Aric Almirola expects to miss eight to 12 weeks of competition as he recovers from a compression fracture of his T5 vertebra suffered last weekend at Kansas Speedway.A mobile Almirola was joined by Richard Petty Motorsports CEO Brian Moffitt and Bill Heisel, the director of OrthoCarolina Motorsports, for a news...

Richard Petty Motorsports driver Aric Almirola has been released from the University of Kansas Medical Center and will return home to North Carolina a day after a vicious three-car crash in Turn 2 on Lap 200 of the Go Bowling 400.Almirola, who was cut out of the No. 43 Ford,...

A fourth-place finish at Kansas Speedway was almost as good as a win for Ryan Blaney.Almost. Blaney would have preferred to have parked his pole-winning car in Victory Lane for the Go Bowling 400, but after three consecutive finishes of 33rd or worse coming into the weekend, Blaney can see...

Martin Truex Jr. has always had a knack for Kansas Speedway but until Saturday night he had nothing to show for it.In his 18th attempt, Truex finally broke down the door with a dominating performance in the Go Bowling 400. Holding off polesitter Ryan Blaney on a restart with two...

Aric Almirola (pictured, Russell LaBounty/LAT photo) had to be cut out of his No. 43 Ford at Kansas Speedway after being collected in a vicious crash in Turn 2 on Lap 200 of the Go Bowling 400.Joey Logano said something broke on his No. 22 Ford going into Turn 1,...

Ryan Blaney is a bridesmaid no more.After qualifying second in three of the season's first 10 races, Blaney busted through Friday night for his first career pole at Kansas Speedway. Blaney's lap of 189.600 mph bested his Ford Racing teammate, Joey Logano, who qualified second at 189.540 mph.Starting gridIt is...

Kyle Busch was fastest in final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Kansas Speedway while both Chip Ganassi Racing cars found trouble.Practice resultsFor Busch, the defending winner of the Go Bowling 400, he topped the session at 187.963mph. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is seeking his second Kansas win...

Now that Kyle Busch seems to have a handle on Kansas Speedway, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver admits he just doesn’t want to screw it up.Last spring, Busch was victorious in the Go Bowling 400 in what could be described as sweet relief. Kansas had long been a thorn in...

NASCAR has suspended Kyle Busch's crew chief Adam Stevens for one week and fined him $20,000 for failing to secure all five lug nuts on the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at the end of Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.Josh Leslie, the team's right tire changer, also has...

Martin Truex Jr. freely admitted it took time for the No. 78 Furniture Row team to get the hang of three-round knockout qualifying.From the look of Friday's time trials at Kansas Speedway, however, the problem appears to be solved.Charging around the 1.5-mile track in 28.284 seconds (190.921 mph), Truex posted...