Thirty-eight cars are on the NASCAR Cup entry list for Sunday’s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The race airs at 3 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
The entry list has JJ Yeley in the No. 27 for Rick Ware Racing. Joey Gase is in the No. 51 for RWR. James Davison will make his third start of the season but first for RWR. Garrett Smithley will drive the No. 77 for Spire Motorsports.
The Xfinity and the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series are both off this weekend.
NASCAR has fined two Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series crew chiefs $2,500 each for having a lug nut not secure and safe after last Saturday’s race at Kansas Speedway.
NASCAR fined Truck crew chiefs Kevin Bellicourt, crew chief for rookie Derek Kraus, and Danny Stockman, crew chief for Brandon Jones, for the lug nut violations.
Brad Daughterty has joined the NBC Sports team for NASCAR broadcasts this season, NBC Sports announced Tuesday. Daugherty is scheduled to make his debut with NBC Sports during the Michigan doubleheader weekend Aug. 8-9.
He will primarily join the team of studio analysts for pre- and post-race coverage alongside current NBC Sports NASCAR analysts Dale Jarrett and Kyle Petty. Daugherty also will join the broadcast booth for select Xfinity Series races.
“I’m extremely excited and I’m looking forward to spending time with all of the folks at NBC Sports and talk racing,” said Daugherty, who also has served as an analyst for ESPN. “I want to thank NBC Sports for giving me this historic opportunity and share my passion and insight about this sport that I’ve loved for more than 30 years. I’m boisterous, I love to laugh and talk, and I think my excitement will translate to the viewers watching at home.”
“Brad’s energy, emotion and passion for NASCAR make him a perfect fit for the NBC Sports team,” said Jeff Behnke, vice president of NASCAR production and motorsports, NBC Sports. “His ability to inform, entertain and simply share his love of the sport will be terrific for the fans and viewers.”
Daugherty, co-owner of JTG Daugherty Racing, has been involved in racing for much of his life. He wore the No. 43 during his eight-year NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers as a tribute to Richard Petty.
Daugherty grew up in Black Mountain, North Carolina and was friends with former NASCAR driver Robert Pressley. Daugherty and Pressley built a late model car together. They eventually paired together on a Busch Series car and Pressley won in his rookie year in 1989 in a car owned by Daugherty.
NBC Sports’ coverage of NASCAR continues this weekend with the Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN).
JR Motorsports announced Tuesday that sponsors Bass Pro Shops, TrueTimber Camo and Black Rifle Coffee Company will extend their partnership on Noah Gragson‘s car for an additional 16 races this Xfinity season.
Team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gragson made the announcement in a video posted to social media.
The Xfinity Series is off this weekend. The series races next on Aug. 8 at Road America.
Gragson, who is third in the points after 17 of 33 series races, has two wins this season. The JR Motorsports driver won at Daytona in February and at Bristol in June. Gragson finished 15th last weekend at Kansas Speedway.
.@noahgragson and @dalejr are here to share an some big news for the No. 9 team! @BassProShops @TrueTimber @blckriflecoffee pic.twitter.com/wR3MsKTlkv
— JR Motorsports (@JRMotorsports) July 28, 2020
Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin have combined to win four of the last five Cup races at New Hampshire. Which one would you take for Sunday’s race there?
Dustin Long: Denny Hamlin. He will gain his revenge for coming up just short in his battle with Kevin Harvick for the win last year at New Hampshire.
Daniel McFadin: I’ll take Harvick. He’s been more consistent over the last few weeks and he’s won the last two races at NHMS.
Dustin: True but I’m looking for Hamlin to buck a trend. Three times he’s followed a win by finishing outside the top 10. I think he breaks that trend this weekend.
Daniel: Kevin Harvick’s never heard of a non-top 10 finish.
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The races at the Daytona road course and the Daytona oval are among the final seven races in the regular season for the Cup series. Which Daytona race will be more of a wild card?
Daniel: The one that takes place on a track NASCAR’s never competed on, the road course. Remember all the concern over Turn 1 on the Charlotte Roval two years ago? Well, at least they got to practice then.
Dustin: That’s what simulators are for. The wild card race will be the Daytona oval event. Regular-season finale. Last chance for some to make the playoffs. Desperation. Yes, it has all the ingredients for a wild card race.
Daniel: Everybody in the field and their mother has had their fair share of superspeedway races. While some drivers have tried out the road course before, they never have in a Cup/Xfinity/Truck vehicle. That first lap at speed will be wild.
Dustin: Just as wild as those final laps on the oval.
NASCAR sets the starting lineup by a random draw. A series official recently said that there could be some change once the playoffs begin. How should the starting lineup be set for the playoffs?
Dustin: Inversion from the previous race. Invert the top 20, maybe even the top 25. You don’t perform the race before, you don’t get a good starting spot. Simple. No reliance on the luck of a random draw. Adds a performance element. That should be a part of the playoffs. Don’t give playoff teams the right to the best starting spots. Let them earn it.
Daniel: This is reasonable to me. Almost too reasonable.
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