“All in all I think it was a decent session. Obviously we have some catching up to do. Our cars strength is the long run. It seems very consistent. This weekend is reminding me a bit of Fontana in that we just seem to be lacking the qualifying sort of speed but over the long run the car feels really good so we’re going to keep working at it and keep plugging away. "
Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Scott Dixon ran 1-2 on the speed chart in both 45-minute Verizon IndyCar Series practice sessions for the Iowa Corn 300 on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway oval.
"Right now it just feels right," said Edwards, who toured the Magic Mile in 28.179 seconds (135.164 mph) in Friday's qualifying session to earn his first Coors Light Pole Award of the season, his first at New Hampshire and the 14th of his career.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Sport Clips Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How happy are you to earn the pole at New Hampshire? “I’ve struggled at this race track so this is big for me personally. Everybody at JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) has been working so hard. These Toyotas are fast."
Kurt Busch turned a lap of 134.569 mph in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to earn a sixth-place starting spot for Sunday’s 5-Hour Energy 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 9 Shaws/Smithfield Ford Fusion – “We thought that we made some pretty decent changes in between practice and qualifying that were gonna enable us to hopefully be able to transfer through. You get out there and so many times the track has rubber on it or it’s a little bit dirty from a practice session before, so you want to wait and let some other people clean it off. "
Chris Buescher, driver of the No. 60 Zest Ford Mustang, leads the NASCAR XFINITY Series standings going into this weekend’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He spoke to the media what it’s going to take to keep that lead the rest of the season.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How do you keep the momentum of your team going from the victory at Kentucky? “Certainly over the last few weeks we’ve done a decent job at being able to run up front, contend for wins and obviously that momentum is just kind of starting to build."
Todd Peck is making his first-career start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). He will be piloting the No. 15 Lily Trucking/BYB Extreme Chevrolet fielded by Rick Ware Racing in Saturday's Lake Region 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Peck has made 14 starts in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition with one prior race under his belt at NHMS, which came in 2011.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race here at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September. He stopped by the infield media center to talk about returning to a place where he’s won twice in his career.
The 2025 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Alva, Florida, posted a pole-winning lap at 184.396 mph in 48.808 seconds for his first Cup pole nearly two years at the World Center of Racing.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It’s very bumpy today, but we expect that to get a little better as everybody comes up off the ground a little bit for race trim, but I’m proud of everybody."
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin and 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick were made available to the media on Friday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Daytona International Speedway.
The 24-year-old Caruth from Washington, D.C., posted a pole-winning lap at 183.232 mp in 49.118 seconds to become the 220th competitor to win an O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole position and to take a critical step towards his 2026 Chase hopes.
The RFK Racing trio of Brad Keselowski, Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece stopped by the Daytona International Speedway infield media center before qualifying this afternoon to talk about their respective Chase scenarios.
