{"id":173603,"date":"2025-09-27T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173603\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:43:08","slug":"nascar-cup-series-hollywood-casino-400-at-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173603\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Buescher is looking to avenge his heartbreaking Kansas Speedway defeat by 0.001 seconds, a season ago<\/a>, this weekend, and he kicked off the bid to win Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 by turning the fastest lap in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice.<\/p>\n

Buescher turned a fast lap time of 30.672 seconds, which equates to a 176.056 mph average around the 1.5-mile speedway. Buescher topped Zane Smith, who has had a decent season behind the wheel of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin was the top Playoff contender in the session as he clocked in third-fastest, and he was ahead of Bubba Wallace, another Playoff contender who drives the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.<\/p>\n

RELATED: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Standings<\/a><\/p>\n

John Hunter Nemechek was fifth-fastest.<\/p>\n

Here are where all of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers ranked in the session: Denny Hamlin (3rd), Bubba Wallace (4th), Chase Briscoe (8th), Kyle Larson (12th), Chase Elliott (13th), Tyler Reddick (14th), Christopher Bell (17th), Austin Cindric (20th), William Byron (23rd), Ross Chastain (31st), Joey Logano (35th), and Ryan Blaney (36th).<\/p>\n

Logano and Blaney suffered flat tires during the practice session, and Blaney slammed the outside wall due to his flat tire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trouble for @Blaney<\/a> in practice! pic.twitter.com\/jFVdKRBmkl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the complete results from Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series practice session for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Race 31 of 36.<\/p>\n

Rank<\/p>\n

Car<\/p>\n

Driver<\/p>\n

Lap time<\/p>\n

Speed<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Chris Buescher<\/p>\n

30.672<\/p>\n

176.056<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

38*<\/p>\n

Zane Smith<\/p>\n

30.735<\/p>\n

175.695<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin (P)<\/p>\n

30.737<\/p>\n

175.684<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

23*<\/p>\n

Bubba Wallace (P)<\/p>\n

30.741<\/p>\n

175.661<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

42<\/p>\n

John Hunter Nemechek<\/p>\n

30.763<\/p>\n

175.536<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

43<\/p>\n

Erik Jones<\/p>\n

30.776<\/p>\n

175.461<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Justin Haley<\/p>\n

30.792<\/p>\n

175.370<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe (P)<\/p>\n

30.801<\/p>\n

175.319<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

34*<\/p>\n

Todd Gilliland<\/p>\n

30.806<\/p>\n

175.291<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Ty Dillon<\/p>\n

30.823<\/p>\n

175.194<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

41<\/p>\n

Cole Custer<\/p>\n

30.839<\/p>\n

175.103<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Kyle Larson (P)<\/p>\n

30.855<\/p>\n

175.012<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Chase Elliott (P)<\/p>\n

30.860<\/p>\n

174.984<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

45*<\/p>\n

Tyler Reddick (P)<\/p>\n

30.867<\/p>\n

174.944<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

AJ Allmendinger<\/p>\n

30.869<\/p>\n

174.933<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

71<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell<\/p>\n

30.871<\/p>\n

174.921<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Christopher Bell (P)<\/p>\n

30.878<\/p>\n

174.882<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

4*<\/p>\n

Noah Gragson<\/p>\n

30.882<\/p>\n

174.859<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

54<\/p>\n

Ty Gibbs<\/p>\n

30.883<\/p>\n

174.853<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Austin Cindric (P)<\/p>\n

30.907<\/p>\n

174.718<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

99<\/p>\n

Daniel Suarez<\/p>\n

30.938<\/p>\n

174.543<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

88<\/p>\n

Shane van Gisbergen #<\/p>\n

30.940<\/p>\n

174.531<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

William Byron (P)<\/p>\n

30.974<\/p>\n

174.340<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Josh Berry<\/p>\n

30.974<\/p>\n

174.340<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

77<\/p>\n

Carson Hocevar<\/p>\n

30.990<\/p>\n

174.250<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Austin Dillon<\/p>\n

31.004<\/p>\n

174.171<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

35*<\/p>\n

Riley Herbst #<\/p>\n

31.031<\/p>\n

174.020<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

47<\/p>\n

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/p>\n

31.034<\/p>\n

174.003<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

60<\/p>\n

Ryan Preece<\/p>\n

31.046<\/p>\n

173.935<\/p>\n

30<\/p>\n

51<\/p>\n

Cody Ware<\/p>\n

31.088<\/p>\n

173.700<\/p>\n

31<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Ross Chastain (P)<\/p>\n

31.124<\/p>\n

173.500<\/p>\n

32<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Brad Keselowski<\/p>\n

31.187<\/p>\n

173.149<\/p>\n

33<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch<\/p>\n

31.244<\/p>\n

172.833<\/p>\n

34<\/p>\n

48<\/p>\n

Alex Bowman<\/p>\n

31.272<\/p>\n

172.678<\/p>\n

35<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Joey Logano (P)<\/p>\n

31.492<\/p>\n

171.472<\/p>\n

36<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Ryan Blaney (P)<\/p>\n

31.678<\/p>\n

170.465<\/p>\n

37<\/p>\n

44*<\/p>\n

JJ Yeley (i)<\/p>\n

32.115<\/p>\n

168.146<\/p>\n

(P) indicates NASCAR Cup Series Playoff driver
* indicates “Open” entry
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points<\/p>\n

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