A NASCAR doubleheader is on tap this weekend at Kansas Speedway as the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and NASCAR Cup Series continue their respective Chases. Ford is coming off victories in both series a week ago at Bristol Motor Speedway with Jake Garcia winning the first race of his career and Joey Logano notching his 40th (38 with Ford).
THE SCHEDULE
- Saturday, September 26 -- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 1 p.m. ET (FS1)
- Sunday, September 27 -- NASCAR Cup Series, 3 p.m. ET (USA)
UP TO SPEED
FORD DRIVERS IN THE CHASE
3rd – Joey Logano (-16 behind leader Kyle Larson)
6th – Ryan Blaney (-52)
11th – Austin Cindric (-116)
14th – Ryan Preece (-124)
15th – Chris Buescher (-124)
MUSTANG ON SUMMER HOT STREAK
Mustang’s summer hot streak continued last weekend as Joey Logano won for the third time this season and Ford captured its sixth Cup victory in the last 10 races. Logano kickstarted the streak in July when he won at North Wilkesboro Speedway and that has helped propel him through the standings to where he’s now only 16 points out of the lead. The three-time champ has three victories during this stretch while Ryan Blaney has two and Ryan Preece one. Overall, Mustang has 79 wins in NASCAR’s premier series with Logano’s 19 leading the way by one over Ryan Blaney.
LOGANO CONTINUES CLIMB
ALL-TIME FORD WIN LIST
Joey Logano’s third win of the season was his 40th career NASCAR Cup Series victory and 38th with Ford. That keeps him third on Ford’s all-time series win list and only two behind second-place Bill Elliott. Ned Jarrett is Ford’s all-time leader with 43 victories.
ALL-TIME FORD CUP WIN LIST
Ned Jarrett – 43
Bill Elliott – 40
Joey Logano – 38
Mark Martin – 35
Dale Jarrett – 30
David Pearson – 29
Brad Keselowski – 27
Fred Lorenzen – 26
Junior Johnson – 26
Kevin Harvick – 25
LOGANO’S KANSAS PLAYOFF SUCCESS
Joey Logano will be looking for his fourth career win at Kansas Speedway this weekend, which would match a personal best as he has four at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Phoenix Raceway. He won for the first time at Kansas in 2014, and then did it again one year later in a well-documented battle with Matt Kenseth that resulted in contact as the two entered turn one with five laps to go. That controversial finish marked Logano’s second straight playoff win and led to a sweep of the round as he took the checkered flag the following week at Talladega. His last Kansas win came in 2020 when he led the final 45 laps to beat Kevin Harvick across the finish line and clinch a spot in the Championship 4.
KESELOWSKI AND KANSAS
Brad Keselowski has won at 17 different racetracks during his NASCAR Cup Series career, including twice at Kansas Speedway. In 33 career Cup Series starts, the Michigan native has a pair of victories (2011 and 2019), seven top-5 and 16 top-10 finishes. He’s led at least one lap in four of the last six events and is coming off a sixth-place run earlier this year.
THEY SAID IT
CHRIS BUESCHER:
“I would say that as we look ahead the mile-and-a-halves were really strong for us at the beginning of the year. I’d say that Kansas has become very quickly one of my favorite mile-and-a-half racetracks to go to. It’s gotten so much character through the years and the last several years it seems to have accelerated. We have options as a driver to move all over the racetrack. There’s a lot of things about Kansas that have just presented a pretty unique challenge and it’s become a lot of fun.”
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES
FORD DRIVERS IN THE CHASE
1st – Layne Riggs (+3)
3rd – Chandler Smith (-30)
4th – Ty Majeski (-35)
9th – Ben Rhodes (-61)
RIGGS STILL ON TOP
Layne Riggs looked destined for another good finish after he won the first two stages at Bristol Motor Speedway last week, but a loose wheel derailed his night and resulted in 32nd place finish that all but wiped out his lead in the Chase standings. Riggs, who has won six times this season, saw his 25-point advantage shrink to three with six races remaining. Front Row Motorsports teammate Chandler Smith is third while the ThorSport tandem of Ty Majeski and Ben Rhodes are fourth and ninth, respectively.
GARCIA POSTS FIRST NASCAR WIN
Jake Garcia passed Stewart Friesen with 21 laps to go last Thursday night at Bristol Motor Speedway to win the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race of his career. As a result, Garcia became the 39th different driver to win a series race with Ford and the first since Chandler Smith did it in 2024. The victory also gave Ford nine wins this season and includes a streak that has seen the Blue Oval capture seven of the last 10 overall.
PAST WINNERS
FORD NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS AT KANSAS
2005 – Mark Martin
2007 – Greg Biffle
2010 – Greg Biffle
2012 – Matt Kenseth (2)
2014 – Joey Logano (2)
2015 – Joey Logano (2)
2018 – Kevin Harvick (1)
2019 – Brad Keselowski (1)
2020 – Joey Logano (2)
FORD NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES WINNERS AT KANSAS
2003 – Jon Wood
2004 – Carl Edwards
2006 – Terry Cook
2007 – Erik Darnell
2020 – Matt Crafton (2)
2022 – Zane Smith (1)
