After automatically advancing to the Round of 12 as a result of winning the playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway, Martin Truex Jr.’s mindset for Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway remains the same.
Stenhouse Jr. has nine Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 22.3 and average finishing position of 20.4.
Bayne makes his sixth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Bayne recorded a best finish of 16th in the Sept. 2015 event at the New England track.
Today was NASCAR Playoff Media Day in Charlotte, NC, with Ford contenders Ryan Reed of Roush Fenway Racing and Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing participating. Here are transcripts from their interviews earlier this afternoon.
"I think for myself I’ve tried to keep expectations realistic and I know that I’m improving as a driver and I know that I need to get more laps and good experience, but I think we’re in a spot now being in the Playoffs we can focus our efforts into going as deep as we can and hopefully being in Miami at the end of the year."
Hendrick Motorsports will not appeal the penalty announced today by NASCAR stemming from a post-race infraction at Chicagoland Speedway. Kenny Francis, 47, has been named interim crew chief of the No. 24 NASCAR Cup Series team with driver Chase Elliott for this weekend’s event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Leavine Family Racing (LFR) has announced that Kasey Kahne will pilot the No. 95 Chevrolet Camaro for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season.
Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway marks Bell’s sixth start at the one-mile track. His most recent start at the track came in 2014, while his best finish of 10th came in 200
Roush Fenway Racing will GO GOLD in the month of September in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness month. The team will utilize its ‘Driven’ Marketing program to highlight cause awareness and support throughout the month, as well as donate a replica hood in support of the Prayers for Elijah Foundation.
Saturday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway will mark Ryan Reed’s eighth start at the 1.5-mile track. In his previous seven starts, Reed’s best finish of seventh came in the fall of 2016.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led a race-high 93 of 200 laps and fended off teammate Justin Allgaier through a 17-lap shootout to notch his second O'Reilly victory of 2026 at the Lone Star state.
Brent Crews was the top-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus with a fourth-place result on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
