23xi Racing – Good news: Tyler Reddick finished sixth in the last two New Hampshire races. … Bubba Wallace finished in the top 10 in two of the last three races in the New Hampshire. … Wallace scored the most points on stage among the pilots in series playoffs in the playoff series at 35 years old.… Riley Herbst finished 18th in Bristol for its best finish from the street race of Chicago in July. Bad news: Wallace finished 28th or worse in three of the last five races. … Reddick finished 15th or worse in six of the last eight races.
Automobile sports front – Good news: Zane Smith finished a better third of the season in Bristol. … Said Smith this week of this Bristol finish: “I think it was an excellent result for me and our whole team, and I think that will allow us to really create a good momentum.” … Todd Gilliland finished 12th in New Hampshire last year. Bad news: Noah Gragson finished 27th or worse in eight of the last 11 races. … Gilliland placed outside the Top 20 in 14 of the last 16 races.
Haas factory team – Good news: The best finish of Cole Custer in New Hampshire is eighth in August 2020.… Custer won the truck race in New Hampshire in September, becoming the youngest winner in the history of the series. Bad news: Custer finished 24th or worse in six of the last seven races.
Hendrick Motorsports – Good news: Kyle Larson has finalists in New Hampshire. … Larson led 939 laps this year, most of the series. … Larson has the first six finished in 14 departures at New Hampshire. Bad news: Hendrick Motorsports won the New Hampshire for the last time in July 2012 with Kasey Kahne. … New Hampshire is the only song William Byron has no finish among the 10 in the cup (its best finish has 11th in seven cup departures). … The best finish of Alex Bowman there in 13 departures is the ninth. … Chase Elliott has only three TOP-10 in 11 cup starts at the New Hampshire. … Elliott scored four stage points in the first round, only Josh Berry and Shane Van Gisbergen scored less (the two had none) among the pilots in playoffs and the two were eliminated. … Larson led 22 laps in 14 departures to the New Hampshire, the least round he led on an active oval track.
Hyak Motorsports – Good news: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished seventh in New Hampshire last year, his best result there in 17 departures. Bad news: Stenhouse ranked 30th or worse in six of the last 11 races.
Joe Gibbs Racing – Good news: The organization swept away the first round with Chase Briscoe winning in Darlington, Denny Hamlin winning in Gateway and Christopher Bell winning in Bristol. … Briscoe scored eight points in playoffs in the first round, almost doubling the total he had in the regular season (10). … Briscoe was the only pilot to finish in the top 10 of three races in the playoffs in the first round. … Briscoe finished second in last year’s race in New Hampshire. … Joe Gibbs Racing won the last three races in New Hampshire. … The organization had at least one car in the first two in the last 13 races in New Hampshire. … Bell, the defending winner, participated in the Goodyear tire test in New Hampshire earlier this summer. … Bell finished in the top three out of nine of the 29 races this year. … Hamlin is the leader in the points entering the second round. … Hamlin won three victories and six finalists in New Hampshire. … Ty Gibbs has three top 10 in the last four races. … Gibbs led a career summit in 201 last last weekend in Bristol. Bad news: Hamlin will be without two crew members of the stands for the next two races as a penalty for a wheel that comes out of his car last weekend in Bristol.
Denny Hamlin’s crew penalized for a wheel that comes out of his car in Bristol
Kaulig Racing – Good news: AJ ALLMENDINGER won the post in Bristol, his first cup pole since 2015. Bad news: Allmendrener has six finishes from the 22nd or worse in the last nine races. … Ty dillon has four 30th or worse finishes in the last seven races.
Legacy Motor Club – Good news: John Hunter Nemechek had the second best average finish (8.0) in the first round of the playoffs. … Nemechek scored three consecutive top-15s. … Nemechek ranked eighth in the New Hampshire last year. Bad news: Erik Jones finished 20th or worse in seven of the last 11 races.
Richard Childress Racing – Good news: Kyle Busch won three cup victories in New Hampshire. … Busch ranks fourth in all time in the towers led at New Hampshire with 1,134, following only Jeff Gordon (1,373 laps), Tony Stewart (1,302) and Martin Truex Jr. (1170). Bad news: Busch has an average finish of 27.7 in New Hampshire in three starts in the next generation car, its worst average finish on a track since 2022.… Austin Dillon was eliminated eliminatory series last weekend in Bristol. … Dillon finished 18th or worse in each of the last four races.
Rick Ware Racing – Good news: Cody Ware finished in the top 30 in three of the last four races. Bad news: Ware has not finished better than 30th in three cup starts at New Hampshire.
RFK Racing – Good news: Brad Keselowski has just finished in the finalist last weekend in Bristol. … The average Keselowski 10.5 Keselowski finish in New Hampshire is its second best among the active tracks. … Keselowski won two victories in New Hampshire (July 2014 and August 2020). … Chris Buescher had the fourth best average finish (10.0) in the first round of the playoffs. … Buescher ranked 11th or better in five of the last six races. … Buescher finished fifth in New Hampshire last year. … Ryan Preece finished 11th last year at New Hampshire, his best result in six cup departures there. Bad news: Buescher has led 38 laps this season, its less than a season for 2020.
Spire Motorsports – Good news: Carson Hocevar has just released seventh place in Bristol, its best result in the last 15 races. … Hocevar has six top-15 in the last eight races. … Michael McDowell has five top-20s in the last six races. Bad news: Justin Haley has four finishes from the 27th or worse in the last six races. … The average McDowell arrival of 30.8 in New Hampshire is its worst among all active tracks.
Team Penske – Good news: Ryan Blaney scored eight top 10 in the last nine races. … Blaney is tied for the first in the series in the top 10 with 16 (tied with Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell) and on a par for the first in the series in the first five with 12 (equally with Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin). … Blaney ranked among the first three in the average race position in the last two races in New Hampshire. … Joey Logano has three top-five in the last five races. … Logano, a double winner of the New Hampshire, there are six top 10 in the last eight races. … Logano participated in Goodyear is taking New Hampshire test this summer. … The 15 Logano eliminatory series victories are the most active drivers. … Austin Cindric led 323 laps this season, most of his cup career. Bad news: Cindric has not finished better than 13th in three cup starters there. … Blaney, who did not have a top 5 in his last three departures at the New Hampshire, said: “I have the impression that the New Hampshire was one of those tracks where we worked well and quite simply not finished where we deserve.”
Ryan Blaney’s 4 -year nephew provided an unexpected speech of encouragement in the last stage of Bristol.
Racing Racehouse – Good news: Ross Chastain, who participated in the Goodyear, shoots New Hampshire this summer, finished in the top 10 out of three of the last four races. Bad news: Shane Van Gisbergen was the only pilot to have started the playoffs above the cup which failed to pass in the second round. … Daniel Suarez has a top-15 in the last seven departures of New Hampshire. … Chastain has only four top-10 in the last 18 races.
Wood Brothers Racing – Good news: Josh Berry finished third in New Hampshire last year. Bad news: Berry finished last in each of the three playoff races in the first round.
