Race Results: 2025 NCS Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas

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CAN YOU BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE JUST WITNESSED!?!?!

Chase Elliott is moving on to the 'Round of 8' in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs after a stealthy move to get by the slower Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace at the exit of Turn 4, shooting the gap to earn himself the victory in the Hollywood Casino 400.

Elliott, a native of Dawsonville, Georgia, was running fourth when the white flag dropped but was able to manuever through the utter chaos of the race's final lap to collect his 21st career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series, and his second at Kansas Speedway.

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Denny Hamlin, who was the main aggressor in the final lap contact between himself and his driver at 23XI Racing Bubba Wallace, somehow limped home for a second-place result, with a fleet of Toyotas coming home behind him -- with Christopher Bell in third, Chase Briscoe in fourth, and Bubba Wallace rounding out the top-five.

Kyle Larson was a contender for the victory all afternoon, but fell back slightly after some late-race contact with the outside wall. The Hendrick Motorsports driver managed to finish in sixth-place. Tyler Reddick was seventh, with Brad Keselowski eighth, William Byron ninth, and Shane Van Gisbergen rounding out the top-10.

Other drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs that finishes outside the top-10 include Ross Chastain, who came home just behind his Trackhouse teammate Shane Van Gisbergen in 11th. Joey Logano brought a wounded No. 22 home in 21st, with Ryan Blaney 24th, and Austin Cindric in 30th.

Leaving Kansas, Ross Chastain, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, and Austin Cindric are all below the cutline heading to the final race in the second round of the post-season at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL (October 5).

Hollywood Casino 400 Race Results:

Pos	#	Driver	Laps	Diff
1	9	Chase Elliott (P)	273	--
2	11	Denny Hamlin (P) (S1) (S2) (X)	273	0.069
3	20	Christopher Bell (P)	273	0.200
4	19	Chase Briscoe (P)	273	0.235
5	23*	Bubba Wallace (P)	273	0.255
6	5	Kyle Larson (P)	273	0.649
7	45*	Tyler Reddick (P)	273	0.779
8	6	Brad Keselowski	273	1.022
9	24	William Byron (P)	273	1.030
10	88	Shane Van Gisbergen #	273	1.288
11	1	Ross Chastain (P)	273	1.420
12	34*	Todd Gilliland	273	1.453
13	10	Ty Dillon	273	1.668
14	71	Michael McDowell	273	1.713
15	17	Chris Buescher	273	1.866
16	43	Erik Jones	273	1.882
17	99	Daniel Suarez	273	2.091
18	7	Justin Haley	273	2.144
19	8	Kyle Busch	273	2.290
20	41	Cole Custer	273	2.551
21	22	Joey Logano (P)	273	2.573
22	35*	Riley Herbst #	273	2.657
23	4*	Noah Gragson	273	3.034
24	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	273	3.102
25	54	Ty Gibbs	272	1 lap
26	60	Ryan Preece	271	2 laps
27	3	Austin Dillon	271	2 laps
28	48	Alex Bowman	271	2 laps
29	77	Carson Hocevar	269	4 laps
30	2	Austin Cindric (P)	269	4 laps
31	38*	Zane Smith	266	7 laps
32	42	John Hunter Nemechek	266	7 laps
33	21	Josh Berry	266	7 laps
34	44*	J.J. Yeley (i)	261	12 laps
35	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	236	37 laps
36	16	AJ Allmendinger	216	57 laps
37	51	Cody Ware	52	221 laps

(P) indicates NASCAR Cup Series Playoff driver
* indicates "Open" entry
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
(S1) indicates Stage 1 winner
(S2) indicates Stage 2 winner
(X) indicates Xfinity Fastest Lap