | 21.50 | 13th | 32nd | 8 |
| 27 | Ty Dillon | 22.79 | 14th | 38th | 14 |
| 28 | Casey Mears | 22.95 | 2nd | 42nd | 20 |
| 29 | Todd Gilliland | 23.00 | 14th | 27th | 6 |
| 30 | Ty Gibbs | 23.80 | 5th | 34th | 5 |
| 31 | Ryan Preece | 24.20 | 12th | 34th | 10 |
| 32 | Corey LaJoie | 24.56 | 15th | 34th | 16 |
| 33 | Carson Hocevar | 25.33 | 20th | 32nd | 3 |
| 34 | Austin Cindric | 25.43 | 11th | 37th | 7 |
| 35 | Josh Berry | 26.00 | 15th | 38th | 3 |
| 36 | Justin Haley | 26.63 | 18th | 39th | 8 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 26.89 | 10th | 43rd | 27 |
| 38 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.50 | 23rd | 38th | 2 |
| 39 | Josh Bilicki | 32.71 | 25th | 39th | 7 |
| 40 | Austin Hill | 33.00 | 33rd | 33rd | 1 |
| 41 | J.J. Yeley | 33.09 | 14th | 43rd | 22 |
| 42 | B.J. McLeod | 33.13 | 30th | 39th | 8 |
| 43 | Cody Ware | 33.60 | 27th | 40th | 5 |
| 44 | Justin Allgaier | 34.40 | 26th | 41st | 5 |
| 45 | Riley Herbst | 35.00 | 35th | 35th | 1 |
| 46 | Chad Finchum | 39.50 | 39th | 40th | 2 |
– Among active drivers Chase Elliott has been by far the most consistent as he has the best Avg. Finish here in the table above by over 2 positions.
| 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 | 101.40 | 20 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 78.72 | 20 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 99.17 | 33 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 78.22 | 10 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 96.43 | 18 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 77.33 | 18 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 96.17 | 10 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 75.83 | 20 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 95.86 | 33 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 73.45 | 33 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 94.54 | 28 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 73.13 | 33 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 94.19 | 20 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 69.33 | 33 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 91.96 | 33 | 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 67.95 | 28 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 89.86 | 11 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | 67.38 | 11 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 89.78 | 30 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 67.16 | 30 |
– 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 | 13.10 | 20 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 3 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.38 | 33 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 7.29 | 31 | T1 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.91 | 4 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 7.26 | 10 | T1 | Cole Custer | 99.84 | 7 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 6.18 | 31 | 5 | Todd Gilliland | 99.75 | 6 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 5.90 | 33 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 99.69 | 18 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 5.16 | 18 | 7 | Austin Hill | 99.63 | 1 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 5.11 | 34 | 8 | Chase Briscoe | 99.58 | 8 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 4.42 | 30 | 9 | Noah Gragson | 99.55 | 5 |
| 10 | William Byron | 4.26 | 14 | 10 | Riley Herbst | 99.25 | 1 |
Carson Hocevar is the only active driver with 3+ 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 | 34 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 4 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 33 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 | T3 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 31 | T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 31 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 30 | T5 | William Byron | 1 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 27 | T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 |
| 8 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| 9 | Austin Dillon | 23 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| 10 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | |||
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 | 12.12 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 5.88 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 9.68 | T8 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 9.09 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 3 | 9.68 | T8 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 8.33 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 10.00 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 7.14 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.67 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 5.56 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 6.06 |
| 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 | 30.00 | 6 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 25.81 | 8 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 24.24 | 8 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 22.22 | 4 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 21.21 | 7 |
| T4 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 20.00 | 6 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 5 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 17.65 | 6 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 8 | Joey Logano | 16.13 | 5 |
| T9 | William Byron | 2 | 9 | William Byron | 14.29 | 2 |
| T9 | Erik Jones | 2 | 10 | Erik Jones | 12.50 | 2 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 2 | ||||
– With a Top 3 finish this weekend Denny Hamlin would then have the most Top 3 finishes at Kansas among active drivers.
