After narrowly losing last year's spring Kansas race to Kyle Larson and narrowly losing the pole position for yesterday's race to Larson, Buescher surprisingly fell through the pack and got passed for 10th on the last lap of Stage 1 to prevent him from getting any stage points.

Kyle Larson got the best of Chris Buescher again at Kansas Speedway. Larson, the last driver to get on track in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, took the pole for Sunday’s race. He knocked Buescher

Last spring at Kansas, it was Kyle Larson versus Chris Buescher for the race win in the closest photo finish the Cup Series has ever seen. This weekend, it was the same two drivers again in the fight for pole, but it wasn't quite as close. This is Larson's 22nd career pole, but his first of the 2025 season and his first at Kansas as well.