It’s elimination time again in the NASCAR playoffs for the Round of 12 as four drivers will be cut from the championship chase after Sunday’s race as it continues to the Round of 8. There might not be a better track to have as an elimination race at this point than Kansas with it’s wide racing surface and the multiple grooves that put it all in the driver’s hands. This is a 1.5-mile track with variable banking in the corners that ranges from 17 degrees of tilt down by the apron to 20 degrees up next to the wall. That means that if you’re up by the wall, you can carry more speed and momentum throughout the corner than on the bottom and that makes passing interesting as the race moves along. In the Spring race here, there were three different grooves that allowed for passing and much of the same is expected once again as the temps will be fairly similar and the package is the same.

The race is 400 miles in length and raced over 267 laps on Sunday with stages that are 80, 80, and 107 laps. In the last five Fall races here there has been one driver to lead over 100 laps in each one, but only once did that driver wind up winning in the end. Of the 27 Cup races run here overall since the track opened in 2001, six winners have come from the pole and no other spot has more than three winners from it, you can see that and plenty more info in the track breakdown for this week. There is also a podcast, full practice notes and practice to qualifying table up as well to check out.

Average Points By Starting Position

This table gives you the average points scored and ranking across both DK and FD for the last five Fall races at Kansas strictly based on starting spot and regardless of what driver was in that spot. It is a tool and guide, but not a hard-and-fast rule.

DriverStarting PositionAvg. DK Pts.RankAvg. FD Pts.RankDriverStarting PositionAvg. DK Pts.RankAvg. FD Pts.Rank
Daniel Hemric166.40165.061Clint Bowyer2139.65851.1615
David Ragan244.55658.227Paul Menard2214.103738.2029
Ryan Blaney322.152643.6223Denny Hamlin2326.002247.6219
Brad Keselowski451.55361.462Ty Dillon2417.503236.3433
Kyle Larson529.351650.0816William Byron2532.751249.7817
Michael McDowell618.303142.1227Chris Buescher267.403930.6638
Ryan Newman745.40460.224Matt DiBenedetto2739.70755.969
Daniel Suarez81.804025.9240Ryan Preece2820.202842.3224
Austin Dillon926.501951.8213Joey Logano2932.751251.3614
Bubba Wallace1032.001454.2011Landon Cassill3026.302146.5220
DriverStarting PositionAvg. DK Pts.RankAvg. FD Pts.RankDriverStarting PositionAvg. DK Pts.RankAvg. FD Pts.Rank
Martin Truex Jr1152.35259.765Corey LaJoie3123.502543.9422
Jimmie Johnson1239.30960.563Parker Kligerman328.703825.9839
Aric Almirola1326.452042.2825Ross Chastain3315.203634.9636
Chase Elliott1445.25558.946Reed Sorenson3415.803535.5634
Kurt Busch1536.701057.408Garrett Smithley3520.602736.4632
Alex Bowman1631.501553.8212JJ Yeley3616.103435.0035
Matt Tifft1716.203337.8030Josh Bilicki3719.803038.9628
Kyle Busch1827.801745.7421Timmy Hill3823.702342.2426
Ricky Stenhouse Jr1926.801849.7418Joey Gase3920.002936.9031
Erik Jones2035.301155.7410Kevin Harvick4023.552433.4037

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