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New Hampshire, NASCAR Announce Tripleheader Weekend for 2018

New Hampshire Motor Speedway may be losing one of its Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races next season, but the track and NASCAR have devised a formidable tripleheader weekend to take the place of the Cup event next September.

In what is billed as the largest ever touring series event, NHMS will host the longest NASCAR Whelen Modified Series race in history (250 laps at the 1.058-mile track), a race with an international flavor combining the K&N Pro East Series, Peak Mexico Series and Whelen Euro Series, and the first NASCAR Pinty’s Series event ever held outside Canada.

Dates for the extravaganza are Sept. 21-22, 2018.

No Mic Drop for Elliott Sadler, Even if he Wins NASCAR XFINITY Title

Elliott Sadler, the driver of the #1 OneMain Financial Chevrolet, stands on the grid prior to the NASCAR XFINITY Series TheHouse.com 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on September 16, 2017, in Joliet, Illinois. Photo – Jared C Tilton/Getty Images

JR Motorsports driver Elliott Sadler could rightfully be called the dean of the NASCAR XFINITY Series.

In a NASCAR career that started in 1995, Sadler has accumulated 13 XFINITY Series victories to go with his three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series wins. Continue reading