Arena: Kansas Speedway

Location: Kansas City, KS

Date: October 21, 2012

NASCAR Betting Online: The third race of the ten in the Chase for the Championship will head to Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, as 43 drivers will take the green flag in the Hollywood Casino 400 this October. All eyes will obviously be on the 12 drivers that are involved in the Chase for the Championship, though everyone in this field would love to capture the checkered flag in this Hollywood Casino 400.

This race has been known by a number of names since its inception in 2001. What originally started as the Protection One 400 has also been known as the Banquet 400, LifeLock 400, and Camping World RV 400.

Tony Stewart is the defending champion of this event, as he bested a tough field to get off to a relatively good start in the Chase for the Championship. Stewart collected a prize of $332,498, the fourth biggest prize in the history of this event. He also won here in 2006, making him one of just the two men to ever win this race twice.

The fastest speed ever posted here at Kansas Speedway was held by Mark Martin, who averaged 137.774 MPH in the 267 laps run.

If Stewart were to cash in here in Kansas this October, he would become just the second back to back winner of this event. Jeff Gordon won the inaugural event in 2001 and captured the checkered flag again in 2002. Since then, Ryan Newman (2003), Joe Nemechek (2004), Martin (2005), Stewart (2006), Greg Biffle (2007), and Jimmie Johnson (2008) have also won this race.

Johnson is going to be the favorite to win the Chase for the Championship once again, and he is going to be expected to run well at Kansas Speedway.

A Toyota driver has never won here at Kansas Speedway. Chevrolets have dominated, winning six of the nine races. Ford has captured two titles, while Newman rode the only Dodge to Victory Lane here in 2003.

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2011 Hollywood Casino 400 Winner - Jimmie Johnson Dominates Hollywood Casino 400

The longest winless drought of Jimmie Johnson's career is over. The five-time Sprint Cup champion manhandled the field throughout the day and held off Kasey Kahne over a green-white checker to score his first victory since Talladega in April.

Kahne took second, over Brad Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, and Carl Edwards who suffered through a miserable day before surging late. Kevin Harvick finished sixth, followed by Clint Bowyer, polesitter Greg Biffle, Marcos Ambrose, and Mark Martin.

Johnson had the race well in hand before teammate Jeff Gordon's engine grenaded with only three laps remaining. The motor failure likely ends Gordon's bid for his fifth Sprint Cup title, while Tony Stewart had his second bad finish in a row. This time, he finished 15th after running in the top-five nearly the entire event. A late pit stop dropped Stewart to ninth, while he pitted again under the caution for Gordon's engine failure and slid through his pit stall.

2010 Price Chopper 400 at Kansas - Race Results

Greg Biffle and Jimmie Johnson got exactly what they needed Sunday at Kansas Speedway—Biffle by leaving the field in his dust and Johnson by persevering.

Biffle ran away and hid from the rest of the field in winning the Price Chopper 400—the third race in the Chase—by 7.638 seconds in front of Johnson, who rallied from his 21st starting position to claim the runner-up spot.