As Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams continued to test at Kansas Speedway Tuesday, many drivers were also taking time from testing to meet with fans and talk to them about the upcoming Hollywood Casino 400 on Oct. 21.
“From my first year in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and now, the radius (at Kansas Speedway) has really widened out at the top,” said Chase Elliott, who was fastest in testing Monday. “It’s going to keep happening. We were already up high yesterday and that doesn’t usually happen until race weekend. It’s very friendly to move around here. It’s fun and I enjoy coming here.”
“You want the first two races of the round to be good, because you want to be set up for a cutoff race like Kansas,” Joey Logano said. “I’m hoping we can win at Talladega and hopefully come to Kansas and just have some fun. I’m always excited to come here, it’s fun and you can run a lot of different places on the track.”
“This track has been tough on me but also been good to me,” Kurt Busch said. “You have to depend on this track for a Top-10 finish, but you also have to work for it. This track is designed similar to other tracks but the corners are so long that if you lose speed on one little section it affects your entire lap time. There is a lot of risk vs. reward at Kansas.”
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Results of the second day of practice:
Chris Buescher, 29.034 time, 185.989 speed.
Kyle Busch, 29.339 time, 184.055 speed;
Joey Logano, 29.470 time, 183.237 speed;
Kurt Busch, 29.470 time, 183.237 speed;
Chase Elliott, 29.486 time, 183.138 speed;
Jamie McMurray, 29.519 time, 182.933 speed;
Cole Custer, 29.549 time, 182.747 speed;
Ty Dillon, 29.585 time, 182.525 speed;
Austin Dillon, 29.719 time, 181.702 speed;
Paul Menard, 29.720 time; 181.696 speed;
Matt Kenseth, 29.854 time, 180.880 speed;
Drew Herring, 30.186 time, 178.891 speed;
Justin Allgaier, 30.383 time, 177.731 speed;
David Ragan, 30.672 time, 176.056 speed.
– Story from Kelly Hale, public relations director, Kansas Speedway