To Denny Hamlin, it was just hard short-track racing for the win. To runner-up Austin Dillon, it was unnecessarily aggressive driving that led to Hamlin’s victory in the Lakes Region 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – WHAT DID YOU NEED TODAY TO CATCH THE 20? “We were just a little bit off everywhere, but Greg Erwin and everyone on the No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang team worked real hard to execute. We had great execution there and got the most out of what we had to finish third, so that’s something to be proud of.”
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS – Post Happy Hour Practice session comment on earlier in-garage accident with Clint Bowyer (No. 15 Toyota):
Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 21 SKF Ford Fusion, finished in the Top-10 of both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice sessions today at New Hampshire Speedway, including the third-fastest speed in happy hour. Blaney spoke about his chances of winning tomorrow’s 5-Hour Energy 301 and how it would make a great birthday present for team founder Glen Wood, who is celebrating his 90th birthday today in Stuart, VA.
“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. "
The MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas is the 19th race on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ 20-race schedule
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