Fantasy NASCAR Scouting Report – Kansas

[themify_box ]NOTE: This post is a recap of what happened in fall 2015 at Kansas[/themify_box]

Kansas Top Ten Starters

1. Brad Keselowski
2. Carl Edwards
3. Kyle Busch
4. Kevin Harvick
5. Denny Hamlin
6. Jeff Gordon
7. Martin Truex Jr.
8. Ryan Blaney
9. Kurt Busch
10. Ryan Newman

Full Kansas Starting Lineup

Kansas Pre-race Notes

Casey Mears started in the rear of the field in a backup car

Brian Scott drove the #33

Kansas Race Notes

Brad Keselowski started on the pole and led the opening 28 laps.

Kevin Harvick had a very good car early. He started in 4th and was up to 2nd on lap 5.

On lap 5 Joey Logano already picked up 8 spots from his starting position. His car was fast running the high-line. No other driver early in the race was running up against the wall.

Running order on lap 17: 2,4,19,22,18,20,41,11,21,78 … 24,31,48,27,88,16,5,43,33,14 … 17,42,3,15,47,55,1,10,9,6 … 51,7,13,40,83,38,35,46,34,23 … 26,98,32

Brad Keselowski really liked his car on lap 22 while he was leading.

Early in the race around lap 20 Kevin Harvick started to complain about a vibration. It was later speculated to be his splitter.

On lap 29 Kevin Harvick passed Brad Keselowski for the lead and led the next 21 laps.

On lap 30 JJ Yeley got into the wall and brought out the first caution. (The next 10 laps were under yellow).

During the first round of pit stops Kenseth liked his car but said he was tight in traffic.

During the first round of pit stops Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. both took two tires which got them up to 1st and 2nd. Everybody else took 4.

Running order on lap 45: 4,78,22,20,19,2,41,31,48,21 … 11,5,18,24,17,16,88,43,14,15 … 3,27,1,33,9,42,51,47,55,6 … 7,10,13

On lap 50 Joey Logano passed Kevin Harvick with a pass in the high-line for the lead. He then led the next 17 laps. Logano’s car got tremendous runs down the straightaway.

Around lap 51 Jamie McMurray had some slight contact with the wall while he was running the high-line. Later in the race he got into the wall slightly again.

Running order on lap 63: 22,20,4,48,78,41,2,41,19,31

Notable Moment: On lap 64 Tony Stewart spun. He didn’t get any damage but it did drop him a lap down. Following his spin he said “driver error again.” This brought out a caution.

During the Stewart spin caution Edwards, Keselowski, Blaney and Newman all took two tires. This got them up to the top 4 in the running order. Carl Edwards was now the leader.

Running order on lap 73: 20,19,4,21,2,22,31,41,48,18 … 5,3,27,88,42,78,15,33,16,51 … 11,16,47,17,24,10,9,1,55,6

Jimmie Johnson was up to 6th on lap 76. He started in 21st.

Carl Edwards #19 car didn’t handle well on just two tires. On lap 77 he was back to 8th.

On lap 90 while running in 10th Newman said his car didn’t respond well to adjustments.

Running order on lap 92: 20,22,48,4,41,21,2,3,18,31 … 19,88,5,78,43,11,15,42,27,17 … 33,16,24,47,6

Notable Moment: On lap 107 AJ Allmendinger slowed on the track after getting into the wall. He was racing side by side with Bayne for 24th at the time.

Notable Moment: On lap 109 Kyle Larson spun and brought out the caution. He was running in 33rd at the time. His car was extremely loose. He was now two laps down.

Notable Moment: During the Kyle Larson caution Aric Almirola was leaking power steering fluid. That problem dropped him in the running order. Prior to his problem he was running around 15th.