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The 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup” begins with this Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) and Jeff Gordon believes a strength of the No. 24 team – consistency – could lead them to their first ‘Chase’ title and fifth championship overall.

Peters at New Hampshire…TheRaceDayShuffleSeries.com 175 will mark Timothy Peters’ third career start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Johnson has made 17 Sprint Cup Series starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where he has earned three wins, six top-five and 12 top-10 finishes.

Ragan on racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: “Racing at Loudon is almost like a homecoming for us since Fenway Sports Group is based there and there are a lot of Red Sox fans in this region."

Biffle on New Hampshire: “It would obviously be great for us to come back and start the Chase with two wins like we did in 2008 but a solid top-five run would work too.

On Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway three Ford drivers raced their way into the Chase, earning 25% of the twelve spots that makeup the 10-race "playoff" that will determine the 2010 Sprint Cup Champion.

As the NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTM returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second event of the season, TUMS® is prepared to deliver fast relief and fun to all New England fans.

WINNER, WINNER, WINNER: This weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Kevin Harvick will get behind the wheel of the No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado for the fifth time in 2010.

BACK-TO-BACK: Ron Hornaday is the only back-to-back Truck Series winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Hornaday recorded two of his three wins at the 1.058-mile oval back-to-back, winning in 2008 and 2007.

Regan Smith drove a damaged race car to a 25th-place finish in Saturday night's Air Guard 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.