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NASCAR Live Race Updates: AdventHealth 400 at Kansas

Toby Christie|
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Happy Mother's Day to you all, and welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Be sure to refresh this post throughout Sunday's race as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the 400-mile race around the 1.5-mile oval including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the race, finishing results, and more.

  1. Final Stage Updates
  2. Stage 2 Updates
  3. Stage 1 Updates
  4. Pre-Race Updates

Final Stage Updates

Lap 267: Kyle Larson Takes Dominant Win in Kansas

Kyle Larson swept the Stage 1 and 2 wins, and he took home the race win in Sunday's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway. Larson slowed up big time on the final lap as it looked like he may have had a tire coming apart, but he held off Christopher Bell by 0.712 seconds for the win.

Click here for the full AdventHealth 400 Race Recap.

AdventHealth 400 Race Results

Fin

Car

Driver

Team

Diff

1

5

Kyle Larson

Hendrick Motorsports

--

2

20

Christopher Bell

Joe Gibbs Racing

0.712

3

12

Ryan Blaney

Team Penske

0.832

4

19

Chase Briscoe

Joe Gibbs Racing

5.916

5

48

Alex Bowman

Hendrick Motorsports

6.272

6

21

Josh Berry

Wood Brothers Racing

7.806

7

60

Ryan Preece

RFK Racing

13.198

8

17

Chris Buescher

RFK Racing

14.258

9

22

Joey Logano

Team Penske

15.371

10

42

John Hunter Nemechek

LEGACY MOTOR CLUB

15.874

Click here for the full race results

Lap 262: Alex Bowman Brushes Wall

Alex Bowman scrubbed the wall in Turn 4 on Lap 262, and that allowed Chase Briscoe to get by Bowman for the fourth position.

Lap 258: Larson Leads With 10 Laps to Go

10 laps remaining in the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, and Larson holds a 2.1 second lead over Christopher Bell. Alex Bowman, Ryan Blaney, Chase Briscoe, Ryan Preece, Chris Buescher, Josh Berry, Joey Logano, and John Hunter Nemechek are the rest of the top 10 with 10 laps to go.

Lap 235: Larson Stretches Lead

Kyle Larson has built a 1.434 second lead over Christopher Bell on Lap 235. While the growing lead is nice, Larson has fallen off a cliff over the long run in today's race. Is he leaving enough in the bank for the late-race laps?

Lap 221: Bell Prevails for Runner-Up Spot

Christopher Bell has officially taken the second position, and he will now look to apply pressure to Kyle Larson, the race leader.

Lap 219: Back to Green!

Kyle Larson scoots away from Christopher Bell on the restart, and now Alex Bowman and Christopher Bell are battling for the second spot. Tyler Reddick nearly got turned, but we finally make it a lap under green again!

Lap 213: Back to Green... and Back to Yellow -- Again (Seriously)

Logano, who was caught sleeping on the last restart, got a much better fire off this time around. However, Larson would hold serve as the leader.

However, cautions breed cautions, and we are under yellow for the seventh time after another crash off of Turn 2 with a four-wide battle of drivers including Erik Jones, Justin Haley, Corey Heim, and John Hunter Nemechek.

Bubba Wallace would also suffer major damage, and William Byron would catch a piece of the action as well.

Lap 207: Back to Green... and Back to Yellow -- Again

Kyle Larson fires out of a cannon, and is out front by himself as he leaves Joey Logano like he was standing still on the restart.

Kyle Busch would get spun down the backstretch in a four-wide battle with Ross Chastain, Josh Berry, and Noah Gragson, and would get stuck in the grass. This would bring out the sixth caution of the race.

Lap 201: Back to Green and... Back to Yellow

Joey Logano picked up the race lead on the restart, but a three-car melee ensued deep in the pack involving Daniel Suarez, Cody Ware, and Ty Dillon, which will bring out the caution for the fifth time in this race.

NASCAR went back to the previous scoring loop, which handed the lead of the race back to Larson, not Logano, who had taken the lead as the caution came out.

Lap 198: Christopher Bell Wins Race Off Pit Road; Elliott, Hamlin Foiled

Christopher Bell defeated Kyle Larson in the race off of pit road on Lap 198 under caution. Ryan Blaney was third, Joey Logano, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, Ryan Preece, Zane Smith, Chris Buescher, and Tyler Reddick were the rest of the top 10 off of pit road.

Chase Elliott, the leader heading into the caution, had an extremely slow pit stop, and dropped to 12th.

Denny Hamlin's No. 11 car, which has had clutch issues all day, stalled out on pit road, and was unable to get it going after his pit stop.

Hamlin has now gone behind the wall.

