Overview
- Ryan Blaney led 116 laps at New Hampshire to win and secure an automatic berth in the Round of 8.
- Joey Logano took pole, led a race-high 147 laps, won a stage and finished fourth to cap a Penske front-row lockout.
- Blaney said on Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s podcast that Roger Penske wants his cars to run first and second with no team orders beyond not wrecking each other.
- Competitors acknowledged the advantage, with JGR’s Chris Gabehart calling Penske cars “completely untouchable again” and 23XI’s Tyler Reddick saying the package works at tracks like Loudon.
- Austin Cindric sits 10th and 19 points below the cutline after finishing 17th at NHMS, heading to Kansas and the Charlotte Roval as a new right-side tire debuts at Kansas that he and Josh Berry expect to have limited impact.