LOUDON, NH – SEPTEMBER 23: Carl Edwards, driver of the #19 Comcast Business Toyota, poses with the Coors Light Pole board after qualifying for the pole position for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 23, 2016 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Photo by Chris Trotman/NASCAR via Getty Images
Carl Edwards never had the reputation as a spectacular qualifier ā until this year.
On Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Edwards ran 135.453 mph (28.119 seconds) in the money round of knockout qualifying to earn the top start spot in Sundayās Bad Boy Off Road 300 (2 p.m. ET on NBCSN), the second race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Continue reading →
Wreck in practice forces Chaser Austin Dillon to backup car
A wreck in practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the last thing Austin Dillon needed.
After a 14th-place finish last Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway in the first race of the 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Dillon needs a strong run at New Hampshire to escape the bottom four in the standings.
But with the Round of 16 elimination race looming Oct. 1 at Dover, Dillon had his weekend start catastrophically at the Magic Mile, site of Sundayās Bad Boy Off Road 300 (2 p.m. ET on NBCSN). Continue reading →
During the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 21, 2014 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Photo – Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images
By Joey Logano as told to NASCAR Wire Service’s, Reid Spencer
I remember the first time I went to New Hampshire was in 1997, when I was seven years old. My family camped out by turn two, back there behind all the midway activities for the weekend. We were there for the weekend and watched the modified race, the Busch North race ā at the time thatās what the K&N Pro Series East was called ā and the Cup race. My family actually still has a photo album of the trip. I got pictures of the cars when they came out and practiced. Looking back on it, I guess that really was my first memory of NASCAR racing. Itās cool that I remember it, but I think everyone remembers the time you go to your first NASCAR race. Continue reading →
CHASE FORMAT HAS ADDED AGGRESSION TO ERIK JONESā RACING STYLE
Top-seeded Erik Jones didnāt wait for the seven-race XFINITY Series playoff to alter his racing style to suit the new elimination format.
By his own admission, Jones raced conservatively last year in winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. But the win-and-youāre-in structure of the XFINITY Chase has given the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota more freedom to race for victories at any cost. Continue reading →