Overview
- Tyler Reddick earned the Busch Light Pole on Saturday at Kansas with a 29.142-second lap, putting the No. 45 Toyota first for Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 at 2 p.m. ET on FOX.
- Toyota swept the front row with Denny Hamlin second and placed four of the top five starters after leading practice speed charts.
- Reddick’s pole extends a blazing start to 2026 that includes four wins in the first eight races and a 62-point lead in the standings.
- In Saturday night’s O’Reilly Kansas Lottery 300, polesitter Carson Kvapil flipped on lap 2, the race was red-flagged, and he walked away after being checked by safety crews.
- Taylor Gray won the O’Reilly race by pitting first in the final green-flag cycle, while Sheldon Creed finished second and claimed the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus.