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Ben Kennedy Earns Sixth-Place Finish in No. 2 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet. "That was a heck of a race. It was fun to drive the Richmond/Menards Chevrolet. The drive off was killer on the long run."

LOUDON, N.H. – Kyle Busch’s celebratory burnout produced a cloud of smoke over the frontstretch at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but Ryan Preece’s first run in top-of-the-line equipment made an even bigger impression in Saturday’s Overton’s 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race.

Sanel Auto Parts and Parts Plus will sponsor driver Ross Chastain and the No. 4 JD Motorsports with Gary Keller Chevrolet in Saturday’s Overton’s 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the XFINITY Series travel to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. Saturday night will feature the XFINITY Series Overton’s 200 while the Cup Series closes out the competition Sunday afternoon with the Overton’s 301. Both races will be broadcast on NBCSN.

Richard Childress Racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ... 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). In 118 starts at the 1.058-mile oval, Childress also has two pole awards, 16 top-five and 40 top-10 finishes with 10 different drivers including Dave Blaney, Jeff Burton, Bowyer, Austin Dillon, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Green, Gordon, Harvick, Ryan Newman, Steve Park and Mike Skinner.

News and notes:  New Hampshire Motor Speedway marks another new track for rookie Spencer Boyd.  This will be the second time this season that Boyd has taken the steering wheel of the No. 07 Chevrolet for Dotter.  “Our plan is working out well,” comments Boyd.

New Hampshire Stats: Gallagher will make his first NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Ryan Reed has competed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) three times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series.  In those three starts Reed has never finished lower than 14th.

Mid-Race Wreck Relegates Paul Menard to 34th-Place Finish in Richmond/Menards Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway "The No. 2 Richmond / Menards Chevrolet just got loose while we were on the outside going for position and unfortunately it turned around and backed hard into the wall. We had a solid car in the first half of the race and were able to race our way into the top five early in the race. Randall Burnett and the rest of the crew did a great job working on the car all weekend to get it handling well, and we didn't have to make many adjustments in the race. We were working our way back toward the front when it broke loose."

SPARTA, Ky. -- A combination of games played on the restart and other drivers trying to get a jump on the start resulted in a multi-car fustercluck on the initial start of the day-late NASCAR XFINITY Series race in the Bluegrass State.