The NASCAR Cup Series arrived at Kansas Speedway, and it was a pretty dramatic event. Christopher Bell led the most laps but lost out on points after hitting the wall twice at the end of each stage. William Byron won Stage 1 while Alex Bowman won Stage 2; however, neither driver won the race after a non-playoff competitor seized the day.

[autotag]Ross Chastain[/autotag] won the 2024 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, earning his first win of the year. Chastain was able to hold off Byron on the final lap, as the Hendrick Motorsports driver wasn’t able to get back to him. It marks the Trackhouse Racing driver’s first win of the 2024 NASCAR season after missing the playoffs.

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Chastain had a rough regular season after failing to have the same speed he had in the 2023 NASCAR playoffs. The driver of the No. 1 car wasn’t able to find enough speed at the end of the regular season to make the 16-driver field; however, he proved why he should be a threat to win weekly at Kansas.

NASCAR results from Kansas in September 2024:

No. 1 Ross Chastain
No. 24 William Byron (P)
No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
No. 12 Ryan Blaney (P)
No. 54 Ty Gibbs
No. 48 Alex Bowman (P)
No. 20 Christopher Bell (P)
No. 11 Denny Hamlin (P)
No. 9 Chase Elliott (P)
No. 71 Zane Smith
No. 17 Chris Buescher
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 99 Daniel Suarez (P)
No. 22 Joey Logano (P)
No. 51 Corey LaJoie
No. 41 Ryan Preece
No. 23 Bubba Wallace
No. 10 Noah Gragson
No. 8 Kyle Busch
No. 31 Daniel Hemric
No. 16 Ty Dillon
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
No. 21 Harrison Burton
No. 14 Chase Briscoe (P)
No. 45 Tyler Reddick (P)
No. 5 Kyle Larson (P)
No. 38 Todd Gilliland
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 34 Michael McDowell
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 15 Kaz Grala
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 7 Justin Haley
No. 2 Austin Cindric (P)
No. 43 Erik Jones
No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
No. 44 J.J. Yeley
No. 4 Josh Berry