New England’s only NASCAR Playoffs weekend is underway at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS), and the NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) drivers are looking forward to kicking off the Round of 12 this Sunday at the Mobil 1 301:
Denny Hamlin | Driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
“New Hampshire is one of the most exciting short tracks we have on our schedule. Now that it’s back in the Playoffs, it’s super exciting for myself, so as a team and a multiple winner there, it’s a track that I really look forward to going to. We only get to go there once, but the racing is unmatched.”
Cole Custer | Driver of the No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
“Well I think New Hampshire has become a really racey racetrack. You’ve been able to run from the top to the bottom and really mix it up. It’s a hard place to get right with how flat the corners are. It’s a hard place to get a stock car working right, but it’s become a really fun place that you can run and mix it up at.”
Tyler Reddick | Driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
“I feel like the surface at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is really coming into its own. The last couple of times that we’ve been there, it’s been a really wide racetrack. It’s been a lot of fun … I feel like with this car and with us doing that little experiment we did last year, you know, we can race in just about any condition now, so yeah, I think it just really opens up the potential winners and strategies when we go there knowing that we can race in different conditions.”
John Hunter Nemechek | Driver of the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
“Looking forward to going back to New Hampshire this fall. I’m praying for rain again. That was our best rain last time. It was really fun to run in the wet. [I] truly enjoyed it. New Hampshire is amazing in itself, great racetrack, being able to move around, run multiple lanes. ‘The Magic Mile’ lives up to ‘The Magic Mile’ name.”
Austin Dillon | Driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
“Yeah, looking forward to getting out there. New Hampshire is a large short track, flat. Racing in the rain last year was pretty epic, so if we do that again, I will be prepared.”
Erik Jones | Driver of the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
“The race itself has been pretty good the last few years, the way I think the track’s widened out, we’ve run a pretty unique line around there, so that’s really made some good racing, and obviously last year we had the rain, which was a whole other situation thrown in, but the track’s really widened out and changed well, and we’ve got a pretty good tire package there that makes the racing exciting.”
Josh Berry | Driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
“I’m really looking forward to getting back to New Hampshire. It was a great race for myself last year, and obviously the rain and all the strategy that came on that really made it a lot of fun. New Hampshire is a really fun racetrack.”
Chase Briscoe | Driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
“It’s always a fun weekend up there, you know, between, they always have the Sprint Cars at the dirt track there, then you have the Modified race … and obviously the Cup race. So hopefully it’ll be another awesome race like we had last year … should be an awesome time.”
Ty Dillon | Driver of the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
“The flat mile, there’s a lot of opportunities to move your line, which as a driver, means a lot. You [want to] have options out there. You feel like you can really create more opportunities for yourself, and they race there in the rain now, so you never know what kind of unique experience, you never know what the weather’s [going to] be like that time of year in New Hampshire, so there’s all kinds of variables that can come in to play with that race now.”
Riley Herbst | Driver of the No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
“New Hampshire is a lot of fun. Wide racing, flat track, should be a pretty aggressive race.”
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Driver of the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
“It’s a track that’s got multiple lanes, and it’s fun to race on, so they’ll see a good race.”
Justin Haley | Driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
“You can expect hard racing as normal.”
The Mohegan Sun 100 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) race kicks off the Doubleheader Saturday on-track action followed by the Team EJP 175 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) Playoffs race and NCS practice and qualifying. The on-track action culminates Sunday with the NCS taking on “The Magic Mile” to kick off the Round of 12 with the Mobil 1 301. Don’t miss all of the exciting off-track action including “The Magic Mile” Happy Hour Show, Trackside Live, The Groove fan hangout, a Draw the Line concert, driver appearances, a variety of live performances and much more.
For a full NASCAR weekend schedule, visit NHMS.com/Events/Mobil-1-301/Schedule/.
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For tickets and camping for New England’s only NASCAR Playoffs weekend, featuring the Mobil 1 301 NCS and Team EJP 175 NCTS Playoffs races and the Mohegan Sun 100 NWMT race, fans should visit NHMS.com or call 833-4LOUDON. Tickets for kids 12 and under are just $10 on Sunday and free on Doubleheader Saturday.
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