Jr's World.... and his comments as well as Lance's comments on Kansas Speedway

What's in store for Dale Earnhardt and Lance McGrew this weekend at Kansas Speedway?

A little fun, a little 'cue ... and a whole lotta racing.

Junior by the numbers

6: Sprint Cup wins in 169 career starts on intermediate tracks

4: Top-10 finishes at Kansas in eight career Cup starts

40: Number of laps led at Kansas

98: The percentage of laps completed at Kansas (2,038 of 2,079)

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on Kansas Speedway: "Kansas is pretty fun. The track has aged enough to where we are running off of the bottom and you can move around and find a little speed. The corners are real different. Turns 1 and 2 are a lot flatter than 3 and 4. Trying to get the car to work at both ends can be a challenge, but I enjoy running there."

Lance McGrew, interim crew chief, on Kansas Speedway: "I've always run good at Kansas and have had some good success there. I feel like we've run way better at the intermediate tracks. I feel like our program has come around at tracks like Atlanta and Michigan -- the intermediate tracks. We're trying to bring better cars to the racetrack, and we've really responded to that by running in the top 10 all day."

McGrew on which tracks he pulls information from

when preparing to race at Kansas:

"Places like Charlotte [N.C.], Texas, Chicago. I think each one of those offers something you can take to Kansas. The good thing about Kansas, as well as Chicago over the years, is it went from being really a one-groove racetrack to one that has widened out to where you can get two- or three-wide. As a driver, it allows you to hunt around and find a place on the racetrack where your car works. We'll probably look at Chicago first and go from something like that."
McGrew on Kansas City's barbecue scene: "I like Kansas City barbecue because it's more of a saucy barbecue. It's not like a dry rub barbecue, and I like barbecue sauce. So, yeah, Kansas City-type barbecue is my favorite."