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NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Contender Stats – New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway
NSCS Race: #28 of 36
Chase for the Sprint Cup race: #2 of 10
Track Size: 1.058 mile oval
Race length: 317.4 miles
Scheduled Laps: 300
Turns: Banking: 12 degrees; Straights: 2 degrees
Length of Straights: Frontstretch – 1500ft; Backstretch – 1500ft
Grandstand Seating: 95,491
Opened: 1990 (first Sprint Cup event 1993)

July 2012 Pole Sitter: #18-Kyle Busch, 133.417mph, finished 16th
September 2011 Pole Sitter: #39-Ryan Newman, 135.002mph, finished 25th
Track Qualifying Record: Ryan Newman, 135.232mph, 7/17/2011
Oldest Pole Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 9 months, 13 days, 7/21/2002
Youngest Pole Winner: Brian Vickers, 21 years, 8 months, 23 days, 7/17/2005
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Jeff Burton, started 38th [provisional], 7/1999
Fastest First Practice Speed: #11-Hamlin, 134.820mph, scheduled to qualify 47th out of 47 drivers

1 – Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge)
2012 Rundown
·         Four wins, 11 top fives, 16 top 10s
·         Average finish of 11.1
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Two top fives, three top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 15.3 in six races

2 - Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
2012 Rundown
·         Three wins, 13 top fives, 18 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 11.0
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Three wins, seven top fives, 14 top 10s
·         Average finish of 9.9 in 21 races

3 – Tony Stewart (No. 14 Mobil 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet)
2012 Rundown
·         Three wins, 10 top fives, 13 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 13.1
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Three wins, 14 top fives, 16 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 11.6 in 27 races

4 – Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota)
2012 Rundown
·         Four wins, 11 top fives, 13 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 12.7
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         One win, six top fives, nine top 10s
·         Average finish of 8.5 in 13 races

5 – Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet)
2012 Rundown
·         Two wins, eight top fives, 14 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 13.9
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         One win, two top fives, seven top 10s
·         Average finish of 16.8 in 17 races

6 – Clint Bowyer (No. 15 5-hour Energy Toyota)
2012 Rundown
·         Two wins, six top fives, 16 top 10s
·         Average finish of 11.5
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Two wins, three top fives, five top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 15.9 in 13 races

7 – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard Chevrolet)
2012 Rundown
·         One win, 10 top fives, 18 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 9.9
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Seven top fives, 11 top 10s
·         Average finish of 16.2 in 26 races

8 – Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M / GE Appliances Ford)
2012 Rundown
·         Two wins, 10 top fives, 15 top 10s; two poles
·         Average finish of 9.8
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         One win, five top fives, eight top 10s
·         Average finish of 16.3 in 20 races

9 – Martin Truex Jr. (No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota)
2012 Rundown
·         Six top fives, 15 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 11.2
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Three top fives, five top 10s
·         Average finish of 14.8 in 13 races

10 – Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet)
·         Season-to-Date Driver Rating: 91.6
2012 Rundown
·         Four top fives, 11 top 10s
·         Average finish of 12.0
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         One win, five top fives, 12 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 13.8 in 23 races

11 - Matt Kenseth (No. 17 Zest Ford)
2012 Rundown
·         One win, 10 top fives, 16 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 10.6
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Five top fives, 12 top 10s
·         Average finish of 14.0 in 25 races

12 – Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet)
2012 Rundown
·         One win, seven top fives, 12 top 10s; one pole
·         Average finish of 15.6
New Hampshire Motor Speedway Outlook:
·         Three wins, 15 top fives, 20 top 10s; three poles
·         Average finish of 10.7 in 35 races

 

Chase Contenders

The Top 12
Driver Points Wins Poles Week Rating
1. Brad Keselowski 2,056 4 0 4 97.3
2. Jimmie Johnson 2,053 3 2 2 109.3
3. Tony Stewart 2,048 3 1 3 88.4
4. Denny Hamlin 2,041 4 2 1 101.4
5. Kasey Kahne 2,041 2 2 11 94.0
6. Clint Bowyer 2,041 2 0 6 92.8
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,039 1 1 7 99.2
8. Greg Biffle 2,037 2 2 5 101.9
9. Martin Truex Jr. 2,035 0 1 10 97.8
10. Kevin Harvick 2,032 0 0 9 91.6
11. Matt Kenseth 2,030 1 1 8 101.7
12. Jeff Gordon 2,009 1 1 12 95.6

