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Hollywood Casino 400

Track Information
Track Name:	Kansas Speedway
Location:	Kansas City, KS
Track Type:	COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY
Track Length:	1.5 miles
Track Layout:	OVAL
Banking:	15 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	75000
Home Page:	http://www.kansasspeedway.com
Track Weather Info:	Kansas Speedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	Hollywood Casino 400
Date, Time:	10/22/2017, 3:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#32 of 36 races in the 2017 season
Track Name:	Kansas Speedway
Race Distance:	400 miles, 267 laps

Past Race Averages
Average race finish time:	0:3:00
Average Speed:	128.16 MPH
Average # of cautions:	10 - 49 laps
Average # of lead changes:	20
Average # of drivers leading:	10

Hollywood Casino 400 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2016	Kevin Harvick	Carl Edwards	Joey Logano	Jimmie Johnson	Kyle Busch
2015	Joey Logano	Denny Hamlin	Jimmie Johnson	Kasey Kahne	Kyle Busch
2014	Joey Logano	Kyle Larson	Kyle Busch	Martin Truex	Carl Edwards
2013	Kevin Harvick	Kurt Busch	Jeff Gordon	Joey Logano	Carl Edwards
2012	Matt Kenseth	Martin Truex	Paul Menard	Kasey Kahne	Tony Stewart

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Martin Truex - 1240

Kyle Larson - 1171

Kyle Busch - 1104

Kevin Harvick - 1045

Brad Keselowski - 1029

Denny Hamlin - 990

Chase Elliott - 963

Matt Kenseth - 914

Jamie McMurray - 870

Jimmie Johnson - 838

Average finish

Michael Waltrip - 8

Kyle Larson - 10.4

Martin Truex - 10.6

Denny Hamlin - 11.6

Kevin Harvick - 12.1

Kyle Busch - 12.1

Chase Elliott - 12.4

Brad Keselowski - 13

Jamie McMurray - 13.7

Matt Kenseth - 14.7

Races won

Martin Truex - 6

Kyle Larson - 4

Kyle Busch - 4

Jimmie Johnson - 3

Brad Keselowski - 3

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - 2

Denny Hamlin - 2

Kevin Harvick - 1

Kasey Kahne - 1

Austin Dillon - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kyle Larson - 14

Martin Truex - 14

Brad Keselowski - 13

Denny Hamlin - 13

Kyle Busch - 12

Kevin Harvick - 10

Joey Logano - 10

Chase Elliott - 9

Matt Kenseth - 8

Ryan Newman - 7

Top 10 finishes

Martin Truex - 21

Kyle Larson - 19

Brad Keselowski - 18

Kyle Busch - 18

Denny Hamlin - 18

Kevin Harvick - 18

Chase Elliott - 17

Jamie McMurray - 16

Joey Logano - 15

Matt Kenseth - 14

Listed below is the official starting order grid for this race. Drivers are listed on the row in which they will be starting. The qualifying speed is also displayed, unless the driver failed to qualify and was force to use a provisional to enter the race. In this case, the field contains provisional.

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Official Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed	Position	Driver	Qualifying Speed
1	1	Martin Truex	188.029	2	Kevin Harvick	187.682
2	3	Matt Kenseth	187.604	4	Denny Hamlin	187.461
3	4	Ryan Blaney	187.266	5	Daniel Suarez	186.909
4	6	Erik Jones	186.716	7	Kyle Busch	186.329
5	8	Jamie McMurray	185.637	9	Clint Bowyer	185.599
6	10	Brad Keselowski	184.849	11	Austin Dillon	184.093
7	13	Jimmie Johnson	185.957	14	Kyle Larson	185.88
8	15	Chase Elliott	185.765	16	Kurt Busch	185.274
9	17	Michael McDowell	185.185	18	Joey Logano	184.976
10	19	Ryan Newman	184.97	20	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	184.824
11	21	Chris Buescher	184.679	22	Kasey Kahne	184.533
12	23	Danica Patrick	184.496	24	Paul Menard	184.212
13	25	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	183.542	26	Aric Almirola	183.492
14	27	AJ Allmendinger	182.723	28	David Ragan	182.088
15	29	Trevor Bayne	182.063	30	Ty Dillon	181.928
16	31	Matt DiBenedetto	181.83	32	Landon Cassill	179.146
17	33	Brett Moffitt	179.11	34	Gray Gaulding	178.66
18	35	Corey Lajoie	178.601	36	Cole Whitt	178.542
19	37	BJ McLeod	177.667	38	Reed Sorenson	177.369
20	39	Jeffrey Earnhardt	176.875	40	Derrike Cope

