WINNERS

Joey Logano — Crew chief Paul Wolfe’s name for a two-tire change on the finish of stage 2 vaulted Logano from 14th into the lead. Observe place was important Sunday and Logano stayed close to the entrance the remainder of the race. He handed Kevin Harvick for the lead with a quick pit cease throughout a warning on Lap 223. Logano then held off Harvick the remainder of the best way to win and earn a spot within the championship race.

Alex Bowman — His third-place end marked his seventh high 10 within the final 9 races. With Logano profitable, although the cutline moved up. So regardless of the sturdy end, Bowman went from 18 factors out of the ultimate switch spot to 27 factors from it. “Joyful and unhappy, just a little bit bummed we misplaced factors,” he mentioned. “A bit bummed Joey gained. That makes my life more durable over the following couple weeks. I really feel like we had a very good day.”

Chase Briscoe — Scored his ninth win of the season Saturday and have become the primary driver to safe a spot within the Xfinity championship race. Additionally appears in place to maneuver as much as the No. 14 Cup automotive at Stewart-Haas Racing after this season with Clint Bowyer shifting on to the TV sales space.

Josh Williams — Scored his career-best end in Saturday’s Xfinity race, putting sixth for DGM Racing. The consequence comes two weeks after he completed seventh at Talladega, which had been his finest profession end.

LOSERS

Noah Gragson — Contact with Austin Cindric led to a last-place end and places him in a must-win state of affairs to advance to the Xfinity title race.

Mom Nature — A bitterly chilly day at Kansas on Sunday made many issues troublesome. That included placing tape on the entrance grille of Martin Truex Jr.’s automotive. The group tried to tape up the automotive however the tape repeatedly got here off, hurting Truex’s efficiency. “We had been most likely working 50 levels too cool or so. That’s fairly a little bit of tape. Tape is free pace and you may’t afford to offer that up at a monitor as quick as Kansas.”

Kurt Busch — Blown engine results in a 38th-place end. He’s in a must-win state of affairs to advance to the championship race.

Winners and losers at Kansas initially appeared on NBCSports.com