Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway

No. 20 Rheem Toyota Camry XSE News and Notes

• BELL AT KANSAS: Christopher Bell heads to Kansas Speedway having earned back-to-back pole starting positions and top 10 finishes at the 1.5-mile speedway in his last two starts. Overall, in his nine career NASCAR Cup Series starts at Kansas Speedway, Bell has earned three poles, two top five and six top-10 finishes. 
• NO PLACE LIKE KANSAS: Bell earned his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) victory at Kansas Speedway in 2017. The win came in just his fifth start in the series and makes Kansas a special track for Bell.
• HONORING CANCER HEROES: Bell has the honor of Michele Broadley and John Zaagsma riding along with him this weekend at Kansas through the Martin Truex Jr. Foundations “Honor a Cancer Hero” fundraiser with The NASCAR Foundation.
• BRISTOL RECAP: Bell qualified sixth and finished fifth Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. The handling was tight throughout the race but the team made adjustments to help free up the No. 20 for Bell and lock them into the next round of the playoffs.
• RHEEM GUESTS AT KANSAS: Rheem is hosting over 110 guests this weekend in Kansas. Guests are on site from HTPG, Rheem MEA and Rheem Canada, Water Heating Division, guests from Mack McClain, along with guests from Ferguson and Air Care Heating and Cooling.
• JGR AT KANSAS: In 127 combined starts at Kansas Speedway, JGR has earned eight NCS victories, 38 top-five finishes, 60 top-10s and 1,686 laps led.  The championship-winning organization has won five pole awards with an average start of 12.1 and an average finish of 14.8. 
• RACE INFO: The Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway begins at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. The race will be broadcast live on USA, Sirius XM 90, and MRN Radio.

From the Cockpit:

Christopher Bell: “The thing that stands out about Kansas is the restarts, the track is so wide, and on top of the track being wide you have the apron that adds real estate where you can get four or five wide pretty easily down the front stretch. Then all of a sudden you get to the corner and don’t have the grip to be four or five wide, so the restarts are always crazy there and there’s a lot to be gained and there’s a lot to be lost. The reward is really high to be aggressive on restarts.”

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About Rheem

Founded in 1925, Rheem Manufacturing is a global leader committed to delivering innovative products that save energy and support a more sustainable future. Rheem is the only manufacturer in the world that produces heating, cooling, water heating, pool & spa heating and commercial refrigeration products, and is America’s #1 water-heating brand with products available in more than 80 countries. Paloma Co., Ltd. of Nagoya, Japan, acquired the iconic Rheem brand in 1988, and today the company’s portfolio of premium brands include Rheem®, Ruud®, Friedrich®, Raypak®, Sure Comfort®, WeatherKing®, Eemax®, Richmond®, IBC™, Intergas®, Splendid®, Solahart®, EverHot®, and MHG™, as well as commercial refrigeration brands Russell®, Witt®, ColdZone® and Kramer®, which are part of the Heat Transfer Products Group (HTPG®) division.

About Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR with four NASCAR Cup Series teams, four NASCAR Xfinity Series teams, an ARCA Series team, and a driver development program. JGR is based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Joe Gibbs, who also earned his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was named as one of the NFL’s top 10 coaches of all-time with a winning career that included three Super Bowl Championships as head coach of the Washington franchise. JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, capturing more than 400 wins over that span. No team has more combined wins across the sport’s three national series in the history of NASCAR. In addition, JGR has won five Cup Series championships along with four Xfinity Series driver championships and six Xfinity Series owner’s championships. The organization also has captured four Daytona 500 titles, considered to be NASCAR’s premier event each season.

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