
After back-to-back victories by Team Penske's Austin Cindric and Joey Logano, they will look to continue the trend this weekend at Kansas with Ryan Blaney looking to join his teammates in the playoffs.
William Byron leads the regular season standings, 13 points clear of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson. Larson is also the defending winner of this Kansas race, beating Chris Buescher by 0.001s in the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history. Ross Chastain, who finished second to Logano last weekend at Texas, is the most recent winner at Kansas last fall.