The second race of the NASCAR Monster Energy playoffs takes place this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Joining the Cup Series will be the Camping World Truck Series while the Xfinity Series takes to Kentucky Speedway.
Martin Truex Jr. continued his domination of the Cup Series with a win at Chicagoland, the driver of the No. 78 Toyota has won the opening race of the playoffs the last two years. With Truex onto the next round safely there are 15 others who know they need to find a way to advance. Chase Elliott who finished second at Chicagoland received a penalty which knocked him back 15 points while a handful of others know one mistake could result in a similar situation.
On track activity starts on Friday with practice and qualifying. Saturday is made up of one Cup practice and Xfinity activity before Sunday’s race. You can read below to see the entire weekend schedule, race start time and tv information for NASCAR at New Hampshire this weekend.
NASCAR Weekend Schedule New Hampshire 2017 Fall
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
11:30 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, NBCSN
1:30-2:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS1
3:30-4:25 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1
5:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN
ON TRACK: KENTUCKY
4-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series practice, NBCSN
6:30-7:25 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series final practice, NBCSN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
9-9:55 a.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice, CNBC
10:05 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS1
11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, NBC Sports App
1 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 175 (175 laps, 185.15 miles), FS1
ON TRACK: KENTUCKY
5:35 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, NBCSN
8 p.m.: NASCAR XFINITY Series VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (200 laps, 300 miles), NBCSN
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
2 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ISM Connect 300 (300 laps, 317.4 miles), NBCSN Green Flag: 2:15 p.m.
Previous Winners
Cup: Denny Hamlin (Spring) Kevin Harvick (last Fall)
Camping World Truck Series: William Byron
Xfinity Series (Kentucky): Kyle Busch (Spring) Elliott Sadler (last Fall)
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Weather
It will be a nice weekend for racing in Loudon. Temperatures will be in the mid 70’s on Friday and rise to 80 on Saturday before topping out 88 on Sunday.