After first Chase race, seedlings got all shook up for Loudon, NH

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2012 Chase Media Day 12 Contenders In Chicago 9/12/2012 | David Banks/Getty Images for NASCAR

Heading into New Hampshire this weekend, the previous No. 1 seed was Denny Hamlin until he dropped to fourth, 15 points behind Brad Keselowski, when his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ran short of fuel on the final lap of last weekend’s GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Second-place finisher Jimmie Johnson retained the No. 2 spot three points behind the lead while the No. 3 seed, Tony Stewart, is third, eight points back.

  • SPEED’s NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 11:00 am/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace
  • NASCAR Countdown Pre-race: ESPN – 1:00pm/et
  • TV Race Coverage: ESPN, 2:00pm/et

Wild Card qualifier Kasey Kahne made the biggest gain – six positions from 11th to fifth, tied with Hamlin and Clint Bowyer 15 points behind Keselowski. Greg Biffle dropped three spots to eighth; Matt Kenseth three positions to 11th and Kevin Harvick a single position to 10th. Wild Card qualifier Jeff Gordon lost the most in terms of points after his No. 24 Chevy hit the wall hard due to a stuck throttle, dropping the four-time champion 47 points out of the lead to 12th.

Considering Dale Earnhardt, Jr. started in the back of the field last weekend due to an engine change, Earnhardt Jr. was pleased with an eighth-place finish in the Chase opener. However, wins were big in the regular season and will be the main ingredient to what it takes to contend for the championship.

July’s top five was Kahne, Hamlin, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr. and Keselowski. Eight Chase drivers have New Hampshire victories led by Gordon, Johnson and Stewart with three wins apiece. The other winners are Bowyer (two), Kahne, Biffle, Hamlin and Harvick.

SHR’s Ryan Newman could be this week’s non-Chase “spoiler.” He swept last year’s Coors Light Poles at the 1.058-mile track and continues to seek his 50th NASCAR Sprint Cup pole.

Source: NASCAR Media

Husband forced into emergency ‘pit stop’ at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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SAD UPDATE 10/12/2012:

Laconia Police Capt. Matt Canfield said the baby girl born at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last month when her mother went into labor before she could reach the hospital has died.  READ.

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Oh, I love stories that are unexpected and have a very happy ending! I came across this story on New Hampshire Motor Speedway’s website and thought I’d share.

Last Friday, Sept. 14th, a couple were on their way to Concord Hospital, N.H. with the wife in labor, when suddenly the husband was forced to make an emergency pit stop at NHMS.

The baby was not going to wait.

The mother, very quickly, gave birth to the couple’s fourth child, a baby girl, in their vehicle in the speedway’s parking lot. The panicked father then ran into the speedway’s main office and asked for help.

Who knew that stopping at a speedway would reward one with EMT’s right on hand?

The EMT services helped with what they could, and called for an ambulance to transport mother and baby. Upon checking later on, the hospital reported mother and baby were doing fine.

Speedway General Manager, Jerry Gappens awarded “Baby Katie” two tickets to our NASCAR races for the rest of her life.

“That little one is part of our family now. She and her parents are welcome here anytime,” said Gappens.

Congratulations to the family o their new addition!!

Miscommunication costs JGR’s No. 11 Denny Hamlin race at NHMS

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2. Crew chief (auto racing), the head person on a race team who directs both the driver and pit crew

Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR
A miscommunication on a late pit stop between Denny Hamlin and crew chief Darian Grubb dropped Hamlin from the lead to 12th.

Miscommunication can turn out to be lethal during a NASCAR race if it happens between crew chief and driver.

Take Joe Gibbs Racing. During the final laps of the LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, driver Denny Hamlin of the No. 11 FedEx Camry, who finished second, respectively, and crew chief Darian Grubb had a major miscommunication before the last pit stop of the race.

