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Tundra driver Christopher Bell scored his fifth victory of the season in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

LOUDON, N.H. – Kyle Busch went from the top of the chart to near disaster and back to the top again in winning the pole position for Sunday’s ISM Connect 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET on NBCSN), the second race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff.

Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. qualified fifth and teammate Erik Jones qualified eighth for Sunday’s ISM Connect 300 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

RYAN PREECE, No. 20 Hurricane Relief Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Can you tell us a little bit about your hurricane relief paint scheme and what it means to you? "Well, first off, it's pretty cool that it's Toyota For Good, and Toyota USA is based out of Texas, and I believe what they're doing is they actually are supporting the American Red Cross, which is on our hood, and you can text 90999, and if you type "Red Cross" to it, it'll donate $10, and that's a great ‑‑ it's such a great thing to do, and to support Texas right now because of the hurricane, and every little bit helps. It's great, and obviously having Toyota, it's always driving forward, always moving forward, so it's a great opportunity to be here in Kentucky, and hopefully we can win."

Kyle Larson set the pace for Team Chevy with a second-place qualifying run in his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He will start on the outside front row for the 300-lap ISM Connect 300, Round two of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Playoffs. This marks the 18th top-10 start of the season thus far for Larson, and his fourth in eight races at the track known as the ‘Magic Mile’.

Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield Ford team found good speed in race trim in Friday morning's practice session. In qualifying trim, the car was tight. The team made some adjustments before qualifying that evening. Unfortunately, the adjustments only helped the exit of Turn Four. The team qualified 29th for Sunday's race and will have two practice sessions on Saturday to dial in their Ford Fusion.

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “We missed it everywhere. We couldn’t find what we needed, but we seem to race really well here. I haven’t really qualified all that well here lately, but it’s been one of my best qualifying tracks, but not today.” THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE MUCH HOTTER ON SUNDAY. HOW DIFFERENT WILL IT BE? “It’s definitely not going to gain any grip over the weekend, but that’s part of how it goes and part of the challenge. I think the track will just get more and more difficult to drive and the crutch that is the grip strip will go away and hopefully that will suit us.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – Qualified 2nd - DID YOU GET THE LAP YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU COULD HAVE MADE UP SOME TIME? “I felt like maybe I got in the corner a little hot and got myself a little bit too loose and to the brakes too hard. But, I feel like overall my lap was pretty good. The No. 18 (Kyle Busch) has been really fast recently, and especially in qualifying all year. So, for us to be second to him is not bad. We had the pole here earlier in the year and got encumbered, but we had to back it up with a front row start. It feels good. We’ll have a nice pit stall selection. Hopefully we can have another smooth day.”

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) and discussed making his final start as a full-time Cup Series competitor at NHMS, his take on post-race burn outs, traveling commercial and many other topics.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What's it like to be back at New Hampshire Motor Speedway pursuing yet another lobster? “Yeah, it's obviously a great race track for us and we've performed really well here. I didn't think we had the best car here earlier this year, but we found a way to win and that was really important. Hopefully, we have a little bit better car, give ourselves a better chance to win, because we can't always count on our competitors to make mistakes and that's kind of what happened this time around, so we'll try to get the best car possible and see if we can't capitalize.”