[13] Matt Kenseth scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.112 and a speed of 192.089 mph (309.137 km/h).

We certainly felt pretty happy with it earlier today and through practice and having a fast car there.

"[16] Paul Menard was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.241 and a speed of 184.672 mph (297.201 km/h).

[17] Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.976 and a speed of 186.361 mph (299.919 km/h).

[19] Under mostly sunny Kansas skies, Matt Kenseth led the field to the green flag at 2:34 p.m. Debris on the backstretch brought out the first caution of the race on lap 26.

Brian Scott was sent to the tail end of the field on the restart for speeding on pit road.

The second caution flew for a three-car wreck in turn 4 involving Aric Almirola, David Ragan and Scott.

Martin Truex Jr., who was running in the top-10 and had a problem that prevented him from getting his car completely fueled up, made an unscheduled stop on lap 114.

We were too tight on the short runs to loose on the long runs and we battled the whole run just to try to be OK. And once we lost track position, that made everything worse and magnified it and just really fought all day to get back where we were and then pitted the last stop and only gave up a couple more spots and could never get it back.”[22] Adding insult to injury, Josh Wise slammed the wall in turn 4 and brought out the fourth caution of the race.

At the same time, Kyle Larson slammed the wall in turn 2 and brought out the fifth caution of the race.

The sixth caution flew with 77 laps to go after Keselowski got loose exiting turn 4, drove through the infield grass and destroyed the front-end of his car.

I probably could have raced a little bit less hard; you know, I had a big points gap coming here, with this format it's probably the smart thing to do.

[26] Austin Dillon exited pit road first after taking right-side tires.

The eighth caution of the race flew with 34 laps to go after Regan Smith slammed the wall in turn 3.

Elliott's day went from bad to worse when he suffered a left-rear tire blowout, started losing speed and made another unscheduled stop.

A day or two will pass, and maybe this thing will wear off, and I'll be more excited about the points situation going into Talladega, because that's the bright side.”[31] He expanded on coming up short again at his self-described home track saying there are "so many people that come to this racetrack that support me and have supported me.

Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race.

Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast will handle pit road on the television side.