There've been 8 Cup races held at Kansas Speedway since 2001 with 7 different winners. Jeff Gordon won the first two races held there and since then there's been 6 different winners: Ryan Newman, Joe Nemechek, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson.

Since the inception of the Chase, only 2 of the 5 Kansas races have been won by Chase drivers: Mark Martin in 2005 and Jimmie Johnson in 2008. Nemechek (2004), Stewart (2006) and Biffle (2007) are the non-Chaser winners. Kansas had been Mark Martin's last win previous to this season.

Jeff Gordon leads all drivers at Kansas in wins (2), top fives (5) and top tens (6). Jimmie Johnson has led the most laps (251) and has the most poles (3), and has the best average start (4.9). Mark Martin has completed the most laps at Kansas (2061) and hometown driver Clint Bowyer has the best average finish (7.7 in 3 starts).

Hendrick Motorsports has the most victories at Kansas with 3 (Gordon 2, Johnson 1). Roush Fenway Racing has 2 wins (Mark Martin and Greg Biffle) while Penske Racing (Ryan Newman), MB2 Motorsports (Joe Nemechek) and Joe Gibbs Racing (Tony Stewart).

The most laps led in a Kansas race was by 2005 winner Mark Martin, leading 139 of the 267 laps. The leader of the most laps has won 3 of the 8 races (Jeff Gordon in 2002, Mark in 2005, Johnson in 2008).

Ryan Newman finished in the top 2 in his first 3 races at Kansas: 2nd in 2001 and 2002 and a win in 2003. Since then Newman has finished 33rd, 23rd, 24th, 43rd and 16th.

RCR has yet to win at Kansas but hometown driver Clint Bowyer finished runner-up in a controversial finish in 2007 when Greg Biffle appeared to run out of fuel under caution while leading and wasn't the first to take the checkered flag. NASCAR let Biffle keep the win.

Jeff Gordon is the only driver to win at Kansas and go on to win the championship (2001).

Nemechek in 2004 and Johnson in 2008 are the only drivers to win at Kansas from the pole. The race has been won from starting in the top 10 four times with the worst start by a winner being 21st in 2006 by Tony Stewart.

In his last race with Red Bull Racing and first career start at Kansas, AJ Allmendinger finished 9th. His current team, Richard Petty Motorsports, has 4 top fives and 8 top tens in 17 starts dating back to it's start as Evernham Motorsports. Elliott Sadler has 2 straight top tens at Kansas while Kasey Kahne has a pole but only 1 top ten in 5 career starts.

Michael Waltrip has the worst average finish at Kansas of anyone who's started all 8 races at Kansas at 31.8. His best finish is 11th in 2004 but has 6 finishes of 30th or worse. He and Bobby Labonte are the only drivers with 8 starts to not have a top 10 finish. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch don't have any top fives in 8 starts.

Chase Driver's history at Kansas:

Mark Martin - 8 starts, 1 win, 2 top fives, 3 top tens, 141 laps led, 20.9 average start, 13.1 average finish.

Jimmie Johnson - 7 starts, 1 win, 2 top fives, 5 top tens, 3 poles, 251 laps led, 4.9 average start, 10.4 average finish.

Juan Pablo Montoya - 2 starts, best finish of 20th in 2008, 31.5 average start, 24.0 average finish.

Kurt Busch - 8 starts, 2 top tens, best finish of 6th in 2004 (championship year), 79 laps led, 19.5 average start, 20.8 average finish.

Tony Stewart - 8 starts, 1 win, 3 top fives, 5 top tens, 19 laps led, 17.9 average start, 14.8 average finish.

Denny Hamlin - 4 starts, best finish of 11th in 2008, 1 lap led, 16.8 average start, 22.5 average finish.

Ryan Newman - 8 starts, 1 win, 3 top two finishes, 118 laps led, 15.1 average start, 18.0 average finish.

Jeff Gordon - 2 wins, 5 top fives, 6 top tens, 175 laps led, 10.0 average start, 9.8 average finish.

Greg Biffle - 7 starts, 1 win, 4 top fives, 150 laps led, 17.0 average start, 9.9 average finish.

Brian Vickers - 4 starts, 1 top ten, best career finish of 8th in 2006, 1 DNQ (2007), 13.8 average start, 13.2 average finish.

Carl Edwards - 5 starts, 2 top fives, 3 top tens, best finish of 2nd in 2008, 39 laps led, 21.8 average start, 14.0 average finish.

Kasey Kahne - 5 starts, 1 top ten, best finish of 9th in 2007, 1 pole, 50 laps led, 16.4 average start, 18.8 average finish.