#NASCAR #NXS Kansas Speedway Facts

NASCAR XFINITY Series

Next Race: Kansas Lottery 300

The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Saturday, Oct. 21
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
TV: NBC, 2:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 300 miles (200 laps):

• Stage 1 (Ends on lap 45
• Stage 2 (Ends on lap 90)
• Final Stage (Ends on lap 200)

NASCAR XFINITY Series Playoff Round of 8 Begins At Kansas Speedway

With an exhilarating Round of 12 completed in the 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series Playoffs, the remaining title contenders have turned their attention to the Round of 8. Kansas Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway are the three tracks that make up the round, and the Playoff drivers who win the next three races, or are in the top four on the leaderboard at the conclusion of the race at Phoenix, will advance to the Championship 4 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The action gets rolling for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Playoff Round of 8 this Saturday, October 21, at Kansas Speedway for the Kansas Lottery 300 at 3 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

New round.

Same winning mentality for @WilliamByron. pic.twitter.com/HHwSjHtFCQ

— NASCAR XFINITY (@NASCAR_XFINITY) October 19, 2017

NASCAR XFINITY Series And Kansas: The NASCAR XFINITY Series has held 16 races in the state of Kansas and all were at Kansas Speedway. The first series race at Kansas Speedway was on September 29, 2001, and the event was won by former series champion Jeff Green driving the No. 10 Ford for car owner Greg Pollex. Green is entered in the  38 RSS Racing Chevrolet for tomorrows race.

Jeff Green (@buckcentral10): "In my mind, if ( @AllWaltrip ) could make it, we could too." #NASCAR https://t.co/nlvTMwG37Q

— NASCARTalk (@NASCARTalkNBC) October 12, 2017

A total of 17 drivers who have made at least one start in a NASCAR national series race have their home state recorded as Kansas. Of the 17 Kansas drivers, only six have made a start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, led by Clint Bowyer (Emporia) with 181 starts. Bowyer also leads Kansas drivers in series wins with eight.

Just taking the kids to lunch.@AlexBRacing @WilliamByron pic.twitter.com/gWrBDVNB08

— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) October 18, 2017

The #NASCARPlayoffs at @kansasspeedway are better with family.

🎟: https://t.co/MJ1fiwwBlm pic.twitter.com/6XznGQGhvX

— NASCAR XFINITY (@NASCAR_XFINITY) October 18, 2017

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Everything that Glitters is not #NASCAR Gold Sometimes It Is Green

By Jens Martin

#10 of NASCAR Xfinity Driver Jeff Green, short on sponsorship

Something hit me when I watched the NASCAR Xfinity race from New Hampshire this July. The television producers always focus on the top-ten, or at most the top-twenty drivers. Well, I suppose that's normal, the viewer wants to see racing from top of the field; but sometimes a race fan actually wants to see the back of the field as well. Who are the teams and drivers from, for example, position 30 and below?

Normally, these teams are fighting hard just to make it to the start grid. With low budgets and low finances, they are NASCAR's backside that never gets the attention they deserves. In these teams, there are no 'Sprint Cup ringers' to fill the driving seat. It’s not unusual that the driver is the owner/manager and all other positions that normally requires additional personnel. The cost to running a NASCAR team is enormous. I have heard figures of ~100 000 Euro (~108 467 USD) per race and team, and then we talking smaller teams and race classes.

Checking the price money for last Xfinity race at NH, TriStar Motorsports Toyota #19 with Jeff Green, earned 9,234 USD with his P40 spot. The #19 car normally drives 2-3 laps every time it manages to qualify to an Xfinity race and its most common reported problem is "vibration." They are a classic "start and park" team, even though officially NASCAR doesn’t want to use that expression anymore.



Green - 2000 Xfinity Champ

Green was the Xfinity (Busch) series champion in 2000 with a margin of 616 points to runner-up Jason Keller (PPC racing). This margin was the largest in series history until 2006. In those days, Green battled hard against Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson for example.

Today, the times have changed. Jeff, age 53, must have the most last position record in Xfinity series (without checking). Does this make Green/TriStar Motorsports a bad team? Who are we to judge them?

The above example is perhaps the most extreme of them all, but I hope you get the picture.

With this said, I have noticed that, for example, 'social media' is quick to judge small teams and drivers in a negative way. Almost making fun of them. For me, they have the same right to compete at the track as other "star drivers" or well-funded teams. Without the small teams, the track would look empty and the race wouldn't be the same.

My goal is to make a small 'series' here at PTR blog about the Xfinity drivers/teams that normally stands outside the Media’s spotlight and attention.

I hope you readers will appreciate the idea.

 

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