NASCAR has taken over Kansas Speedway for the weekend, and it's playoff time on the track with the Xfinity Series hitting the road on Saturday.

The second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is set to begin this weekend when the green flag drops at Kansas Speedway.

After fans saw the closest finish in NASCAR history in May, racing returns to Kansas Speedway for playoffs weekend.

The second round of the Cup playoffs begins Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Twelve drivers remain. Kyle Larson, coming off his win last weekend in Bristol, leads the points. Joey Logano holds the final transfer spot entering this three-race round.

Tanner Gray roared to victory in the weekend’s opening salvo of racing at Kansas Speedway ... and only then did he get a flat tire.

It's playoff season at the Kansas Speedway. Yahoo Sports

Both the ARCA and NASCAR Truck Series will practice, qualify and race Friday at Kansas Speedway. The Cup and Xfinity garages will be open Friday. Both series do not get on track until Saturday. Friday: Mostly cloudy during the day. The Weather Underground forecast calls for a high of 71 degrees no chance at the start of the Truck race.

NASCAR.com‘s 36 for 36 continues at Kansas Speedway. With 36 races and 36 full-time Charter cars, our players select one car per race, but there‘s a simple twist: once they‘ve made the pick, they can‘t choose that car again for the rest of the 36-race season.

NASCAR heads to Kansas Speedway in the throes of three playoffs among the national touring series, headlined by Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 Cup Series race to open the Round of 12. Kansas' reputation as the most underrated track on the schedule was further heightened in the spring when Kyle Larson beat Chris Buescher to the line for the win in the AdventHealth 400 in the closest finish in series history.