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Kansas II

2016 NASCAR Cup Kansas II

United States
Oct 14, 2016 to Oct 16, 2016
Kansas Speedway, US
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NASCAR Cup Kansas II

NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup - Kansas

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Thanks for joining us for 267 laps of racing from Kansas Speedway. Be sure to stick around the site for post-race reactions and analysis.
Going into Talladega, the elimination zone:
Truex +13pts
Logano +0pts
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Dillon -0pts
Hamlin -6pts
Keselowski -7pts
Elliott -25pts
Other Chasers outside the top ten:
Truex - 11th
KuBusch - 13th
Hamlin - 15th
Elliott - 31st
Keselowski - 38th
6th goes to Austin Dillon, 7th Alex Bowman, 8th A.J. Allmendinger, 9th Matt Kenseth, 10th Kasey Kahne.
Carl Edwards will finish 2nd, Joey Logano 3rd, Jimmie Johnson 4th & Kyle Busch 5th.
35th career win for Kevin Harvick and his fourth this season.
Chequered Flag
Kevin Harvick wins at Kansas, locking himself into the Round of 8!
WHITE FLAG.
Still 2.5s between he and the #19.
Five laps to go and Harvick is in a very comfortable spot.
Edwards has to make up 2.5 seconds to catch Harvick. 15 laps to go.
Carl Edwards re-clears Busch.
Harvick is loving this...
And now Kyle passes him once more.
Carl Edwards fights back and retakes 2nd place.
Mechanical problem
Chase Elliott off the pace with smoke pouring out of the left rear again. No caution.
Kyle Busch has the fresher tires, but Kevin Harvick has a 1.5s gap.
Kyle Busch to 2nd.
Harvick to the lead.
Green Flag
Restart: 30 laps remain.
Penalty
PENALTY - Speeding for Hamlin.
Pit Stop
7th on back pile down pit road.
Chase Elliott, running 26th, is the free pass.
Yellow Flag
CAUTION #8 - Regan Smith in trouble, popping the wall.
Harvick is breathing down Edwards' neck.
Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick easily get around Dillon on the restart.
Green Flag
Green flag back out with just 42 laps to go.
Pit Stop
Off pit road: Dillon, Edwards, Harvick, Johnson, Logano.
Austin Dillon does the opposite of everyone else, takes two tires & is first off pit road.

Haven't we seen this story before? It didn't end well at Charlotte...
Pit Stop
Most important stops of the day coming now.
Yellow Flag
CAUTION #7 - Keselowski, who just returned to the track, causes the yellow. He pulls back into the garage smoking.
Brad Keselowski returns to the track, 30 laps down.
50 laps to go ... Edwards still out front.
Edwards leads Harvick and Johnson.
Allmendinger with a sensational restart! Now fighting for 4th.
Green Flag
Race resumes with 69 laps to go. #NASCAR
Top nine stayed out, it appears.
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Pit Stop
Essentially everyone from 5th on back pits.
Keselowski takes the blame for that incident.
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