NASCAR is back in New England.
The Cup Series will make its annual trip to New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend for a 301-lap race around the track known as the “Magic Mile.”
Who races in New Hampshire? What is the TV and streaming schedule? And which drivers could compete for victory on Sunday?
Here’s everything you need to know about USA Today 301:
NASCAR on New Hampshire entry list
Thirty-six drivers will compete in New Hampshire: the 34 full-time drivers plus two others.
Kaz Grala will pilot the No. 15 for Rick Ware Racing as he continues his part-time effort. Then there’s veteran Ty Dillon, who will make his fourth Cup start of the season.
Here is the registration list for New Hampshire:
car number | Driver | Equipment | Sponsor |
1 | Ross Chastain | track racing | Kubota Tractors |
2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | auto trader |
3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Careers | Bass Pro Shops |
4 | jose berry | Stewart-Haas career | Miner |
5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | HendrickCars.com |
6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | BuildSubmarines.com/Boston Red Sox |
7 | Corey La Joie | needle motorsports | Schluter Systems |
8 | kyle busch | Richard Childress Careers | ICO |
9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | NKeynoteUSAA Auto Parts |
10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas career | Crowd |
eleven | Danny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Yahoo! |
12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Menards |
14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas career | Zep |
fifteen | Kaz Grala | Rick Ware Racing | Meat and bone |
sixteen | Ty Dillon | Racing Kaulig | brave car |
17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Fastenal |
19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | Fine Reser Foods |
twenty | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Reem |
twenty-one | Harrison Burton | Wooden Brothers Racing | Motorcycling/fast lane |
22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Pizza Brothers Hunt |
23 | Bubba Wallace | Racing 23XI | DraftKings |
24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | valvoline |
31 | Daniel Hemric | Racing Kaulig | Poppy bank |
3. 4 | Michael McDowell | Motorsports in the front row | Long John Silver’s |
38 | Todd Gilliland | Motorsports in the front row | Cricket Pickles |
41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas career | Mohawk Northeast |
42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | family dollar |
43 | Eric Jones | Legacy Motor Club | dollar tree |
Four. Five | Tyler Reddick | Racing 23XI | SiriusXM |
47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | Kroger/Kleenex |
48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Ally |
51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing | Fraternal Order of Eagles |
54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | monstrous energy |
71 | Zane Smith | needle motorsports | Focused health |
77 | Carson Hocevar | needle motorsports | Life in Delaware |
99 | Daniel Suarez | track racing | Choice Privileges |
2024 USA Today 301 Enrollment List
When is the NASCAR race in New Hampshire?
USA Today 301 is scheduled for Sunday, June 23 at 2:30 pm ET.
Before the race, there will be training and qualifying sessions on Saturday. The 36 drivers will be divided into two groups (found here) and each group of 18 cars will have 20 minutes of free practice.
The field will then compete in two-round qualifying. Is that how it works:
- The two practice groups will remain the same for qualifying.
- Each driver will do one lap in the first round, with the five fastest drivers in each group advancing.
- In the final round, the remaining drivers each have one lap to establish the top 10 starting order, with positions 11 to 36 established based on the first round times.
What is the NASCAR TV schedule this weekend?
Rick Allen (play-by-play), Jeff Burton (analyst) and Steve Letarte (analyst) will be on the KeynoteUSA call all weekend. Marty Snider, Kim Coon and Parker Kligerman will serve as pit reporters.
Here’s the full TV and streaming schedule:
Saturday, June 22 (USA Network and streaming)
Sunday, June 23 (USA Network and streaming)
Previous NASCAR New Hampshire winners, racing history
Only six of the 36 drivers in the field are previous winners at New Hampshire.
Busch and Hamlin lead the way with three wins each, just one behind the recently retired Kevin Harvick and KeynoteUSA analyst Jeff Burton for the all-time record.
Joey Logano, a native of Middletown, Connecticut, and Brad Keselowski, who competes Sunday in a Red Sox-inspired car, have two wins each at NHMS.
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Christopher Bell (2022) and Martin Truex Jr. (2023) earned their first wins at New Hampshire in the last two seasons, respectively.
NASCAR in New Hampshire chooses favorites, drivers to follow
When NASCAR comes to New Hampshire, it can usually eliminate one manufacturer from the race for victory.
Ford and Toyota drivers have won 17 of the last 18 races at NHMS since 2012. Chevrolet’s only victory came in 2016 with Harvick. To narrow it down even further, three organizations (Joe Gibbs Racing, Team Penske and Stewart-Haas Racing) have won 15 consecutive NHMS races.
Hamlin leads all drivers with a 9.4 average finish and 19 top 10s in 30 starts at NHMS. Truex leads all drivers with 1,170 laps led in 30 starts at NHMS. Both Joe Gibbs Racing drivers should be strong on Sunday.
Beyond those two, drivers with the best average finishes at NHMS include Keselowski (9.8 in 23 starts), Larson (11.8 in 13 starts), Reddick (12.5 in 4 starts) and Blaney ( 13.6 in 11 starts).
Hendrick Motorsports, which leads all teams with seven wins this season, has traditionally struggled in New Hampshire. The organization has not won at NHMS since 2012 (Kasey Kahne).
What is the weather in Loudon, New Hampshire for NASCAR?
It could be a rainy weekend in New Hampshire. As of Thursday afternoon, KeynoteUSA Boston is predicting a 67% chance of rain on Saturday and a 61% chance of rain on Sunday in Loudon. Scattered storms from Sunday morning could extend into the afternoon as temperatures reach the 80s.
NASCAR cannot race in the rain, but cars can be equipped with wet weather tires to race on a wet track. The tires debuted successfully earlier this season at Richmond Raceway.
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