Lap 195: Caution No. 4

Brad Keselowski's incredible run has come to an end. He had just cut Chase Elliott's lead to under a second when he cut a right rear tire entering Turns 1 and 2. Keselowski would collide with the outside wall, and his bid to win the AdventHealth 400 is over.

Lap 186: Keselowski Closing the Gap

Brad Keselowski has cut Chase Elliott's lead from 1.8 seconds to 1.5 seconds, but as they cross the stripe to end Lap 186, Elliott re-extends his lead to 1.657 seconds. Still, Keselowski looks to have a car that can contend for a win today.

Lap 179: Keselowski Taking the Fight to Larson for P2

Brad Keselowski is giving Kyle Larson everything he can take for the second position, and heading into Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 179, Keselowski moves past Larson for the runner-up spot. Elliott leads Keselowski by 1.8 seconds.

Lap 174: Back to Green!

Chase Elliott in the inside lane, battles Kyle Larson in the outside lane for the lead on this restart. It takes until Turn 3, but Elliott prevails. Brad Keselowski, who doesn't have a top-10 this season, has moved into the third position with under 100 laps to go.

Lap 169: Chase Elliott Wins Race Off Pit Road

Kyle Larson will not be in control of the race when the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas goes back to green in the final Stage as Chase Elliott beat the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports to the pit exit line under the pit stops during this caution period.

Elliott, who has shown to have a car capable of pressuring Larson will now have clean air for the first time today.

Larson was second off of pit road followed by Ryan Blaney, Josh Berry, Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell, Ryan Preece, Joey Logano, Zane Smith, and Alex Bowman.

Stage 2 Updates

Lap 165: Larson Narrowly Defeats Elliott for Stage 2 Win

Chase Elliott continued to reel in Kyle Larson for the race lead, and he was almost not able to keep his teammate at bay for the Stage 2 win. Larson would hold on, but it looks like for the first time all race long that he doesn't have the best car.

Stage 2 Results

Pos

Car

Driver

Stage Points

Playoff Points

1

5

Kyle Larson

10

1

2

9

Chase Elliott

9

--

3

12

Ryan Blaney

8

--

4

21

Josh Berry

7

--

5

20

Christopher Bell

6

--

6

48

Alex Bowman

5

--

7

6

Brad Keselowski

4

--

8

11

Denny Hamlin

3

--

9

38

Zane Smith

2

--

10

60

Ryan Preece

1

--

Lap 159: Chase Elliott Reeling in Kyle Larson

With 7 laps to go in Stage 2 of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, Chase Elliott has reeled in Kyle Larson for the lead. He still has a ways to go, but the lead is now under 1.7 seconds.

Lap 136 Running Order

Kyle Larson holds a 3.577-second lead over Chase Elliott in Lap 136.

Christopher Bell is third, followed by Ryan Blaney, Josh Berry, Alex Bowman, Brad Keselowski, Zane Smith, Chris Buescher, and Denny Hamlin inside of the top-10.

Lap 131: Kyle Larson Cycles Back to Lead, But Reports Problem

Kyle Larson is up to 116 laps led in this race, as he retook the lead on Lap 131 after cycling through the green flag pit sequence. However, Larson has radioed to his team that he is feeling a vibration. The team is now looking at the tape from their pit stop to see if maybe they left a wheel loose.

Denny Hamlin had a sluggish pit stop as the lug nut rolled away for the right front tire, which cost them a few seconds. Hamlin also has lost the clutch in his No. 11 car, so he needed a push from his team to get out of his stall. Hamlin, who was fifth, now runs 10th.

Lap 124: Green Flag Pit Stops Underway Again

A slew of cars have begun trickling onto pit road to kick off the latest round of green flag pit stops in today's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Lap 95: Zane Smith, Alex Bowman Rub Doors

Contact breaks out between Alex Bowman and Zane Smith, who were in a three-wide battle with Denny Hamlin for the seventh position on Lap 95. Everyone keeps rolling.

Lap 90: Restart Called Good

As Elliott and Larson continue to duke it out for the race lead, NASCAR has ruled that the restart was clean. Larson now prevails in the battle and takes the lead as Elliott is under the gun from Christopher Bell and Ryan Blaney, who are looking to take the runner-up spot.

Lap 88: Back to Green!

Chase Elliott remains side-by-side with Kyle Larson for the race lead, and Elliott actually ends up leading the lap. NASCAR says the restart is under review.

Lap 84: Kyle Larson Wins Race Off Pit Road

During the caution flag period after the end of Stage 1, the field headed to pit road for fresh tires and fuel. Kyle Larson, the race's dominant driver, retained the lead as he won the race off of pit road.

