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Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. The speedway was built in 2001 and currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends.

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Truex Jr. seeking another Dover win

Five years have passed since Martin Truex Jr.

recorded his first and only win so far in the Sprint Cup Series.Truex, who hails from Mayetta, NJ, won the 2007 spring race at Dover International Speedway, which is his home track. It's been 179 races since then, but Truex is optimistic his lengthy drought will come to an end soon, maybe as soon as this weekend when the series runs at Dover.Currently sixth in the point standings, Truex has been impressive in his third year as driver of the No. 56 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing. He's had four top-five finishes and seven top-10s in the first 12 races this season.In April, Truex put on a dominating performance at Kansas Speedway by leading 173 of 267 laps, but Denny Hamlin passed him for the lead with 31 laps remaining and then held it for the win. Truex finished second.Truex has finished in the top-10 at Dover just two times since his win there. He has won the pole for two of the last four races at this one-mile racetrack."Going back ther...

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  1. CUP: Kansas Gets Variable Banking

    Kansas Speedway will have a different feel when the Sprint Cup series returns this fall.Immediately after Sunday's race, an M1A1 Abrams tank and armored combat earth...

  2. This Week in Auto Racing April 20 - 22

    NASCAR heads to the heartland of America this weekend, with the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series running at Kansas Speedway. Formula One will be in Sakhir, ...

  3. CUP: Sunday Kansas Notebook

    NO HAT DANCE — Jimmie Johnson came into Sunday's STP 400 at Kansas Speedway as the last driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the 1.5-mile oval. He desperately w...

  4. George Jr. grabs pole for Kansas Truck race

    Tim George Jr. will start on the pole for Saturday's SFP 250 Camping World Truck Series race after topping the charts in qualifying at Kansas Speedway.George Jr., wh...

  5. WALTRIP: I've Got Some Good News, Some Bad News

    Boy, has it been a busy week since last Sunday at Kansas Speedway.It sure looked like Martin Truex Jr. was going to get his second NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of his c...

  6. CUP: Kansas Power Rankings

    Martin Truex Jr. gave it a whale of a run in the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway, but it was Denny Hamlin who won the race and Greg Biffle who stays atop this week's FOXS...

  7. Buescher picks up first truck win at Kansas

    James Buescher is having quite a season so far in NASCAR this year.Less than two months after scoring his first Nationwide Series win in the season-opener at Daytona...

  8. Greg Biffle still defers to teammate Carl Edwards at Roush-Fenway, despite leading points

    Greg Biffle leads the Sprint Cup standings. He's coming off a late pass of Jimmie Johnson to win at Texas and is now headed to Kansas Speedway, where he's won twice....

  9. CUP: Johnson Blisters Field In Final Practice

    The last time Jimmie Johnson was at Kansas Speedway, he won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race.And if Friday's Happy Hour practice was any indication, the other 42 drivers who...

  10. CUP: Return To Title Form For Stewart-Haas?

    With his White House chat with President Obama behind him, three-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart is looking for a strong outing this weeken...

  11. Kansas Speedway ownership gambles on casino to help drive interest, ticket sales at property

    Lesa France Kennedy strode through the Art Deco-inspired lobby, past rows of blinking slots machines and spinning roulette wheels, her eyes trying to take in the hom...

  12. Infield road course construction ready to begin after April race weekend at Kansas Speedway

    There are more changes in the works at Kansas Speedway.Officials received the final layout from their design team this week for a proposed road course through the in...

  1. This Week in Auto Racing June 1 - 3

    All three of NASCAR's national touring series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck -- will be at Dover International Speedway this weekend. The IZOD Ind...

  2. CUP: Hamlin Rides Hot Streak

    While Hendrick Motorsports has made most of the NASCAR headlines in the last three weeks, Denny Hamlin has quietly put together an impressive stretch of races.Hamlin...

  3. National Guard trucks rumble onto Kansas Speedway to begin repaving moments after Hamlin's win

    No sooner had Denny Hamlin pulled off the track and into Victory Lane at Kansas Speedway on Sunday did a tank and an earth mover from the National Guard rumble back ...

  4. Majority of drivers against repaving, reconfiguring of Kansas Speedway this summer

    Kansas Speedway will have a different feel when the Sprint Cup series returns this fall.Immediately after Sunday's race, an M1A1 Abrams tank and armored combat earth...

  5. The Inside Line: Here comes Jimmie Johnson and his 48 team

    Look out. Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team are on a hot streak heading into the summer stretch of the Sprint Cup Series schedule.In a period o...

  6. Kansas City business battle consumes mega millions for jobs to jump mere miles across border

    The states of Missouri and Kansas are divided here only by the yellow stripe of State Line Road. It's a single community, but the division is sharp when it comes to ...

  7. Johnson delivers 200th win for Hendrick at Darlington

    Jimmie Johnson gave team owner Rick Hendrick his long-awaited 200th win in NASCAR's premier series by taking Saturday night's Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington R...

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