SNAPSHOT: NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the garage at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
during this race weekend.

(PHOTO: @NASCAR On Twitter)

FROM NASCAR.COM

What: 19th annual Sylvania 300.

Where: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 1.058-mile oval in Loudon, New Hampshire.

Green flag time: 2:15 p.m. ET (NBCSN, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Forecast: Patchy fog, then sunny; High of 70 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

National anthem: TBD.

Grand marshal: Julian Dench, Senior Vice President and General Manager, OSRAM SYLVANIA.

Distance: 300 laps, 317.4 miles.

Pit road speed: 45 mph.

Caution car speed: 50 mph.

Competition caution: None.

 

On the front row

1. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (137.980 mph).

2. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet (137.845 mph).

Fastest in practice

First practice: Carl Edwards, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (136.894 mph). | Results

Second practice: Carl Edwards, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (133.516 mph). | Results

Final practice: Kevin Harvick No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet (134.577 mph). | Results

 

Key story lines

1. Johnson, Harvick open up on Chicagoland scuffle

 

2. Gordon on verge of breaking Ricky Rudd’s Iron Man record

 

3. Penalty just the latest setback for Bowyer, MWR

 

Former winners in the field

Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart (3); Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano (2 wins); Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski (1 win).

 

They said it

"I don't look back. I just do what we have to do to focus on what we need to do looking forward. We are not going to use (the media) to make threats. I can do that myself." 

-- Kevin Harvick on incident with Jimmie Johnson