Chase Elliott was second, and he was followed by Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, and Zane Smith.

Stage 1 Updates

Lap 80: Kyle Larson Takes Stage 1 Win

Kyle Larson, who was stuck behind three drivers desperately trying to not lose a lap, was able to hold on for the Stage 1 win over his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott.

Stage 1 Results

Pos

Car

Driver

Stage Points

Playoff Points

1

5

Kyle Larson

10

1

2

9

Chase Elliott

9

--

3

20

Christopher Bell

8

--

4

12

Ryan Blaney

7

--

5

2

Austin Cindric

6

--

6

48

Alex Bowman

5

--

7

11

Denny Hamlin

4

--

8

60

Ryan Preece

3

--

9

22

Joey Logano

2

--

10

38

Zane Smith

1

--

Lap 74: Denny Hamlin Inside the Top-10

It's been a weird day for Denny Hamlin, as he has struggled in the mid-20s for the majority of this race, but on Lap 74, Hamlin officially climbed inside of the top-10 with a pass on Josh Berry.

Lap 66: Byron Cuts Right Rear Tire

William Byron cut a right rear tire while running second, popped the outside wall, and spun coming to pit road on Lap 66. The green flag remains out, and Byron has now made it to his pit stall. Disaster for the series point leader.

Lap 64: Larson's Lead Grows

With under 20 laps until the end of Stage 1 of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, Kyle Larson now holds a near-three-second (2.998) lead over William Byron. Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney are the rest of the top-five.

Lap 49: Larson Back in Lead

While there are still a couple of drivers, who have yet to complete their green flag pit stops, Kyle Larson has gotten past both Riley Herbst and Ty Dillon, and is back in the lead of this race.

William Byron, and Christopher Bell have also worked past and sit second and third.

Lap 40: Bubba Wallace Penalized, Larson Relinquishes Lead

Bubba Wallace's No. 23 pit crew was penalized for interference of another team's pit stop under this round of green flag pit stops. As a result, Wallace will have to make a pass through penalty.

As Wallace was serving his penalty, Kyle Larson also relinquished the lead for the first time in this race to come to pit road. Alex Bowman took over the lead of the race, but still has to pit.

Lap 36: Green Flag Pit Stops Kicking Off

Ross Chastain, Bubba Wallace, Austin Dillon and others have come to pit road under green on Lap 36, which will kick off a green flag pit sequence.

Lap 32: Daniel Suarez Sliding

After starting the race inside the top-10, the wheels have fallen off for Daniel Suarez. The driver of the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet has slid all the way back to 31st in the running order at Lap 32.

Lap 19: Josh Berry Claws to Top-10

After starting at the rear of the field, Josh Berry has entered the top-10 on Lap 19. Berry restarted 20th on Lap 11, but has continued clawing his way forward.

Lap 17: Elliott Up to P7

Chase Elliott made a pass on Joey Logano for the seventh position heading into Turn 1 on Lap 17. Austin Cindric is now attempting to follow Elliott through past Logano.

Lap 13: Chase Elliott Scrubs the Wall

Chase Elliott caught the wall on the exit of Turn 4, while battling with Austin Cindric for the eighth position. Elliott was able to pick up the spot despite the encounter with the outside wall.

Lap 11: Back to Green!

We're back to green, and Kyle Larson continues to lead the AdventHealth 400 from the pole position.

Right now, Christopher Bell, Chris Buescher, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney are the remainder of the top-five runners.

Lap 7: Caution No. 1

AJ Allmendinger appeared to blow an engine in his No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet coming off of Turn 4 heading to the line for the seventh lap of the race.

Allmendinger, who has had a solid 2025 season, will suffer a big hit in the point standings with what will be a 38th-place finish due to the early-race DNF.

Understandably displeased, Allmendinger radioed that ECR, who provide the engines for his No. 16 Chevrolet, "f-cking suck."

Lap 4: Blaney Up to 7th

Ryan Blaney has moved from the 10th starting spot to seventh in the opening few laps of this race. The No. 12 Team Penske Ford could be one to watch today.

Lap 2: Larson Leads; Bell Moves to P2

Kyle Larson was able to lead the opening lap of the race from the pole, while Christopher Bell was able to squeak past Chris Buescher for the second position just after the completion of the first lap of the race.

Green Flag!

Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher, the top-two finishers in the 2024 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway lead the field into Turn 1 for the start of the 2025 edition of the race. Larson got a great start and is out front by himself as the leader before they get to the first set of turns.

