The KLAS Motorsports team will be heading to their adopted Midwestern home of Kansas Speedway this week for the running of the Tide 150 ARCA Menards Series race. The event will take place on Saturday and will be the first of two trips to the track in 2026 for the #71 team and driver Andy Jankowiak. “This is the only track that we (as a team) go to twice during the year,” said Jankowiak. “We have gotten used to going there and know what to expect. We are going back with the same car that we have been running there.”
Jankowiak has made seven starts at Kansas Speedway and more than half have resulted in a top ten finish. That does not tell the entire story of his affinity for the track, though. In the fall 2024 race, he was battling for the lead with Corey Day when contact was made, and Jankowiak ended up bouncing up into the wall. He still finished seventh. The fall 2025 race went even better for Jankowiak and the KLAS Motorsports team. They were contenders until a tire went flat on the final scheduled lap of the race.
“I really like Kansas Speedway,” said Jankowiak. “It is a fun track and it is very racy. You can run up against the wall, in the middle or in the bottom groove. The track challenges you to try different lines to find where the most grip is.” “Every time we go to Kansas, we seem to make gains and improve,” said KLAS Managing Partner Andy Seuss. “We have definitely been in the hunt there and we feel like we can be a little bit better this time. We go there twice a year and that makes it easier to build a notebook.”
The #71 will be adorned with the colors of Sbarro, the Original XL New York Pizza-by-the-Slice, at Kansas Speedway as the primary sponsor for the Tide 150. The iconic pizza chain’s sponsorship returns to KLAS Motorsports, bigger than before – which turns a hungry driver into a happy driver. “It is really cool to have Sbarro involved with this team,” said Jankowiak. “We have partnered with them for a few years, and we love that they see the value in our relationship.That speaks volumes for what we are doing here at KLAS Motorsports. Plus, I love their product. So many times when I’m traveling up and down the (New York) Thruway, I stop and get a slice or two.”
Additional partners for the #71 at Kansas include Phillips 66 Lubricants, Whelen Engineering, Automotive Consultants of Ithaca, Florida Safety Systems, Dak’s Markets, Acacia Energy, Military Basketball Association, Yukon Creek and Schultz Engineered Products. The ARCA Menards Series will visit Kansas Speedway on Saturday, April 18th for the Tide 150. That event will be televised live on the Fox Sports 1 television network starting at 12:30pm ET.