The miscommunication centered around whether to take two tires or four on the final stop. Grubb wanted to go with two tires, which would have kept them on par with the rest of the field, but he thought Hamlin wanted fresh rubber on both sides — hence, the four-tire call.

“Darian asked me how much of the tires I felt like I used up,” Hamlin said. He said, “I think two’s the call.”

“I said, OK – just give me tires and no adjustments.” Grubb took that as I meant four tires. It was just a little miscommunication that turned a possible win into a second-place finish. You never know what could have happened on that last restart if we had taken two tires. The No. 5 of Kasey Kahne still may have been better, you never know.

The No. 11 FedEx Camry of JGR was the top-finishing Toyota in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Hamlin led the field five times for a race-high 150 laps (of 301) — after starting third.

Hamlin was very disappointed because he had the dominant car for most of the race. “They gave me a new package this time around. We dominated all the practices and it showed in the race what we had. It’s part of it,” said Hamlin. The last pit stop had put Hamlin from first place, back to 12th. The bottom line was they just didn’t have enough laps to catch Kahne and came up short. “It’s days like these that you can just build on,” said Hamlin, “We’re going to be back here in just a few months – when it really counts – and that’s when you want to win — so we know we have something to race with. I would have loved to get win 200 for No.11 team. That part of it is frustrating that we can’t break through and get that. We’re getting close.”

NASCAR driver autograph sessions / appearances for NHMS

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Thursday, July 12
Brad Keselowski
8:00pm/et
Wiers Beach Lobster Pound
70 Endicott Street
Laconia, NH
 

FREE ADMISSION

FanFest Schedule

July 12 – FanFest
4:00 p.m. Lite Lobster Lounge Opens
5:30 p.m. Official Start of FanFest
5:30 p.m. Miss Coors Light Appearance
6:00 p.m. Jerry Gappens’ Welcome
6:00 p.m. Sprint Cup Hauler Parade
7:00 p.m. Joey Logano Q+A
7:45 p.m. Ryan Truex Q+A
9:00 p.m. Eric Grant Band
10:15 p.m. FanFest Closure
11:00 p.m. Lite Lobster Lounge Closes

NOTE: All appearances are subject to change or cancellation without notification. We appreciate your understanding as we do our best to inform fans of the happenings of FanFest.

Joey Logano
7:00 pm/et
Scheduled to appear for a question-and-answer session as part of FanFest, a free event hosted by WOKQ 97.5 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Logano will be available for autographs after his Q+A by wristband only. Wristbands may be obtained by being one of the first 100 to buy a souvenir from the driver’s hauler in the Display Lot when it opens on July 12. They will also be given away on the NH Motor Speedway Facebook page or via @NHMS on Twitter. For more information, visit the New Hampshire Motor Speedway website.

Ryan Truex
7:45pm/et
Scheduled to appear for a question-and-answer session as part of FanFest, a free event hosted by WOKQ 97.5 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. For more information, visit the New Hampshire Motor Speedway website.

Saturday, July 14

Travis Pastrana
1:00pm/et
Sprint Experience located in S2 display lot [between turns 1 and 2; directly across from the turn 2 tunnel entrance] at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Cole Whitt
1:00pm/et
Signing autographs at the JR Nation merchandise hauler located in the fan concourse area at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Sunday, July 15

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
10:40am/et
Scheduled to appear for a question-and-answer session with Kim Coon at the Sprint Experience located in the S2 display lot [between turns 1 and 2; directly across from the turn 2 tunnel entrance] at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Jeff Gordon
scheduled to appear for a question-and-answer session at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway Magic Mile Club. Gordon will appear race morning prior to the LENOX Industrial Tools 30. Fans who buy this ultimate hospitality package will have access to a private catered pre-race event, a pre-race pit pass, great tickets to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, and a Q&A with Jeff Gordon. For more information, visit the New Hampshire Motor Speedway website.

