NASCAR Kansas 2017: Starting grid, lineup for Go Bowling 400

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will try to make it two races in a row on Saturday night, as NASCAR shifts to Kansas Speedway for the 2017 Go Bowling 400.

Stenhouse captured the checkered flag last week at Talladega, and will start in fourth position on Sunday, in the second row.

“So many things are coming together for this young man; it just took a while to get there. The cool thing about it — Jack Roush never quit on Ricky, and Ricky never quit on Jack. The whole organization received a huge shot in the arm with his Talladega win,” Fox analyst Jeff Hammond said this week. “That’s the kind of exhilaration and win that really could make the difference not only in Ricky’s season but in his career.”

Ryan Blaney won the pole position thanks to a qualifying speed of 189.6 mph on Friday evening.

Blaney is in search of his first win of the season. He finished second at the Daytona 500, but since then his best finish was ninth place, in Fontana.

Kyle Busch, who won the 2016 Go Bowling 400, starts in fifth position on Sunday. Busch is looking for his first victory of the season, and is 10th in points thanks to a trio of top-three finishes, including last week at Talladega.

Fox Sports 1 will televise the Go Bowling 400 beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night, with Mike Joy on play-by-play, joined in the booth by analysts Darrell Waltrip, Jeff Gordon, and Larry McReynolds. Also on the broadcast are pit reporters Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum.

Online streaming of the race is available through Fox Sports Go.