NASCAR Cup Series

1. Martin Truex Jr.: Truex led 152 of 274 laps at Kentucky and easily handled a late restart to win the Quaker State 400.

Huntersville, NC (July 11, 2017) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announces today that driver Erik Jones will drive the No. 20 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Camry for the organization beginning in 2018.

In four starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at New Hampshire, Bayne recorded one top-five finish and three top-10 finishes, including a best finish of fifth in the July 2010 event at the New England race track.  

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.