The 2025 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on September 28, 2025, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 273 laps, extended from 267 laps due to an overtime finish, on the intermediate speedway, it was the 31st race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the fifth race of the Playoffs, and the second race of the Round of 12.
Chase Elliott won the race. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, and Christopher Bell finished 3rd. Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five, and Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, and Shane van Gisbergen rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Kansas Speedway is a tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series raced at the speedway until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by NASCAR.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (P) denotes playoff driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Chris Buescher was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 30.672 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.672 176.056 2 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.735 175.695 3 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.737 175.684 Official practice results
Qualifying Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.987 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.987 180.078 2 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.088 179.474 3 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.101 179.396 4 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.157 179.063 5 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.165 179.015 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.228 178.642 7 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.274 178.371 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.289 178.283 9 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.292 178.265 10 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.314 178.136 11 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.326 178.065 12 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.328 178.053 13 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.335 178.012 14 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.390 177.690 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 30.391 177.684 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.419 177.521 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.422 177.503 18 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 30.434 177.433 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 30.438 177.410 20 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.452 177.328 21 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.491 177.101 22 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 30.498 177.061 23 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.504 177.026 24 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.528 176.887 25 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.566 176.667 26 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 30.589 176.534 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 30.592 176.517 28 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.631 176.292 29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.667 176.085 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 30.727 175.741 31 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 30.728 175.735 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.758 175.564 33 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.836 175.120 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.113 173.561 35 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 31.538 171.222 36 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 32.380 167.286 37 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 0.000 0.000 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 66 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 48 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 39 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 85
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 57 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 48 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 210 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 102
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 4 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 273 55 2 2 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 273 56 3 5 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 273 504 1 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 273 44 5 7 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 273 37 6 3 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 273 48 7 12 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 273 30 8 31 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 273 29 9 11 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 273 28 10 24 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 273 27 11 9 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 273 35 12 23 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 273 25 13 33 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 273 24 14 21 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 273 23 15 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 273 25 16 10 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 273 21 17 30 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 273 20 18 22 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 273 19 19 29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 273 18 20 27 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 273 17 21 35 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 273 24 22 32 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 273 15 23 14 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 273 14 24 37 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 273 15 25 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 272 12 26 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 271 11 27 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 271 10 28 17 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 271 10 29 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 269 9 30 26 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 269 7 31 28 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 832 25 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 266 5 33 13 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 266 4 34 36 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 261 0 35 18 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 236 236 20 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 216 137 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 52 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 20 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 48 laps Red flags: 1 for 8 minutes and 48 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 19 minutes, and 35 seconds Average speed: Margin of victory: 0.069 seconds
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and former NASCAR Cup Series Championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race for MRN when the field raced thru the front straightaway. Dave Moody covered the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field will race through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a platform outside turn 4. Lead MRN Radio Pit Reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner, Winston Kelley and Brienne Pedigo covered the action for MRN from pit lane.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kurt Becker Steve PostChris WilnerWinston KelleyBrienne Pedigo
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Kyle Larson 3,124 3 2 Denny Hamlin 3,118 (–6) 1 3 Christopher Bell 3,114 (–10) 2 4 William Byron 3,110 (–14) 2 5 Chase Elliott 3,104 (–20) 5 6 Ryan Blaney 3,099 (–25) 1 7 Chase Briscoe 3,091 (–33) 2 8 Joey Logano 3,083 (–41) 9 Ross Chastain 3,070 (–54) 2 10 Bubba Wallace 3,057 (–67) 11 Tyler Reddick 3,054 (–70) 2 12 Austin Cindric 3,035 (–89) 13 Alex Bowman 2,091 (–1,033) 1 14 Shane van Gisbergen 2,086 (–1,038) 1 15 Austin Dillon 2,086 (–1,038) 16 Josh Berry 2,057 (–1,067)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,130 2 Toyota 1,106 (–24) 3 Ford 1,036 (–94)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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