Category: Kansas Speedway

ARCA racing underway at Kansas Speedway

Racing has started in the Dutch Boy 150 ARCA race at Kansas Speedway. There was a wreck on the first lap, shortly after the race started, involving Bret Holmes, No. 23, and Scott Melton, No. 69. Holmes’ car went sideways, with Melton unable to avoid it. The red flag was out afterward. There were no injuries reported. Holmes was last year’s ARCA winner at the Speedway. Trucks will race at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, and the NASCAR Cup Series race is on Sunday at 2 p.m. (Fan photo)
More racing photos from the ARCA race at Kansas Speedway on Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo)

Kansas Speedway celebrates 20th anniversary with weekend races

Kansas Speedway celebrates its 20th anniversary with NASCAR races this weekend.

Three races are planned May 1 and 2, with the NASCAR Cup Series race at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 2. Kansas Speedway is near I-70 and I-435 in Kansas City, Kansas.

An ARCA Menards Series race will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, followed by the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Country music performer Willie Jones will perform the national anthem before the NASCAR Cup Series race on May 2.

The Kansas Speedway is planning on reduced capacity this weekend because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has in place a number of safety protocols and procedures.

Many fans have had their grandstand seats relocated because of the seating capacity limitations. Social distancing and screening is planned, with staggered entry times for fans. Masks will be required through the event, with hand-sanitizing stations placed around the entrances and grandstands.

The Sunday NASCAR Cup Series race has been named the Buschy McBusch race through a fan naming contest. The naming contest was a benefit for Farm Rescue, an organization that helps family farmers. Busch beer is the entitlement sponsor of the race.

Dutch Boy Paints, a subsidiary of Sherwin-Williams, is the entitlement sponsor for the ARCA Menards Series race event at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Wise Power will be the entitlement sponsor for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at 6:30 p.m. May 1 at Kansas Speedway. Wise Power is a renewable energy provider.

For ticket information, visit https://www.kansasspeedway.com/ or call 866-460-RACE (7223).  

Logano wins Cup race at Kansas Speedway

Joey Logano waved to the fans after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 race on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Logano edged out Kevin Harvick for the win. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Joey Logano celebrated with a burnout in front of the stands on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
The NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 was run under cool and windy conditions on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. The temperature was 43 degrees at the start of the race. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Kurt Busch blew an engine on the 198th lap of the NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, and had to leave the race early. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Sunday was the last race for Clint Bowyer, a race car driver from Emporia, Kansas, and a sign read, “Thank you Clint!” Bowyer is in the No. 14 car. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
A sign on the infield at the Kansas Speedway honored Jimmie Johnson, No. 48, “# One Final Time.” It is Johnson’s last year in NASCAR racing. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Joey Logano, in the No. 22 Ford, won Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Joey Logano celebrated his win on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)
Fans were socially distanced on Sunday afternoon at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. They were wearing masks as part of the COVID-19 precautions, and also wearing coats and hats, with the 43-degree weather. (Fan photo by Steve Rupert)