NASCAR Cup Series

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, improved 17 positions throughout the course of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon to earn a 16th-place finish.

After dominating the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for most of the afternoon, Harvick ran out of fuel while leading on Lap 298 of 300, handing the top spot and the victory to Matt Kenseth, who joined teammate Denny Hamlin as an automatic qualifier for the Contender Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Martin Truex Jr. has had better race cars and better finishes, but his eighth-place result Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the second Chase race was one of the most gratifying in the past couple of months.

Six-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, Jimmie Johnson, led the way for Team Chevy with a sixth place finish in his No. 48 Lowe’s Pro Services Chevrolet SS in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track known as the ‘Magic Mile’. While running third in the field on lap 200 of the 317.4-mile race, a left front flat tire sent Johnson to the rear of the field; but he was able to rebound.

Toyota driver Matt Kenseth was victorious in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PRO SERVICES CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 6TH - GREAT COME BACK RUN TO FINISHING IN THE TOP 10 AFTER HAVING A FLAT TIRE: “Yeah, it was really weird."

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – DESCRIBE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PENALTY YOU RECEIVED ON THE RESTART? “It’s a pretty basic understanding. It’s an entertainment sport, not a fair sport, but we had a great car."

Furniture Row Racing announced today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that it has entered into a partnership with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) to field Toyota Camrys for driver Martin Truex Jr. starting with the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 EcoBoost Ford Fusion, will start 14th in tomorrow’s Sylvania 300 and is coming off consecutive Top-20 finishes at Richmond (16th) and Chicagoland (18th). He spoke about his team’s improved performance and goals for the final nine races of the season between practice sessions at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Posting the fastest lap of Friday’s time trials late in the final round of knockout qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Carl Edwards knockedKevin Harvick off the pole for Sunday’s Sylvania 300, the second race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.