NASCAR Cup Series

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. "

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."

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 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and XFINITY Series head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. All Sprint Cup and XFINITY Series practices, qualifying sessions and races will be televised on NBC Sports Live Extra as indicated.

Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick’s dominating year on the race track earned him the ESPY for ‘Best Driver’ last night at the 23rd annual ESPY Awards show presented by ESPN.

You’ve got your Monster Mile in Dover and you’ve got your Hot Mile in Phoenix, but they are seeking to work a little magic on the mile in Loudon, New Hampshire. Kyle the Magnificent hopes he can continue pulling out of his hat the kind of results that have seen him win two of the last three events.

As a car owner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), Chip Ganassi has fielded cars for 11 different drivers that have made a start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). In 67 starts, those 11 drivers have completed 19,316 laps (20,436 miles) and led 268 circuits, they have also compiled 12 top-10 and eight top-five finishes.

Justin Allgaier has completed two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). In this race last year, Allgaier was in the closing laps of the race when a competitor made contact with him and sent him into the wall, which ended his race just a few laps shy of the checkered flag.

Bound for New England...Michael Annett and his No. 46 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet team begin the second half of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season this weekend, making the first of two stops this year at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for Sunday's race at the mile-long facility.