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Leavine Family Racing driver Christopher Bell was made available to media via videoconference in advance of the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team are headed to New Hampshire Motor Speedway hoping to put some recent bad luck behind them in Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301.

Roush Fenway heads north to New Hampshire for a short-track battle on Sunday afternoon, where Jack Roush has nine wins including seven in the Cup Series. Just a year ago, Ryan Newman finished seventh at Loudon after starting from the rear, and was poised for more as the laps wound down. Chris Buescher is also coming off his best career finish at Loudon of 15th last season.

Driver Jimmie Johnson on the difficulty of New Hampshire: “New Hampshire is one of those trickier tracks. It’s a ‘scrappy’ track with long straightaway with tight turns."

Despite having 10 different NASCAR Cup Series winners in 19 races this season, the dominance of Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin (five victories) and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick (four wins) combining to win nine of the 19 events – a winning percentage of 47.3% - can’t be understated.

The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) has a standalone race in New Hampshire on Sunday, while the ARCA Menards Series completes its first doubleheader in Ohio this weekend.

With a longer gap than usual since the last NASCAR Cup Series event, the series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for a standalone race Sunday afternoon. By the time Sunday rolls around, nine days will have passed since the race at Kansas Speedway, the 19th points event of 2020.

Chase Briscoe has the weekend off in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, but he’ll head to Road America nonetheless to compete in the PF Racing Ford Mustang GT4 with co-driver James Pesek as part of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race. That will mark the first of consecutive weekends he’ll race on the road course as the NXS cars will be there on Aug. 8.

With a longer gap than usual since the last NASCAR Cup Series event, the series heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for a standalone race Sunday afternoon. By the time Sunday rolls around, nine days will have passed since the race at Kansas Speedway, the 19th points event of 2020.

New Hampshire is a fun track to race at. The progressive banking makes things interesting. It can be challenging as a driver to find the right line to make passes, but once you have that figured out, you can make it really work in your favor.