“I really like flat track racing, and I like short track racing. Loudon is a pretty tough track because it’s really unique. I feel like we had a good run there and we can go back and do the same in our Zest Mustang. We’re going to try out a couple of short track things we learned at Iowa and see if it will apply here.”
“Loudon has been a great track for our FedEx team over the years. We have excelled at the short tracks and New Hampshire is a flat oval that really suits my driving style. We have had some races there where we were the dominant car, and others where we’ve had to work a bit to stay up front.
Bubba Wallace will make his first NASCAR XFINITY Series start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. In one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2014, Wallace started third and finished second.
“New Hampshire is a track I enjoy racing on. I love short-track racing, and the corners and the speeds there kind of lend itself to that style. It’s just a little bit frustrating that I haven’t won there because I feel like it’s a track that I should be capable of winning.” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. on racing at New Hampshire
Richard Childress has four victories as a team owner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with Robby Gordon (2001), Kevin Harvick (2006) and Clint Bowyer (2007 and 2010). In 106 starts at the 1.058-mile oval, Childress also has two pole awards, 16 top-five and 37 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Dave Blaney, Jeff Burton, Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Gordon, Harvick, Ryan Newman, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.
Reed has made just one start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. In 2014, Reed finished 11th after starting 13th and ran inside the top 10 for the majority of the race.
Elliott Sadler will make his 12th NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this Saturday afternoon in Loudon, NH. In Sadler’s previous 11 starts at New Hampshire, he has one top-five and three top-10 finishes.
Biffle has 25 Sprint Cup career starts at Loudon, earning one win, six top-five and nine top-10 finishes. Biffle’s average finishing position at Loudon is 15.7.
Almirola has 15 NASCAR starts at the one-mile track with nine Sprint Cup Series starts. He scored his best finish of fifth in 2013 in the Cup Series and 2011 in the XFINITY Series. He has two Top-Five and five Top-10 finishes in his 15 starts. Last year, Almirola and the No. 43 team finished sixth in the fall race while competing in The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Armstrong looks forward to New Hampshire to continue progress in the point standings. This weekend's race will be just the third start for Armstrong at the flat, asphalt track. While he doesn't have much experience at Loudon, Armstrong has had strong performances at other flat tracks like Martinsville and Phoenix.
In four NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series starts at Watkins Glen International (WGI) Spire Motorsports earned its lone top-10 finish when Sammy Smith finished sixth in last year’s Mission 176 at the Glen.