| 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 | 42.42 | 14 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 40.00 | 8 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 10 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 38.89 | 7 |
| T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 36.36 | 12 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 9 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 29.41 | 10 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 8 | T6 | Jimmie Johnson | 29.03 | 9 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 7 | T6 | Joey Logano | 29.03 | 9 |
| T7 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 8 | Erik Jones | 25.00 | 4 |
| T9 | Erik Jones | 4 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 23.33 | 7 |
| T9 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 10 | William Byron | 21.43 | 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 16 Top 10’s, making him 9th 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 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 19 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 70.00 | 7 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 66.67 | 12 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 61.29 | 19 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 16 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 57.58 | 19 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 5 | William Byron | 57.14 | 8 |
| T6 | Chase Elliott | 12 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 55.56 | 10 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 12 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 55.00 | 11 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 11 | 8 | Zane Smith | 50.00 | 1 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 10 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 48.48 | 16 |
| T10 | William Byron | 8 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 47.06 | 16 |
| T10 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 15.63 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 6.25 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 5 | 15.63 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 14.29 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 3 | 9.38 | T10 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 5.00 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 7.69 | T10 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 3.13 |
| T5 | William Byron | 2 | 7.14 |
– 11 of the 38 drivers in the race this weekend have won a stage at Kansas so don’t be surprised if there is at least one repeat Stage winner this weekend.
| Most Active Kansas Stage T10’s | Best Active Kansas Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 25 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 78.13 | 25 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 24 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 75.00 | 24 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 23 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 71.88 | 23 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 23 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 71.88 | 23 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 64.29 | 18 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 18 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 59.38 | 19 |
| T7 | Erik Jones | 15 | T7 | Erik Jones | 50.00 | 15 |
| T7 | Joey Logano | 15 | T7 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 5 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | 9 | Joey Logano | 46.88 | 15 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 12 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 46.15 | 12 |
Look for Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin to be in the Top 10 at the end of Stage 1 and/or 2 this weekend as they both have a Stage T10% of 75% or better. Photo by Jamie Squire — Getty Images
| Most Active Kansas Starts without Win | Most Active Kansas Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 27 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 34 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 33 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 27 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 |
| T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 23 |
| T5 | Casey Mears | 20 | 6 | J.J. Yeley | 22 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 20 | T7 | Case Mears | 20 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 18 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 20 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 18 | T9 | Alex Bowman | 18 |
| T10 | Corey LaJoie | 16 | T9 | Chase Elliott | 18 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 16 | T9 | Chris Buescher | 18 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 16 | |||
– Despite having the most Wins here at Kansas Denny Hamlin has not been able to even win one Pole in 33 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 | 27 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 27 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 24 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 23 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 23 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 | 4 | J.J. Yeley | 22 |
| 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20 |
– 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 | 22 |
| 2 | Corey LaJoie | 16 |
| 3 | Ty Dillon | 14 |
| 4 | Ryan Preece | 10 |
| T5 | B.J. McLeod | 8 |
| T5 | Chase Briscoe | 8 |
| T5 | Justin Haley | 8 |
– We’ll see if running with new teams helps out Ty Dillon, Ryan Preece, Chase Briscoe, and Justin Haley as with their old teams they did not fair well at Kansas.
| Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Kansas Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 32 | 1 | Corey LaJoie | 32 |
| T1 | Corey LaJoie | 32 | 2 | Ryan Preece | 20 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 32 | 3 | J.J. Yeley | 18 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 32 | T4 | B.J. McLeod | 16 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 32 | T4 | Justin Haley | 16 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 32 | T6 | Cole Custer | 14 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 30 | T6 | Josh Bilicki | 14 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 28 | 8 | Todd Gilliland | 12 |
| 9 | Ty Dillon | 26 | 9 | Cody Ware | 10 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 24 | 10 | John Hunter Nemechek | 8 |
– With Corey LaJoie not making a start this weekend, every driver that has ran every Kansas race since 2017 will now have a Stage T10.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Christopher Bell | 3 | Poles | Martin Truex Jr. | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | Top 5’s | Ty Gibbs | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | Top 10’s | Alex Bowman | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 4 | Top 10’s | Carson Hocevar | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 3 | Top 10’s | Ryan Blaney | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Christopher Bell | 3 | Top 10’s | William Byron | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– With a Pole this weekend Christopher Bell would then have the record for most consecutive Kansas Poles all to himself.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-30 | 45.69 | Christopher Bell | 7th | 6 | 2023-12 | 29.59 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8th |
