The NASCAR Cup Series is set for the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway this weekend, promising exciting racing action. Christopher Bell has secured the pole position for the race.
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The NASCAR Cup Series travels to Kansas City this weekend for some great racing at the iconic Kansas Speedway. Host to some great battles and massive wrecks in recent seasons, itās safe to say the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday should be eventful. As we do every week, our NASCAR predictions attempt to project how things might unfold at every stage.
Letās dive into our AdventHealth 400 predictions for Sunday.
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Last season marked the first time that Christopher Bell didnāt win the pole position at Kansas Speedway since 2023. He still posted the third-best qualifying time in the spring and finished the race in second. Bell and the No. 20 team just have this track down and with the way that Toyota has been running this year, thereās no reason to think that success canāt continue at arguably their top track. Toyota will dominate the front of the starting grid for the AdventHealth 400, but it will be Bell leading the field as the pole winner. It will be the fifth time heās won the pole at Kansas in the Cup Series.
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Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 team absolutely have a chance to win at Kansas Speedway. After all, he finished fifth here in the fall last year and had a three-race run with a victory and a pair of top-10 finishes. However, points should also be made a priority for the team given what happened at Darlington and Martinsville. We think Wallace qualifies in the top-10 on Saturday and uses that positioning plus some good timing to win Stage 1. However, for the third consecutive spring race, heāll finish outside the top-10 at Kansas.
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Not only did Kyle Larson pick up his first stage win of 2026 at Bristol, he swept the stages. Thatās exactly what happened during the spring race at Kansas Speedway last season, and he followed that up by placing second (Stage 1) and third (Stage 2) in the fall. Even at a time when the Chevrolet cars donāt seem right, Larson is still stringing together some great performances. Heāll be in a position for his first win of the season in the AdventHealth 400, but heāll record a stage victory first. By the end of the day, Larson will leave Kansas among the three highest points scorers.
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Thereās a real chance that the first-ever Cup Series win for Ty Gibbs turns into consecutive victories. Heās raced that well as of late, leading the Cup Series in average finishing position (4.0) in the last six races with the fifth-best average starting position (10.5). Toyotaās cars are made for Kansas, and the No. 54 team has had a great setup for every race for nearly two months now. Gibbs will make it seven consecutive top-six finishes on Sunday.
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The most popular picks to win Sundayās AdventHealth 400 are Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell. Weāre going in a different direction. Chase Briscoe finished fifth this past weekend at Bristol, his first top-five finish since EchoPark and his first top-10 since Las Vegas. On the surface, picking him to win at Kansas is risky. However, this is a track that the No. 19 car (Martin Truex Jr.) has historically dominated in the Next Gen era and Briscoe finished fourth in both races here last year. Weāre going with a wildcard pick this week.
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Christopher Bell won the pole position for the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.
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