Bobby Labonte
9:30am/et
Scheduled to appear at the Sprint Experience located in the S2 display lot [between turns 1 and 2; directly across from the turn 2 tunnel entrance] at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Ryan Newman
0:05am/et
scheduled to appear at the Sprint Experience located in the S2 display lot [between turns 1 and 2; directly across from the turn 2 tunnel entrance] at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

NASCAR team notes: New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Iowa Speedway

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Qualifying:
Friday, July 13 @ 3:30 pm/et on SPEED

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Happy Hour Practice:
Saturday, July 14 @ 11 am/et on SPEED

Race Coverage:
Sunday, July 15 @ 1:00pm/et on TNT

Tony Stewart and Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Ryan Newman – who’s fighting for a Chase “wild card” berth – won both New Hampshire races a year ago. Newman and Stewart finished one-two in the summer; Stewart won at Loudon in the fall, the second of five Chase victories that led to his third NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.

Clint Bowyer, on top of the world just days ago as the winner in Sonoma, finds himself the “bubble boy” – 10th in the standings – headed for New England. Good news: Bowyer is the only two-time winner in Loudon over the past nine races.

The “wild card” race remains anything but tame. A three-way deadlock for the 12th Chase spot was broken in Daytona but Joey Logano can’t take an easy breath. He is, however, a former New Hampshire winner. Logano’s a point ahead of defending race winner Ryan Newman; three ahead of Coca-Cola 600 winner Kasey Kahne.

Jeff Burton is New Hampshire’s leading winner with four victories but none since 2000. Fresh off of his second-place finish in the Coke Zero 400, will put him back in Victory Lane for the first time since Charlotte in the fall of 2008.

 

Track:
New Hampshire Motor Speedway

NASCAR Nationwide Practice:
Friday, July 13 @ 11 a.m./et & 1:30 p.m./et on SPEED

NASCAR Nationwide Qualifying:
Saturday, July 14 @ 10 a.m./et on ESPN2

Race Coverage:
Saturday, July 14 @ 2:30 pm/et on ESPN

Saturday’s New Hampshire stop signals the first round of the NASCAR Nationwide Series’ Dash 4 Cash and a $100,000 payoff for four of the series’ elite performers. Points leader Elliott Sadler, Sunoco Rookie of the Year headliner Austin Dillon, defending series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and rising star Michael Annett face off with the highest finisher claiming the 100K.

It’s a race within a race as the top finisher of the four wins the $100,000 and eligibility for the next round at Chicagoland Speedway on July 15. The next three points-eligible finishers in New Hampshire also qualify for the following week’s $100,000 face-off.

Should the same driver win the first three rounds at New Hampshire, Chicago and Indianapolis, plus the Iowa 250 his overall total winnings will reach $1 million.

Both Danica Patrick and Travis Pastrana will compete in Saturday’s New Hampshire race. At Daytona, Patrick again was on the leading edge of becoming NASCAR’s first national series female winner, leading five times for 14 laps at Daytona International Speedway, before being collected in a late accident. Pastrana will be making his fifth appearance of the season and first since Charlotte in late May. His best finish to date is 17th at Darlington.

 

Track:
Iowa Speedway

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Practice:
Friday, July 13 @ 7 p.m./et on SPEED

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying:
Saturday, July 14 @ 6 p.m./et  (TV at 6:30) on SPEED

Race Coverage:
Saturday, July 14 @ 8:30 pm/et on SPEED

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series return to action in Saturday’s American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway. Three Iowa races have produced three different winners with resurgent Matt Crafton, coming off a fourth-place finish and Keystone Light Pole at Kentucky Speedway, hoping to duplicate last year’s victory.

Points leader Timothy Peters hasn’t had much success at Iowa Speedway. He currently leads Justin Lofton and Ty Dillon by four points each followed by James Buescher and Parker Kligerman. Dillon won last year’s Iowa ARCA race and helped 2012 champion and older brother Austin Dillon celebrate his first NCWTS victory in 2010 at Iowa Speedway.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Driver Stats: New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Race #: 19 of 36
Track Size: 1.058-miles
Race Length: 301 laps / 318.46 miles
Banking/Turns: Variable 2-7 degrees
Banking/Straights: 1 degree
Frontstretch: 1,500 feet
Backstretch: 1,500 feet

Qualifying/Race Data
2011 pole winner: Ryan Newman, Chevrolet (135.232 mph, 28.165 sec., 07-15-11)
2011 race winner: Ryan Newman, Chevrolet (104.100 mph, 3:03:33, 07-17-11)
Track qualifying record: Ryan Newman, Chevrolet (135.232 mph, 28.165 sec., 07-15-11)
Track race record: Jeff Burton, Ford (117.134 mph, 2:42:35, 06-13-97)

Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire going into the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 on July 15.