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	ARRIS	5	9.5	107	9.3 to 1	451	784	131
2	Martin Truex	Toyota	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Bo	1	10.2	152	6.6 to 1	576	779	197
3	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	4	10.6	100	10 to 1	473	757	181
4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Jimmy John's	2	11.2	99	10.1 to 1	432	717	192
5	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's Halloween	7	11.8	70	14.3 to 1	393	678	196
6	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	Credit One Bank	14	12.1	85	11.8 to 1	386	688	218
7	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	NAPA	15	12.9	46	21.7 to 1	287	604	198
8	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Miller Lite	10	12.9	55	18.2 to 1	305	637	218
9	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Cessna	8	13.8	37	27 to 1	178	435	163
10	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	19	14.1	29	34.5 to 1	159	433	167
11	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	DEWALT FLEXVOLT	3	14.1	36	27.8 to 1	246	535	221
12	Kurt Busch	Ford	Haas Automation/Monster E	16	15.4	27	37 to 1	172	404	231
13	Erik Jones	Toyota	5-hour ENERGY Extra Stren	6	15.9	27	37 to 1	167	407	250
14	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	13	16.2	26	38.5 to 1	159	376	245
15	Clint Bowyer	Ford	Haas Automation	9	16.8	23	43.5 to 1	105	314	233
16	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	18	17.5	17	58.8 to 1	102	248	238
17	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Omnicraft Auto Parts	4	17.6	20	50 to 1	132	334	294
18	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	DOW	11	18.5	4	250 to 1	30	119	160
19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Chevrolet	Nationwide	20	19.3	11	90.9 to 1	67	191	280
20	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	UniFirst	22	19.8	8	125 to 1	43	114	221
21	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	TWD	17	21.8	0	0 chance	15	46	155
22	Trevor Bayne	Ford	AdvoCare	29	22	2	500 to 1	13	46	157
23	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Richmond/Menards	24	22.3	3	333.3 to 1	25	60	236
24	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Fastenal	25	22.3	0	0 chance	14	55	218
25	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	Kroger ClickList	27	22.4	3	333.3 to 1	19	46	202
26	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	30	22.5	2	500 to 1	11	38	175
27	Chris Buescher	Chevrolet	Scott Towels	21	23.2	2	500 to 1	11	35	229
28	Danica Patrick	Ford	Code 3 Associates	23	23.6	2	500 to 1	10	35	279
29	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield	26	24.1	1	1000 to 1	4	29	244
30	Landon Cassill	Ford	Love's Travel Stops	32	27.3	0	0 chance	2	8	250
31	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	Can-Am/Kappa	31	27.5	0	0 chance	1	10	276
32	David Ragan	Ford	TheHouse.com	28	27.6	0	0 chance	0	5	250
33	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	Earthwater	33	28	2	500 to 1	3	9	344
34	Corey Lajoie	Toyota	Dr Pepper	35	28.9	0	0 chance	1	4	379
35	Cole Whitt	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	36	29.3	1	1000 to 1	2	4	390
36	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	Low T Centers	38	29.8	1	1000 to 1	1	3	474
37	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	Hulu	39	30.8	0	0 chance	0	4	576
38	Gray Gaulding	Toyota	Harrah's North Kansas Cit	34	31.1	0	0 chance	1	3	512
39	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet		37	32.2	2	500 to 1	2	3	693
40	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	StarCom Fiber	40	32.6	0	0 chance	2	3	727

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY.

1.) Kyle Busch's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 8.3. In 8 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

2.) Martin Truex's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 9.5. In 8 races, he has 4 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

3.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 9.6. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 9.6. In 8 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

5.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 10.0. In 8 races, he has 1 win and 4 top 10 finishes.

6.) Matt Kenseth's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 12.0. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

7.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 12.1. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

8.) Austin Dillon's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 12.5. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

9.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 12.8. In 8 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

10.) Daniel Suarez's average finish at track type - COOKIE CUTTER SPEEDWAY is 13.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

Best career performers at Kansas Speedway

1.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 9.6. In 22 races, he has 3 wins and 17 top 10 finishes.

2.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 10.0. In 23 races, he has 2 wins and 12 top 10 finishes.

3.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 11.4. In 5 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Matt Kenseth's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 13.1. In 23 races, he has 2 wins and 13 top 10 finishes.

5.) Brad Keselowski's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 13.1. In 15 races, he has 1 win and 8 top 10 finishes.

6.) Kasey Kahne's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 13.5. In 20 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

7.) Martin Truex's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 15.9. In 18 races, he has 1 win and 6 top 10 finishes.

8.) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s average finish at Kansas Speedway is 16.2. In 21 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

9.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 16.7. In 18 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.

10.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Kansas Speedway is 17.0. In 23 races, he has 0 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 3 races is 6.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

2.) Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s average finish over the past 3 races is 8.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

3.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.7. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes.

4.) Kyle Larson's average finish over the past 3 races is 9.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

5.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 3 races is 9.3. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 2 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Kyle Larson's average finish over the past 10 races is 8.3. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

2.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 10 races is 8.6. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

3.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.0. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

4.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 10 races is 9.3. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 5 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kyle Busch's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.2. In 10 races, he has 3 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.