NASCAR Cup Series

This week, Chris Buescher and the No. 37 Liberty Tax Service team head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where Buescher finished 29th in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last season.

Stenhouse Jr. has eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with an average starting position of 23.0 and average finishing position of 21.2.

"Regarding today's announcement that Erik Jones will drive in the NASCAR Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing starting in 2018, Furniture Row Racing's commitment to Jones and the No. 77 team remains the same for the remainder of the season. Our goal is for Jones to qualify for the playoffs, make a run for the championship and capture Rookie of the Year honors.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the first time in 2017 and Ford will be looking for its series-leading ninth victory of the season.  Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer have all registered at least one win at the one-mile facility with Busch owning a season sweep in his championship year of 2004.

Two legendary NASCAR Hall of Famers, Richard Petty and Bill Elliott, will pace the field for the 68th running of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles’ Southern 500, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 3 at Darlington Raceway.

Kentucky Recap: Denny Hamlin made an impressive charge in the final laps of Saturday night’s 267-lap Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway to finish fourth in the race won by Martin Truex Jr. Hamlin pitted for four tires during the final caution as the race entered overtime. Lining up sixth for the final restart, he wasted no time when the green flag waved, and he drove three-wide to the outside as the leaders raced into Turn 1.

Kentucky. I love Kentucky. It is the home of bourbon. It is where Daniel Boone killed himself a b’ar. It is where they run a pretty important horse derby every year. Of course, I pre-tape the thing to avoid the four hours of filler to get at the 3 minutes worth watching. I even once liked its Fried Chicken. Hell, I actually met Col. Sanders once, though I must say that I did not lick his fingers. Just saying.

The Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 is one of the biggest races in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, as every driver covets the chance to kiss the Yard of Bricks as the race winner.

After earning his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory at Talladega SuperSpeedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. traveled to Cleveland the following Monday to take another shot at the challenging obstacle course of NBC’s hit show American Ninja Warrior. Tune in to NBC tonight at 8 p.m. ET to see how the two-time NASCAR champion performed on the demanding course.

Michael McDowell and Leavine Family Racing (LFR) extended their streak of Top-25 finishes to nine at Kentucky Speedway during the Quaker State 400 Presented By Advanced Auto Parts.