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Kyle Busch topped the chart in final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. was declared the Coors Light Pole Award winner Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, taking the No. 1 starting position after Kyle Larson’s apparent pole-winning lap was disallowed.

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion, Jimmie Johnson, led the way for Team Chevy in qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway placing his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevy SS on the outside pole for Sunday’s Overton’s 301. Johnson posted a lap of 28.705 seconds/132.688 mph around the 1-mile track. A three-time winner at NHMS, Johnson will make his best start of the 2017 when he takes the green flag from the second starting spot.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 WIX Filters Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - Are you enjoying the rivalry with Kyle Larson this year? “Oh yeah, it’s been fun. His car’s fast and he’s a good driver and it’s been fun racing with him and practice we were one, two and now qualifying we’re one, two, so yeah. I just I thought we had a little advantage there on tires, you know? We only ran one lap in the first two rounds and I just didn’t quite have it there that third round. Just a little bit too tight... Читать дальше...

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – Pole Winner - YOU USED TO STAY THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR WORST TRACKS… “We haven’t got to the race yet. No, our Target Chevy has been really fast all day. It has a lot of speed. Like I really don’t have to drive that hard and it just makes a lot of speed. So, that is good. We are missing Chad (Johnston, crew chief) this weekend and for the next couple of weeks, so good to rebound with a pole. That is pretty strong out of our organization. I’ve got a great lineup of guys and gals. Читать дальше...

Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion: Qualified 10th “I feel like we just can’t find that extra grip. We are just dealing with what we can find, trading and borrowing. We are tight here and loose there and so we trade and end up opposite. Not quite sure how to find that extra speed in it. We just keep chipping away. It is a flat one-mile track with certain things you have to do here that you don’t do at other places. Thanks to Gibson and these guys for working hard and building aero and mechanical grip. Читать дальше...

This season for the "rocket man" Ryan Newman is roughly on par with his 2016 campaign.