Kyle Busch took his first lead with 17 laps to go and captured Saturday afternoon’s Yellow Transportation 300 Busch Series race at the Kansas Speedway. The No.5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver crossed the finish line just 0.085 seconds ahead of Matt Kenseth.
The victory was Busch’s third of the season and 10th of his Busch career.
“It’s [...]

Jimmie Johnson bobbled, spun and tapped the wall between turns 3 and 4 during final practice for the Nextel Cup Series LifeLock 400 on Saturday, requiring his team to pull out a backup car at Kansas Speedway.
As a result, the polesitter for Sunday’s race will now start from the rear of the field.
“I just lost [...]

Practice 3 (Saturday):
Pos, Car #, Driver, Manu, Time secs, Speed mph, Fast Lap, Laps Run
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevy 31.683 170.438 1 25
2 41 Reed Sorenson Target/Lysol Dodge 31.882 169.375 1 43
3 38 David Gilliland M&M’s Ford 31.907 169.242 1 29
4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevy 31.928 169.131 1 35
5 20 Tony Stewart Home [...]

UPDATE:
What started as a good qualifying run that left #12-Ryan Newman second beside pole sitter Jimmie Johnson, turned into a bad start for Newman and the #12 Alltel Dodge at Kansas Speedway. Newman was just three one-hundredths of a second slower than Johnson, but following post-qualifying inspection, NASCAR officials deemed the Alltel Dodge Charger’s roof [...]

Martin Truex Jr. will race this weekend at Kansas Speedway with a broken bone. It’s a small bone in the “pinky” toe of his left foot.
“It’s all good,” Truex said Friday. “I’m fine. I kicked the ottoman in my living room,” Truex said. “It hurt a little to put my shoe on Friday morning, but [...]

Robert Yates Racing is planning to move from its shop in Mooresville, N.C., to next to the Roush Fenway Racing shop in Concord, N.C., likely in the building that Boris Said’s No Fear Racing team currently occupies. Yates said the move will allow better technology flow. Yates Racing will purchase chassis and bodies from Roush [...]

UPDATE 2:
Kyle Busch was shocked to learn that former Formula 1 and CART champion Jacques Villeneuve will attempt to make his Nextel Cup debut next weekend at Talladega. “He’s doing what? Holy cow, that’s not good,” Busch said when asked for his reaction to Villeneuve racing at Talladega. “You’ve got to start somewhere but the [...]

This Sunday, The NASCAR Foundation will present a $500,000 check to the Victory Junction Gang Camp during pre-race activities at the LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway. Sprint Vice President of Experiential Marketing and NASCAR Foundation Board Member Tom Murphy will present the donation, which is made possible by funds raised mainly through NASCAR Day, The [...]

POS, CAR, DRIVER, MAKE, SPONSOR, SPEED, TIME, BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 175.063 30.846 Leader
2 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 174.893 30.876 -0.030
3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 174.283 30.984 -0.138
4 10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline / Stanley Tools 173.964 31.041 -0.195
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 173.695 31.089 -0.243

Jimmie Johnson survived challenges from Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth to capture the pole for Sunday’s LifeLock 400, the third race in the 10-race “Chase for the Nextel Cup.” The No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver circled the 1.5-mile oval in 30.846 seconds (175.063 m.p.h.).
The pole victory was Johnson’s third in the last four weeks and [...]