Starting from 9th place Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Mix Toyota won the 2nd Annual Buschy McBusch Race 400, his 58th win in 581 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 6th Top 10 finish in 2021. This is his 2nd win & 13th Top 10 finish in 27 races at Kansas Speedway. Kyle Busch (Kansas, 5/2/2021; Richmond, 5/2/2009) joins NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough (Atlanta, 3/27/1983; North Wilkesboro, 3/27/1977) as the second Cup driver to win multiple times on their birthday. 2nd Place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light For The Farmers Ford, started from 4th place posted his 18th Top 10 finish in 31 races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 8th Top 10 finish in 2021. 3rd Place Car 2 Brad Keselowski Verizon 5G Ford, started from pole posted his 13th Top 10 finish in 23 races at Kansas Speedway.
4th Place Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Dickies/Menards Ford, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Car 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet, started from 17th place. 6th Place Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota, started from 15th place followed by 7th place Car 8 Tyler Reddick Childress Vineyards Chevrolet, started from 11th place. 8th Place Car 17 Chris Buescher autoTempest Ford, started from 16th place followed by 9th place Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet, started from 2nd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevrolet, in 10th place, started from 6th place. Chase Briscoe (20th) was the highest finishing rookie.
The race had 7 Cautions for 36 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 27 for Competition. 2nd Caution on lap 82 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 162 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 231 for Debris Frontstretch. 5th Caution on lap 246 for #11 Crash in Turn 1. 6th Caution on lap 254 for #33, 47 Crash on the Backstretch. 7th Caution on lap 259 for #20, 37, 47 Crash in Turn 4.
The race had 18 Lead Changes among 6 drivers; B. Keselowski 1-63; K. Larson 64; B. Keselowski 65-73; K. Larson 74-76; K. Busch 77-83; K. Larson 84-121; R. Stenhouse Jr. 122-144; K. Larson 145-162; K. Busch 163; K. Larson 164-167; K. Busch 168; K. Larson 169-212; C. Buescher 213-225; K. Larson 226-230; D. Hamlin 231; K. Larson 232-236; D. Hamlin 237-242; K. Larson 243-256; K. Busch 257-267.
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 18, 5, 8, 2, 24, 9, 4, 12, 11, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 5, 18, 11, 2, 9, 12, 19, 8, 20, 4
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 11
Race Results for the 2nd Annual Buschy McBusch Race 400 – Sunday, May 2, 2021. Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, KS – 1.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 267 Laps – 400.5 Miles
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
| 1. 9. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Mix Toyota 267 Running |
| 2. 4. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light For The Farmers Ford 267 Running |
| 3. 1. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Verizon 5G Ford 267 Running |
| 4. 5. Car 21 Matt DiBenedetto Dickies/Menards Ford 267 Running |
| 5. 17. Car 9 Chase Elliott UniFirst Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 6. 15. Car 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 267 Running |
| 7. 11. Car 8 Tyler Reddick Childress Vineyards Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 8. 16. Car 17 Chris Buescher autoTempest Ford 267 Running |
| 9. 2. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 10. 6. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off Road Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 11. 21. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Camping World Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 12. 20. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 267 Running |
| 13. 3. Car 34 Michael McDowell CarParts.com Ford 267 Running |
| 14.. 24. Car 42 Ross Chastain Clover Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 15. 28. Car 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 16. 14. Car 6 Ryan Newman Hy-Vee Ford 267 Running |
| 17. 29. Car 22 Joey Logano AAA Insurance Ford 267 Running |
| 18. 25. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 19. 32. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 267 Running |
| 20. 19. Car 14 Chase Briscoe # HighPoint.com Ford 267 Running |
| 21. 7. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Moen Ford 267 Running |
| 22. 38. Car 33 * Austin Cindric(i) MoneyLion Ford 267 Running |
| 23. 22. Car 38 Anthony Alfredo # Dude Wipes Ford 266 Running |
| 24. 10. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 266 Running |
| 25. 27. Car 43 Erik Jones Black Entrepreneur Initiative Chevrolet 266 Running |
| 26. 13. Car 23 Bubba Wallace Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar Toyota 266 Running |
| 27. 26. Car 7 Corey LaJoie Nations Guard Chevrolet 265 Running |
| 28. 8. Car 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 265 Running |
| 29. 18. Car 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield/Price Chopper Ford 264 Running |
| 30. 31. Car 77 Justin Haley(i) NASCAR TRUCKS AT KNOXVILLE Chevrolet 263 Running |
| 31. 30. Car 78 BJ McLeod(i) Celsius Ford 260 Running |
| 32. 12. Car 37 * Ryan Preece Nature Valley Chevrolet 259 Accident |
| 33. 36. Car 53 Garrett Smithley(i) Smart Sanitizer Chevrolet 259 Running |
| 34. 23. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Energizer Chevrolet 58 Accident |
| 35. 35. Car 15 Joey Gase(i) Explore Branson Chevrolet 258 Running |
| 36. 33. Car 51 Cody Ware(i) Nurtec ODT Chevrolet 257 Running |
| 37. 34. Car 00 Quin Houff 8 Ball Chocolate Whiskey Chevrolet 256 Running |
| 38. 39. Car 55 * Matt Mills(i) Siebert Electric/J.F. Electric Ford 255 Running |
| 39. 37. Car 52 Josh Bilicki RBR Aviation Ford 250 Running |
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 42, 43 (two inspection failures), No. 38 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: None. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 5 Mins, 21 Secs. Average Speed: 129.647 MPH. Margin of Victory: .336 Seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 36 laps; Laps. Lead Changes: 18 among 6 drivers. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Chase Briscoe, #14.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May 9, 2021 – Darlington Raceway
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