hollywood casino 400 kansas speedway october 20

From the back of the pack again, Busch drove his M&M’S Halloween Toyota up through the field, making it into the top-15 by lap 136 and into 10th by lap 150, which is where he finished Stage 2.

On the negative side, the repairs forced him to restart in 22nd, at the tail end of the field.

Two trips to pit road to work on the throttle issues seemed to help.

The M&M’S Halloween driver reported to Stevens that his throttle was starting to stick, and he took advantage of a timely caution on lap 116 to visit pit road on lap 117.

He cracked the top-15 by lap 81, was back into the top-10 by lap 108 and moved up to eighth by lap 110.

The 2015 Cup Series champion didn’t waste any time moving back up through the field.

With aerodynamics being so sensitive at Kansas, Busch had to bring his M&M’S Halloween Camry to pit road so the team could repair the cosmetic damage to the right rear.He still managed to finish fifth and earn six stage points.

On the restart, Busch was three-wide for third when a car clipped his right rear, causing some cosmetic damage.

With the untimely caution, Busch was forced to come to pit road for tires and fuel, restarting fifth for the two-lap shootout to determine the Stage 1 winner.

The Las Vegas native looked as if he would finish second in the stage, but with seven laps to go in Stage 1, the caution waved for an accident involving Ryan Newman.

Busch had moved up to second after the green-flag pit stops had cycled through.

Busch pitted for the first time on lap 46, with crew chief Adam Stevens making minimal changes.

The M&M’S Halloween driver picked his way up into the top-five by lap 40 and focused on reeling in the leader.

He was up to 14th by lap four and into the top-10 by lap eight.

Busch qualified 18th, but he quickly moved up through the field at the drop of the green flag.

Kyle Busch started 18th, finished fifth.

Stage 2 Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Stage 1 Winner: Joey Logano of Team Penske (Ford) Race Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota) Point Standing: 1st (4,046 points, Advances to Round of 8) Start/Finish: 18th/3rd (Running, completed 277 of 277 laps) Location: Kansas Speedway in Kansas City (1.5-mile oval)įormat: 267 laps, broken into three stages (80 laps/80 laps/107 laps) Event: Hollywood Casino 400 (Round 32 of 36)

Hollywood casino 400 kansas speedway october 20