NASCAR Cup Series

“It’s flat and tough to get around, sometimes. You just have to make sure you get through the corners OK and are able to get on the gas quick on the straightaways. It’s tough but, if you have a good car, you can pass and move up through the field. But it can be challenging if it’s not working in your favor.”

Roush Fenway Racing heads to northern New England this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares for 301 miles at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has earned nine victories at the 1.058-mile oval. Also, it is pronounced ‘Cahncahd,’ not ‘Concord.’

“When I look back at 2015, Loudon is a place that we had a really good car,” he said. “The results won’t show it, but we definitely had good speed all weekend.” “Not only were we fast in just about every practice, but we led round one of qualifying.”

“Loudon is one of the more unique race tracks that we race at. It’s a little bit flatter one mile race track. The thing I like about it is you can diamond the corner or run down on the apron a little bit and up the race track.

It’s a track that has been pretty good to me since I started racing in the top series of this sport. I raced there for the first time in the Truck Series and won that race. Then, it’s a track where I have three wins in the Cup cars and, when you’re able to go to a track where you’ve had that kind of success, it just gives you that confidence.

Gene Haas has a present for fellow Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) co-owner Tony Stewart this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The gray-and-red paint scheme of Haas Automation, the largest CNC (computer numerically controlled) machine tool builder in North America, will adorn the three-time champion’s No. 14 Chevrolet in Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

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).

Brad Keselowski: Keselowski won for the fourth time this year, and second time consecutively, with the victory in the Quaker State 400.

“New Hampshire will be fun this weekend. We’re right there in the mix of it for making the Chase and know that we need to keep on having solid runs week in and week out. I’m confident that (crew chief) Matt (Puccia) will give me another good AdvoCare Ford this weekend and that we can get up there and have another strong run on Sunday.”

“We always look forward to racing at New Hampshire because it is the home track for Fenway Sports Group. We’ve had some good runs at New Hampshire in the past so I look to continue that success this weekend. New Hampshire is a fast one-mile track with multiple grooves.