Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.179 seconds and a speed of 185.065 mph (297.833 km/h).

[10] Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.729 seconds and a speed of 187.963 mph (302.497 km/h).

[11] Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.481 and a speed of 189.600 mph (305.132 km/h).

It says a lot about this entire team.”[13] Ryan Blaney led the field to the green flag at 7:53 p.m. Martin Truex Jr. shot past his outside exiting Turn 2 to take the lead on lap 11.

The first caution of the race flew on lap 29 when Landon Cassill's right-front tire went flat and he slammed the wall in Turn 1.

Harvick spun his tires on the restart, Kyle Busch took over the race lead and drove on to win the first stage.

Brad Keselowski, who was running fifth, made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel on lap 120.

The seventh caution flew on lap 136 when Corey LaJoie suffered cuts on both right-side tires and slammed the wall in Turn 3.

The 10th caution flew with 74 to go for a two-car wreck in Turn 1 involving A. J. Allmendinger and Paul Menard.

[16] Logano and Patrick exited their wrecked cars under their own power, but Almirola, who put his window net down (to signal the safety crews that he was "alert"), required the safety team to extract him, and air lift to a local hospital, due to an injury that he sustained.

[17] This violent three-car wreck brought out the 11th caution with 68 to go, and cleanup necessitated a red flag for roughly 30 minutes.

Logano said after he was released from the infield care center that all three drivers involved "took a hard hit.

The race restarted with 47 to go and Blaney edged out Busch at the line to retake the lead.

Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip called 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, Kim Coon, and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.