| 2 | 2022-13 | 43.45 | Kurt Busch | 1st | 7 | 2024-12 | 26.49 | Denny Hamlin | 5th |
| 3 | 2022-28 | 40.07 | Alex Bowman | 4th | T8 | 2023-28 | 23.51 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd |
| 4 | 2023-28 | 36.94 | Kyle Larson | 4th | T8 | 2024-12 | 23.51 | Kyle Larson | 1st |
| 5 | 2023-12 | 31.84 | Kyle Larson | 2nd | 10 | 2022-28 | 21.72 | Bubba Wallace | 1st |
Kurt Busch absolutely dominated the first Next Gen race at Kansas in 2022 as he holds the top spot in the top spot in Driver Rating table below, won the race, and up until last year he held the top spot in the Laps Led% table above as well. 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 | Denny Hamlin | 126.2 | 2nd |
| 2 | 2023-12 | Denny Hamlin | 136.1 | 1st | 7 | 2023-28 | Tyler Reddick | 126.1 | 1st |
| 3 | 2024-12 | Kyle Larson | 134.7 | 1st | 8 | 2022-28 | Bubba Wallace | 125.9 | 1st |
| 4 | 2024-30 | William Byron | 128.5 | 2nd | 9 | 2024-12 | Denny Hamlin | 124.6 | 5th |
| 5 | 2022-28 | Alex Bowman | 128.2 | 4th | 10 | 2022-13 | Kyle Busch | 124.0 | 3rd |
| 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 last 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 | 6.67 | 1 | 31st | 30.17 |
| 2 | 4th | 9.00 | 2 | 16th | 29.00 |
| 3 | 6th | 9.50 | 3 | 34th | 28.17 |
| 4 | 1st | 10.67 | 4 | 29th | 27.83 |
| 5 | 9th | 11.50 | 5 | 32nd | 26.17 |
| 6 | 8th | 12.17 | T6 | 33rd | 25.50 |
| 7 | 3rd | 12.50 | T6 | 37th | 25.50 |
| 8 | 2nd | 12.83 | 8 | 35th | 23.50 |
| 9 | 12th | 13.67 | 9 | 22nd | 23.00 |
| 10 | 13th | 14.67 | 10 | 36th | 22.67 |
– After a few races where starting position did not matter it’s nice to see that the Next Gen car at Kansas tends to favor those who start Top 10.
| 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 | Denny Hamlin | 113.58 | 6 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 86.22 | 6 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 105.45 | 6 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 84.91 | 6 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 105.03 | 6 | 4 | Ross Chastain | 84.16 | 6 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 97.72 | 6 | 5 | Ryan Blaney | 79.86 | 6 |
| 6 | Alex Bowman | 97.20 | 5 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 79.18 | 6 |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | 95.20 | 6 | 7 | Alex Bowman | 77.19 | 5 |
| 8 | William Byron | 94.73 | 6 | 8 | Chase Elliott | 76.00 | 6 |
| 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 93.82 | 6 | 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 74.31 | 6 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 92.10 | 6 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 68.77 | 6 |
– 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, until I decide one race is not enough to qualify for the starts anymore lol.
| 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 | 3.67 | 6 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 17.21 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 7.17 | 6 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 12.09 | 6 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 7.20 | 5 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 10.54 | 6 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 8.67 | 6 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 8.45 | 5 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.33 | 6 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6.73 | 6 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 10.83 | 6 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 6.36 | 6 |
| T7 | Christopher Bell | 10.83 | 6 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 6.30 | 6 |
| T7 | Ryan Blaney | 10.83 | 6 | 9 | Bubba Wallace | 4.36 | 6 |
| T7 | William Byron | 10.83 | 6 | 10 | William Byron | 4.24 | 6 |
| 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 | 4 |
| T1 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 16.67 | |||
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 16.67 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 16.67 | |||
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 16.67 | T2 | William Byron | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 16.67 | |||
Christopher Bell has been very fast at Kansas in the Next Gen car as he has won 4 of the 6 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 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 50.00 |
| 3 | William Byron | 2 | 33.33 |
| T4 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 |
| T4 | Erik Jones | 1 | 20.00 |
| T4 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 16.67 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 16.67 |
– 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 6 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 | 83.33 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 6 | 100 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 66.67 | T2 | Alex Bowman | 5 | 100 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 50.00 | T2 | Christopher Bell | 5 | 83.33 |
| T4 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 33.33 | T2 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 83.33 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 33.33 | T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 83.33 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 33.33 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 66.67 |
| T4 | William Byron | 2 | 33.33 | T6 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 66.67 |
| T8 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 100 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 20.00 | T8 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 1 | 20.00 | T8 | William Byron | 3 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 20.00 | ||||
– Watch out for Denny Hamlin and Alex Bowman to do well this weekend as they are the only drivers with multiple Next Gen starts here to finish 100% of their races in the Top 10, and they are the only drivers to have multiple Stage Wins in the Next Gen here.
| 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 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 20.00 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 9 | 75.00 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 16.67 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 9 | 75.00 |
| T3 | Kurt Busch | 1 | 50.00 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 8 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 8.33 | T3 | Ross Chastain | 8 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 8.33 | T5 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 58.33 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 8.33 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 58.33 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 1 | 8.33 | T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 58.33 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 8.33 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 6 | 50.00 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 8.33 | T8 | Joey Logano | 6 | 50.00 |
| T3 | William Byron | 1 | 8.33 | T8 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 50.00 |