NEW HAMPSHIRE-SPECIFIC STATISTICS

Clint Bowyer (No. 15 5-hour Energy Toyota)
· Two wins, two top fives, four top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 17.0

Jeff Burton (No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet)
· Four wins, eight top fives, 13 top 10s
· Average finish of 13.6

Kurt Busch (No. 51 Phoenix Construction Services Inc. Chevrolet)
· Three wins, seven top fives, 11 top 10s
· Average finish of 13.9

Kyle Busch (No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota)
· One win, four top fives, six top 10s
· Average finish of 15.9

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet)
· Six top fives, 10 top 10s
· Average finish of 16.7

Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet)
· Three wins, 15 top fives, 19 top 10s; three poles
· Average finish of 10.8

Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota)
· One win, five top fives, eight top 10s
· Average finish of 9.0

Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Rheem Chevrolet)
· One win, five top fives, 11 top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 14.1

Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet)
· Three wins, seven top fives, 13 top 10s
· Average finish of 10.1

Ryan Newman (No. 39 Army ROTC Chevrolet)
· Three wins, six top fives, 13 top 10s; six poles
· Average finish of 13.0

Tony Stewart (No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet)
· Three wins, 14 top fives, 16 top 10s; one pole
· Average finish of 11.5

Chase Contenders
The Top 10
Following Race 18 of 36
                                             
Driver Points Wins Poles Week Rating
1. Matt Kenseth 676 1 1 1 106.2
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 651 1 0 2 101.0
3. Greg Biffle 632 1 2 4 104.9
4. Jimmie Johnson 618 2 1 3 106.7
5. Tony Stewart 592 3 0 9 91.4
6. Kevin Harvick 586 0 0 6 92.1
7. Denny Hamlin 584 2 1 5 97.5
8. Martin Truex Jr. 584 0 1 8 96.1
9. Brad Keselowski 573 3 0 10 92.9
10. Clint Bowyer 572 1 0 7 90.3

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2012 Top 12 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Driver Races Poles Wins Top Fives Top 10s DNFs Average Finish Driver Rating
1 Matt Kenseth 24 0 0 5 12 1 14.0 77.3
2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 25 0 0 6 10 4 16.7 96.5
3 Greg Biffle 19 0 1 5 7 2 16.6 87.7
4 Jimmie Johnson 20 0 3 7 13 0 10.1 104.6
5 Tony Stewart 26 1 3 14 16 2 11.5 114.1
6 Kevin Harvick 22 1 1 5 11 0 14.1 91.7
7 Denny Hamlin 12 0 1 5 8 0 9.0 98.1
8 Martin Truex Jr. 12 0 0 3 5 1 15.1 85.8
9 Brad Keselowski 5 1 0 1 2 0 17.4 73.8
10 Clint Bowyer 12 1 2 2 4 1 17.0 95.1
11 Carl Edwards 15 0 0 2 3 0 13.9 88.0
12 Kyle Busch 14 0 1 4 6 0 15.9 88.5
* – Based on last 14 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
 
The Wild Card Standings Following: Daytona International Speedway

 

Pos. Driver Wins Pts. Pos. Points Pts. From 10th
1 Kyle Busch 1 12 516 -56
2 Joey Logano 1 14 503 -69
3 Ryan Newman 1 15 502 -70
4 Kasey Kahne 1 16 500 -72
5 Carl Edwards 0 11 541 -31
6 Paul Menard 0 13 507 -65
7 Jeff Gordon 0 17 485 -87
8 Jeff Burton 0 18 470 -102
9 Marcos Ambrose 0 19 470 -102
10 Jamie McMurray 0 20 462 -110

The top-10 drivers will make the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Positions 11 and 12 in the 12-driver Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup are Wild Cards, and will go to drivers outside the top 10 with the most wins, as long as they are ranked in the top 20 in points. If multiple drivers outside the top 10 tie for wins, the tie-breaker will go to the race winner with the highest points position.

History

· Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989.

· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup race was on July 11, 1993.

