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CUP: Hot, Slick Track Greets Drivers
Kyle Busch expects action all over the track on Sunday…
Kyle Busch’s only top 10 in seven Sprint Cup races at Kansas is a seventh, scored in 2006. (Photo: Getty Images)
It’s hot in Kansas City this weekend.
High temperatures at Kansas Speedway are expected to land in the low-to-mid-90s all three days of the STP 400 race weekend, and that probably will create track conditions mostly unknown to drivers here.
In past years, the track’s single Sprint Cup race has been in cooler months. This year’s new second race comes with the stickiness of late spring.
“It’s going to be hot and slick, probably,” said Kyle Busch, still looking for his first Sprint Cup win at Kansas. “Unfortunately, I’ve struggled at this place for some reason. We run well but can’t get the finishes we need.
“On the Cup side, we haven’t been here when it’s this hot. We expect the times to be a little bit slower. I expect the track to get slick. I expect to have to use all the track from bottom to top once we get into the race to try to find some grip. Overall, it will be a learning experience for us.
“We treat this as a new event, even though it’s not a new race track.”
Busch said drivers are able to race all across the width of the Kansas track.
“It’s got older asphalt now, and it’s maturing a little bit,” he said. “It’s a race track where you can move all over the place, from the bottom to the top. It’s got good age to it and got some character.
“There are definitely some things about it that are different than other tracks we go to, and we like that. We don’t want to see Charlotte and Texas and here and see them all the same. You would think they drive the same, but they’re completely different.”
Busch’s only top 10 in seven Sprint Cup races at Kansas is a seventh, scored in 2006. His average finish at the track is 23.4.
“It’s not that I don’t like this place, but I haven’t quite figured it out and figured what it takes to finish well yet,” he said.
“It’s not that you might not like a track or a race. It’s a matter of trying to figure it out. Once you get the right situations kind of lined up, you can have a shot.”
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 29 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
High temperatures at Kansas Speedway are expected to land in the low-to-mid-90s all three days of the STP 400 race weekend, and that probably will create track conditions mostly unknown to drivers here.
In past years, the track’s single Sprint Cup race has been in cooler months. This year’s new second race comes with the stickiness of late spring.
“It’s going to be hot and slick, probably,” said Kyle Busch, still looking for his first Sprint Cup win at Kansas. “Unfortunately, I’ve struggled at this place for some reason. We run well but can’t get the finishes we need.
“On the Cup side, we haven’t been here when it’s this hot. We expect the times to be a little bit slower. I expect the track to get slick. I expect to have to use all the track from bottom to top once we get into the race to try to find some grip. Overall, it will be a learning experience for us.
“We treat this as a new event, even though it’s not a new race track.”
Busch said drivers are able to race all across the width of the Kansas track.
“It’s got older asphalt now, and it’s maturing a little bit,” he said. “It’s a race track where you can move all over the place, from the bottom to the top. It’s got good age to it and got some character.
“There are definitely some things about it that are different than other tracks we go to, and we like that. We don’t want to see Charlotte and Texas and here and see them all the same. You would think they drive the same, but they’re completely different.”
Busch’s only top 10 in seven Sprint Cup races at Kansas is a seventh, scored in 2006. His average finish at the track is 23.4.
“It’s not that I don’t like this place, but I haven’t quite figured it out and figured what it takes to finish well yet,” he said.
“It’s not that you might not like a track or a race. It’s a matter of trying to figure it out. Once you get the right situations kind of lined up, you can have a shot.”
Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEED.com and has been covering motorsports for 29 years. He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.
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