NASCAR Cup Series

There are seven races remaining in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series regular season, making this weekend’s stop at New Hampshire Motor Speedway crucial for those looking to secure a spot in the 16-driver Playoff field. Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer have all posted series victories at NHMS with Busch owning a season sweep in his championship year of 2004.

​Richard Childress Racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... 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 124 starts at the 1.058-mile oval, Childress also has two pole awards, 16 top-five and 40 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Dave Blaney, Jeff Burton, Bowyer, Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Gordon, Harvick, Ryan Newman, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.

KAHNE BY THE NUMBERS: In 28 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career starts at New Hampshire, Kasey Kahne has an average start of 11.6 and an average finish of 17.8. He’s completed 7,909 of 8,381 (94.4 percent) career laps and has led for a total of 305 laps. Kahne has earned one win (July 2012), three top-five’s, and 10 top-10 finishes at the “Magic Mile” track.

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 - RACING AT NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY: "I enjoy heading to New Hampshire Motor Speedway," Allmendinger said. "It's a place where we have to get our Kroger ClickList Camaro ZL1 to turn, but it’s really easy to get loose with the track being so flat."

Platinum-selling artist Chris Janson will kick off Hollywood Casino 400 race day on Oct. 21 with a high energy performance for Everybody. Race fans with a pre-race pass will have up-close access to the concert, along with driver introductions.

For this month's Hot Lap episode, Justin visits Ford Performance HQ for an exclusive tour with Ford Performance Engineering Manager Dave Born and Calibration Engineer Corey Ducklow. On the list of things discussed are: turn-key, road race FP350s', power packs, dyno comparisons, and even a one-on-one with the 2019 Bullitt.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series will all be in action at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this week and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be at Eldora Speedway. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.

Kentucky. The land of Daniel Boone. Horses. Bluegrass (be it those you can grow, pick, or sing along to). Bourbon. Maybe they should consider marketing something called Dr. Truex’s Tonic and Magical Elixir. I mean, whatever he is drinking delivers some pretty positive results.

Paul Menard and the No. 21 Menards/Quaker State team turned in one of their most consistently good performances of the season in Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and came away with an 11th place finish plus seven stage points.

Defending Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. captured his fourth win of the season in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky. Truex started from the pole and dominated the race by leading five times for a race-high of 174 laps.