Spotter's Call - Kansas Speedway

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Archive of Spotter's Calls for Kansas Speedway

Did you know? Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway

Here are some facts for previous races at Kansas Speedway. Did you know?:

• There have been 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
• There have been 8 different pole winners. Jimmie Johnson holds the record for most poles (3) at Kansas.
• There have been 8 different race winners with Brad Keselowski being the most recent winner. The following drivers each have two wins at Kansas: Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart.
• The stats for most and fewest DNFs may surprise you. Bobby Labonte has the most DNFs with 5 out of 11 races, and four of them were crashes! Robby Gordon on the other hand has had 0 DNFs in 11 races at Kansas with an average finish of 26th!
• Top 5s or Top 10s, Jeff Gordon dominates with the best record in both categories with 8 Top 5s and 9 Top 10s in 11 races. The two races where he finished outside of the top 10 resulted in a 13th place finish and a 39th place finish (due to fuel pump issues).
• Last race at Kansas Speedway there were 17 lead changes, 9 different leaders, and 5 cautions for 22 laps. There were 35 cars running at the finish with 16 on the lead lap.

Posted on 10/08/2011 10:39 AM

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Keselowski edges out Newman for top B-group driver for Kansas

Using the Statistics Wizard I looked at stats for the last three Kansas Speedway races combined with this year's races at Kentucky Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway. Brad Keselowski just edges out Ryan Newman as your best B-Group option for Yahoo! fantasy racing.

Brad and Ryan's stats for average start, finish, total points earned, running position, and percentage of quality passes are actually near identical. Brad did have 70.04% of his laps running inside the top fifteen versus 47.72% for Ryan. But don't let that sway you too strongly! Brad's average running position was 12th vs. Newman's 15th. Again, nearly identical stats. Newman's 15th just puts him on the bubble.

The real deciding factor may come down to momentum. Over the last five races he has an average finish of 9th and 179 fantasy points earned whereas Newman's averages are 17th and 138, respectively. Finally, Brad won the Kansas race earlier this year.

By the way, keeping with the near identical stats thread, Newman qualified 11th and Keselowski qualified 12th for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Posted on 10/08/2011 10:36 AM

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Most teams work on qualifying set-up in first half of practice #1 at Kansas

45 minutes into practice #1 at Kansas Speedway and most teams are working on qualifying set-ups. Qualifying takes place at 5PM EST today. Only 11 drivers started this half of practice working on race set-up by running 10 or more laps. Bowyer, Ky Busch, Harvick, Kenseth, Keselowski, Logano, Martin, Smith, Stewart, and Vickers.

Posted on 10/07/2011 12:24 PM

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Ku Busch, Edwards and Stewart topped Loop Data last Kansas race

Kurt Busch (135.0), Carl Edwards (121.7) and Tony Stewart (117.5) were the top-3 performing drivers in NASCAR Loop Data driver rating] for the June race at Kansas Speedway. Some metrics contributing to those high ratings include: Average Running Position - all three ran in the top-15 100% of the race. Laps Led - all three occupied three of the four top spots for total laps led. Fast Laps - they were the three top drivers for total number of fastest laps in the race.

Posted on 10/06/2011 9:10 AM

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Carl Edwards is outperforming all other drivers heading in to Kansas

Carl Edwards has momentum on his side three races in to the Chase. Carl is the only Chase driver to finish in the top-10 in each of the three completed Chase races. He is averaging a 5th place finish thus far. Edwards who has four top-5 and six top-10 finishes over the last six races has outscored his closet competition by six points over the last three and ten points over the last six.

Posted on 10/05/2011 12:13 AM

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David Ragan is great C-Group driver for Kansas

David Ragan has been a good pick for low-tier driver groups when it comes to races at Kansas Speedway. David finished 13th in the STP 400 at Kansas earlier this season. Over his career his has finished 16th or better in 80% (four of five) of his races here. His median finish at Kansas is 16th and his average is 18th. David also had strong runs at the previous two intermediate track races recently (Chicagoland and New Hampshire) with finishes of 11th and 7th respectively.

Posted on 10/03/2011 10:25 PM

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Jimmie Johnson has best single race loop data driver rating at Kansas

No other driver has earned a larger NASCAR Loop Data Driver Rating at Kansas then Jimmie Johnson. Jimmie's 145.6 driver rating in the 2008 Camping World RV 400 is the best rating ever here. Johnson's 116.5 average driver rating at Kansas ranks 2nd of the four drivers who have an average driver rating 100+ since NASCAR created the ranking system in 2005. The other three drivers are: Greg Biffle (118.8), Jeff Gordon (107.3) and Tony Stewart (105.3).

Posted on 10/03/2011 10:11 PM

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Kansas Speedway is Greg Biffle's best track

Greg Biffle has two wins and six top-5's in his career at Kansas. He has finished 12th or better every race except his rookie year where he finished 36th. His median finish is 3rd and his average 8th. Six of his 10 races here he has led laps. Kansas is without a doubt Greg Biffle's best track. Here is his finish breakdown: 6 (60%) top-5, 7 (70%) top-10, 9 (90%) top-15.

Posted on 10/03/2011 10:00 PM

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