David Ragan shot ahead of Carl Edwards in a green-white-checkered finish to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Food City 250 Friday night by a 1.379-second margin.
The 2026 Daytona 500 champion from Corning, California, went from being the 31st-fastest in practice to capture the pole position for the 2026 Dollar Tree 301 with a pole-winning lap at 131.094 mph in 29.054 seconds.
JOSH BERRY, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse – SO CLOSE TO THE POLE. WHERE WERE YOU LACKING? “I thought we were a touch on the free side."
Ford Racing drivers Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Ryan Preece all stopped by the New Hampshire Motor Speedway infield media center before NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying to answer questions from the media.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Reigning Top Fuel world champion Doug Kalitta earned the provisional No. 1 spot on Friday at Brainerd International Raceway to kick off the weekend at the NHRA Brainerd Nationals.