· Renamed New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2008.

Notebook

· There have been 34 NASCAR Sprint Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway; one per year from 1993 through 1996 and two per year since.

· Four drivers have competed in all 34 races: Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte and Joe Nemechek.

· Mark Martin won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup pole.

· Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

· There have been 17 different pole winners, led by Ryan Newman (six).

· 20 different drivers have won, led by Jeff Burton (four).

· Jimmie Johnson (2003) and Kurt Busch (2004) are the only drivers that have posted season sweeps. Those are also the only back-to-back winners.

· Hendrick Motorsports has won eight races, more than any other organization.

· The deepest in the field that a New Hampshire race winner started was 38th, by Jeff Burton in 1999.

· There have been five winners who started from the pole. The last race winner to win from the pole was Ryan Newman last season.

· Jeff Burton led all 300 laps raced in the 2000 fall race.

· Five drivers got their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at New Hampshire: Joe Nemechek (1999), Robby Gordon (2001), Ryan Newman (2002), Clint Bowyer (2007) and Joey Logano (2009).

· Two drivers got their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole at New Hampshire: Patrick Carpentier (2008) and Brad Keselowski (2010).

· Denny Hamlin (9.0) is the only active driver with an average finish at NHMS in the top 10.

· Jeff Gordon has led the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series laps all-time at New Hampshire at 1,304.

· Last fall’s event (9/25/11) at NHMS tied the records for most all-time leaders (15), and fewest laps led by the winner (2).

· Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire Motor Speedway winner: Joey Logano (06/28/2009 – 19 years, 1 month, 4 days).

· Oldest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire Motor Speedway winner: Mark Martin (09/20/2009 – 50 years, 8 months, 11 days).

 

Source: NASCARMedia Statistics

NASCAR Cup driver autograph locations for New Hampshire

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Brad Keselowski
6:30 pm
Shooter’s
190 State Route 3
Belmont, NH.

Friday, September 23

David Reutimann
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Aaron’s store
320 Daniel Webster Highway
Belmont, New Hampshire

Sunday, September 25
David Reutimann
Michael Waltrip Racing merchandise hauler located in the fan concourse at New Hampshire Motor speedway.
9:30 am

New Hampshire Motor Speedway offers Twitter followers chance to wave qualifying flag

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Ten lucky fans will have the opportunity to wave the green flag during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying during Fans First Pole Day on Friday, Sept. 23.  The contest will be run through Twitter and entering is simple.

Anyone that takes a picture at the track from now through Thursday and shares it on Twitter using #ILoveNHMS will be entered to win.  There is a maximum of one entry per day.  Pictures may be of anything from the track to FanFest to your camper to, well, whatever strikes your creative mind!

Entries will be randomly selected, so while you’re encouraged to take good photos, you don’t have to be a professional photographer to stand a chance at winning.  Winners will be selected Friday morning and contacted via Twitter.  Due to the nature of the contest, everyone that wins must be present to participate and if you can’t make it, there is no way to reschedule or substitute prizes.

Each winner will have the opportunity to wave the flag for one Sprint Cup driver during their qualifying session, which begins at 3:10 p.m. on Sept. 23.  Winners will be assigned a driver and will not be able to choose any specific vehicle.  Ear protection is recommended.

Source:  www.nhms.com

Montgomery Gentry to perform pre-race ceremonies at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Sept. 25th

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Montgomery Gentry. Photo courtesy of NHMS.

Country award winning duo Montgomery Gentry will kick start the SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a performance during pre-race ceremonies at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sept. 25.

Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry exploded onto the country music scene 11 years ago, releasing more than 20 charted singles including hits like “My Town,” “Hell Yeah,” “Something to be Proud Of,” “Lucky Man” and “Back When I Knew it All.”

Their latest single, “Where I Come From” just hit the country charts, and their new studio album, Rebels on the Run, will be in stores Oct. 4, 2011.

The weekend will include the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SYLVANIA 300, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series F.W. Webb 175, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East New Hampshire 125, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour New Hampshire 100 and the American-Canadian Tour Invitational.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the NHMS ticket hotline at (603) 783-4931 or by visiting www.nhms.com.

Source: New Hampshire Motor Speedway