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NASCAR: Five Drivers Most Likely To Win At Kansas

By Cole Mentzel

May 7, 2016; Kansas City, KS, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch (18) and Matt Kenseth (20) lead the field to restart during the GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
May 7, 2016; Kansas City, KS, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Busch (18) and Matt Kenseth (20) lead the field to restart during the GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 13, 2016; Dover, DE, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch (18) during practice for the AAA 400 Drive For Autism at Dover International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O
May 13, 2016; Dover, DE, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch (18) during practice for the AAA 400 Drive For Autism at Dover International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O /

Contender No. 3: Kyle Busch

Stats at Kansas:

  • Wins: 1
  • Top-5’s: 3
  • Top-10’s: 5
  • Laps Led: 156
  • Average Finish: 19.2

Kyle Busch is the defending Cup Series champion but four straight top-10’s to open the Chase hasn’t really captured anyone’s attention. He’s putting together solid races, but the focus has been on other drivers.

Heading into Kansas, Busch will be looking for more of the magic he found there earlier this season. Before the spring race that he won by leading 69 laps, Busch was winless at Kansas. He had put together two top-5’s in 2015, but had registered only two top-10’s in the other 14 starts of his career there.

However, as I mentioned before, he got the job done a few months back. Busch is known as one of the best 1.5-mile drivers in the sport today. Since 2014 he has won ten races and five of them have come at such tracks.

By taking that into account and remembering the fact that he’s already won four races this season, it’s easy to believe Busch will be near the front again on Sunday.

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