NASCAR at Kansas Weekend Schedule

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup Series, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the ARCA Menards Series travel to Kansas Speedway. The Craftsman Truck Series is off but returns to action on May 1 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Kyle Larson won the 2025 Spring Busch Light Pole Award at Kansas. He is also the defending Cup Series race winner. Brandon Jones was the race winner of the 2025 O’Reilly Series event at Kansas in September.

The pass for the win came in the final two laps in four of the last six Cup Series Kansas races. The closest finish in Cup Series history occurred at Kansas in May 2024. Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds.

Kansas had the closest margin of victory in the Cup Series at a 1.5-mile track in three of the past five seasons, including the last two. The driver who led the most laps has won once at Kansas in the last seven races – Kyle Larson (05/2025) O’Reilly Series Dash 4 Cash: The O’Reilly Series Dash 4 Cash began at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The participants are William Sawalich, Brandon Jones, Justin Allgaier and Rajah Caruth. Win 1 Race: $100,000 bonus and transfer to the next Dash 4 Cash race. The next three highest-finishing series regulars at Bristol qualified to participate in the Dash 4 Cash race this weekend.

Allgaier transfers to Race 2 at Kansas after a fourth-place finish at Bristol. Joining him are Brent Crews, Carson Kvapil and Sheldon Creed. The rules remain the same for the following Dash 4 Cash races: • Race 1: Bristol Motor Speedway (April 11) – Winner: Justin Allgaier• Race 2: Kansas Speedway (April 18).• Race 3: Talladega Superspeedway (April 25).• Race 4: Texas Motor Speedway (May 2).

Friday, April 17 5 p.m.: ARCA Practice6 p.m.: ARCA Qualifying – Timed: 20 Minutes7 p.m.: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Practice – CW App8:05 p.m.: O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Qualifying – CW App Saturday, April 18 12:30 p.m.: ARCA Menards Tide 150100 Laps, 150 MilesFS1/MRN/SiriusXM 4 p.m.: Cup Series Practice – Prime/MRN/SiriusXM5:10 p.m.: Cup Series Qualifying – Prime/MRN/SiriusXMPost Cup Series Qualifying: NASCAR Press Pass 7 p.m.: O’Reilly Kansas Lottery 300Stages: 45/90/200 Laps = 300 MilesPurse: $1,753,590CW/MRN/SiriusXMPost O’Reilly Series race: NASCAR Press Pass Sunday, April 19 2 p.m.: Cup Series AdventHealth 400Stages: 80/165/267 Laps = 400.5 MilesPurse: $11,233,037FOX/MRN/SiriusXMPost Cup Series race: NASCAR Press Pass Up Next: The NASCAR Cup Series and the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series head to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend.