[13] Jimmie Johnson suffered an engine issue similar to what happened to Kasey Kahne at Phoenix in March.

[15] Truex said afterwards that his team "had speed here this weekend for sure and feel pretty good about this car in race trim as too.

We’ve really been able to perform well here.”[16] Matt Kenseth, who qualified second, said that the "Toyota's had a lot of speed in them" and that he "couldn’t get that last lap I wanted.

It's nice that it turned out positive and the pace in qualifying is fast, yes, but the race will be at nightfall whereas we practiced in the daytime.

"[19] Under clear Kansas skies, Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 7:48 p.m. After 15 laps, he pulled to a three-second lead over Matt Kenseth.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Regan Smith were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Jamie McMurray was black-flagged on lap 30 after NASCAR deemed his crew made "unapproved adjustments" to the body of the car during his pit stop.

[20] Matt McCall, McMurray's crew chief, said he thought NASCAR "called us back in for body modification or something.

The second caution of the race flew on lap 56 for Matt DiBenedetto brushing the wall exiting turn 4.

Carl Edwards attempted to pit because of a flat tire on lap 82, but was carrying too much speed, overshot the entrance and had to limp back around.

[22] Denny Hamlin was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Truex, on fresher tires, ran down and passed Patrick in turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 163.

Hamlin was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Jimmie Johnson was tagged for speeding on pit road and restart the race from the tail-end of the field.

At the beginning and middle part of the race we weren’t great, but Adam Stevens (crew chief) and the guys, they just kept working on it.”[31] Following his second-place finish, Harvick said his car towards the end "got tight, I hit a big piece of debris down there about six or seven laps into the run.

We are right there, we are knocking on the door, but thanks to Haas Automation, Monster Energy, Chevrolet, everybody at Stewart-Haas it’s a great second and third place finish.

We always want to win and we have been doing really good with this Tony Gibson (crew chief) led team.”[33] Fox Sports covered their sixth race at the Kansas Speedway.

Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race.

Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.

Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.