Pre-Race Updates

3:02 PM ET: Engines Fired

After a command from the moms of NASCAR, the engines have been fired for today's NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

NASCAR Reveals Official Timeline of AdventHealth 400 Pre-Race Festivities

  • 2:54 PM ET: Invocation
  • 2:55 PM ET: National Anthem
  • 3:02 PM ET: Command to Start Engines
  • 3:13 PM ET: Green Flag

Sunday's pit road speed limit has been set at 45 mph, and the pace car will travel around the 1.5-mile speedway at 55 mph. The estimated fuel window for the NASCAR Cup Series car at Kansas is 66 laps.

Seven Teams to Drop to Rear Due to Unapproved Adjustments

NASCAR has official confirmed that seven drivers and teams will drop to the rear of the field prior to the green flag of Sunday's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway due to unapproved adjustments after Saturday's qualifying session.

This confirms a first report from FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass.

Brad Keselowski, Ty Dillon, Chase Briscoe, Josh Berry, Zane Smith, Ty Gibbs, and Shane van Gisbergen will all drop to the rear ahead of the start of the race.

The majority of the drivers on the list suffered flat tires in a hectic NASCAR Cup Series practice session on Saturday afternoon. As the drivers limped their cars around, damage was caused to the strakes on the underbody of the cars.

RELATED: Rash of Cut Rear Tires Mar Kansas NASCAR Cup Practice

For scoring purposes, each driver will be credited with their officially earned qualifying spot in Saturday's qualifying session, despite dropping to the rear. Gibbs was the highest qualified of the drivers in sixth, while Smith was 18th, Briscoe was 19th, Ty Dillon was 29th, van Gisbergen was 34th, Keselowski was 36th, and Berry was 38th.

As of right now, Pockrass reports that Kyle Busch will not need to move to the rear after he scraped the wall in Turns 3 and 4 heavily during his qualifying run. The No. 8 Richard Childress Racing team investigated its car after the qualifying incident and saw only cosmetic damage to the machine.

AdventHealth 400 Pre-Race Info

The AdventHealth 400 will be televised on FS1 and can be streamed on the FOX Sports App with a valid television provider login. Television coverage of the event will begin at 3:00 PM ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the event's radio broadcast.

For subscribers of the Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today's race.

The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday's race is a total of $11,055,250.

The race distance is 267 laps around the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway, which equates to a 400.5-mile race distance.

The race will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 80, Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 165, and the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 267, barring an Overtime finish.

The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals if the drivers make it into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and the Playoff Points will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.

The top-10 finishers in Stages 1 and 2 will also receive regular-season championship points. The Stage Winners will receive 10 points for the Stage Win, and the point total will decrease by one point for the top-10 finishers in each Stage.

Kyle Larson is the defending winner of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas. Larson, who defeated Chris Buescher by the slimmest victory margin in NASCAR Cup Series history in this event a season ago, will start from the pole position. Buescher will start alongside in the second spot.

Kyle Larson Nips Chris Buescher for Kansas Pole

What is it about Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher having dramatic moments at Kansas Speedway? A year ago, Larson narrowly topped Buescher for the win in the AdventHealth 400 by the closest margin in NASCAR Cup Series history (0.001 seconds). On Saturday, Larson was at it again as he was the final car to go out in qualifying at Kansas Speedway.

Larson bumped Buescher from what would have been his second career pole with a lap time of 29.931 seconds, 0.057 seconds better than the time set by Buescher.

For Larson, this is his 22nd career NASCAR Cup Series pole, and his first career pole at Kansas Speedway.

AdventHealth 400 Starting Lineup

Pos

Car

Driver

Team

Manufacturer

1

5

Kyle Larson

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

2

17

Chris Buescher

RFK Racing

Ford

3

20

Christopher Bell

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

4

45

Tyler Reddick

23XI Racing

Toyota

5

22

Joey Logano

Team Penske

Ford

6

54

Ty Gibbs

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

7

24

William Byron

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

8

99

Daniel Suarez

Trackhouse Racing

Chevrolet

9

9

Chase Elliott

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

10

12

Ryan Blaney

Team Penske

Ford

Click here for the full starting lineup

Two Teams Lose Car Chiefs and Pit Selection After Pre-Race Inspection

It was a rough start to the weekend for Tyler Reddick's No. 45 23XI Racing team and Todd Gilliland's No. 34 Front Row Motorsports team as both cars suffered multiple failures in pre-race inspection at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.

As a result, Gilliland's car chief Joe Marra, and Reddick's car chief Michael Hobson were ejected before the cars ever got a chance to get on track.

Additionally, both teams lost their pit selection for the race, which means even though Reddick qualified fourth and Gilliland 23rd, they will get the 37th and 38th pit stall selections for Sunday's AdventHealth 400.

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Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.

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