Five drivers to watch in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Lottery 250 at Kansas Speedway
The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to Kansas Speedway Saturday.
Here are some names worth keeping an eye on in the Xfinity Lottery 250.
Chase Briscoe, No. 98 Ford
Briscoe, 25, has won a series-most five races for Stewart-Haas Racing, including a stretch of three wins in four starts after the season resumed, and is making a serious bid for a Cup ride in 2021. Briscoe, the Xfinity Rookie of the Year in 2019, was third in last fall’s race at Kansas capped his 2016 ARCA title by winning at Kansas from the pole.
Austin Cindric, No. 22 Ford
Cindric, 21, has won three straight races and became the first driver in NASCAR national series history to win in consecutive days at the same track in the same series when he swept both races at Kentucky for Team Penske. Cindric finished second at Kansas Speedway in the 2016 ARCA race in just his third series start.
Noah Gragson, No. 9 Chevrolet
Gragson, 22, has victories on the superspeedway of Daytona and short-track at Bristol for JR Motorsports, but made the most headlines when he traded punches with Harrison Burton following the second race at Kentucky. Gragson won the 2018 trucks race at Kansas Speedway from the pole.
Ross Chastain, No. 10 Chevrolet
Chastain, 27, is still looking for his first win of the season, but he’s come close, finishing second at Talladega and Pocono in consecutive weeks and third and fourth at Kentucky for Kaulig Racing. Chastain won the 2019 trucks race at Kansas.
Harrison Burton, No. 20 Toyota
Burton, 19, won his first Xfinity races at California and Homestead for Joe Gibbs Racing. Burton, son of former Cup star Jeff Burton, was fourth last week at Texas. He finished 10th in the 2019 trucks series race at Kansas Speedway.
This week’s TV schedule at Kansas Speedway
Thursday: NASCAR Cup Series Kansas 400, won by Denny Hamlin
Friday: 6 p.m., Kansas 200 (NASCAR trucks), FS1
Friday: 9 p.m., ARCA Kansas 150, FS1
Saturday: 12:30 p.m., Kansas Speedway 200 (NASCAR trucks), FSN
Saturday: 4 p.m., Xfinity Kansas Lottery 250, NBCSN
This story was originally published July 24, 2020 at 5:00 AM.