NASCAR Cup Series

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What's it like to be back at New Hampshire Motor Speedway pursuing yet another lobster? “Yeah, it's obviously a great race track for us and we've performed really well here. I didn't think we had the best car here earlier this year, but we found a way to win and that was really important. Hopefully, we have a little bit better car, give ourselves a better chance to win, because we can't always count on our competitors to make mistakes and that's kind of what happened this time around, so we'll try to get the best car possible and see if we can't capitalize.”

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CHILDRESS VINEYARDS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and discussed his current position in the Chase, the severity of penalty levied against the No. 24 team this past week, running the modified race and many other topics.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – Involved in an accident during the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway - WHAT HAPPENED? “I had a good first lap and entering Turn 3 for my second lap just got in there with a lot of speed anticipated it sticking, didn’t quite stick and then once I got out of the PJ1 there was just really no slowing down or directing it off the wall at that point. Came around and it got the fence. Definitely not the way we wanted to start. Frustrating, but we will take it and go figure it out”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford Fusion, is looking to bounce back this weekend after finishing 25th in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff opener at Chicagoland Speedway. Stenhouse, who is making is first Playoff appearance and is 14th in the standings, held a Q&A session this morning at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to talk about his situation.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) and discussed his recent trip to Naples, Florida for Hurricane relief clean up, his thoughts on the “sticky stuff” that NHMS used in the spring race, where his team is thus far in the Playoffs and many other topics.

Steph Wood visited Ford Performance’s Racing School recently for her first official driving lesson on an actual road course. In this episode on AmericanMuscle’s HotLap, Steph pilots an S550 Mustang packed-full of Ford Performance goodies and discusses all of the intricacies to Ford’s racing program. From apexes to understeer, Steph gets the lowdown on how to run the corners to get the best line to ensure maximum traction and efficiency.

The second race of the NASCAR playoffs will take place this Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Matt DiBenedetto and the Go Fas Racing team will be representing Ford EcoBoost with a blue and white scheme that will look familiar to Ford Racing fans. This will be the first race of the 2017 season that Ford EcoBoost will be listed as the primary sponsor of the No.32 Ford.

This weekend the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second playoff race in the Round of 16. Martin Truex Jr. secured his spot in the next round with his win at Chicagoland while Kurt Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman are below the cutoff for transfer into the Round of 12.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series travels to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second playoff race in the Round of 16. They are joined by the Camping World Truck Series as it begins its playoff series with the Round of 8. The NASCAR XFINITY Series heads to Kentucky Speedway for its first playoff race in the Round of 12.

Michael McDowell is looking to earn his best finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for the ISM Connect 300 this weekend. In the midst of a season of bests for McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR), McDowell has recorded 13 Top-20 finishes, many of which were track bests for the 32-year old Phoenix native.