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Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield team posted their second consecutive Top-10 last weekend in Chicago and look to keep up the streak this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Ryan Truex will make his second start of the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series season this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. In his first start of the season at Richmond, Truex had a strong run ruined by a blown tire.

Shaw's will make its second appearance of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway his weekend with Sam Hornish Jr. and the No. 9 team. Earlier this year, Hornish finished 29th in the Shaw's Ford at the one-track after engine issues early in the race. Despite the 29th-place finish, Hornish was confident in the handling of the No. 9 Ford at Loudon and looks for a strong finish in the Shaw's Ford this weekend.

This fall, Target is going mad for plaid, and the No.42 Target team will be joining in the fun. With hundreds of items getting a plaid makeover, including everything from home goods and must-have fashions to Diet Coke bottles, and much more, it only made sense to extend the tartan touch to the race track on the No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS and Kyle Larson himself.

Heading into Sunday's Sylvania 300, Earnhardt will be looking to make his 2nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start, and his first in "The Granite State". The 26 year-old, Mooresville, NC native made his first career NSCS start two weeks ago at Richmond, finishing 40th. Earnhardt has two previous starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) at Loudon with a best finish of 23rd, which came in 2014.

The second race in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup takes place Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where Joey Logano is the defending champion. Here’s a look at Ford’s history at NHMS, which included three overall Chase victories.

Stenhouse Jr. has five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 25.4 and average finishing position of 24.6.

Elliott Sadler will make his ninth NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at Kentucky Speedway this Saturday night in Sparta, Ky. In Sadler’s eight previous starts at Kentucky, he has four top-five and six top-10 finishes. Earlier this year, Sadler started 11th and finished fifth.

Reed has three career NASCAR XFINITY Series starts at Kentucky Speedway. In July 2015, Reed finished 14th after starting 12th. In 2014, Reed recorded 17th- and 11th- place finishes in the July and September events, respectively.

Chicagoland Recap: Denny Hamlin was victorious in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway, making the decisive pass on a restart with five laps to go to take the checkered flag in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota. Hamlin lined up third behind leader Jeff Gordon and second place Kurt Busch after the race's final caution on the 1.5-mile oval, and dove to the inside in Turn 1 to make it three-wide, clearing both cars by the exit of Turn 2.