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Sunday update: The Crayon 301 has been postponed due to inclement weather in New Hampshire. The race will now take place on Monday at 12 p.m. ET. It will air on USA Network.
NEWS: Sunday's #Crayon301 at @NHMS has been postponed due to weather.
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 16, 2023
The race will take place Monday, July 17 at 12 PM ET on USA Network, PRN and @SiriusXMNASCAR Radio. pic.twitter.com/nBbV9OdHng
Round 2 update: Christopher Bell ran the fastest lap in the second round and claimed pole position for Sunday’s Crayon 301. Martin Truex, Jr. will join him on the front row. The full starting lineup is listed below.
Round 1, Group B update: The second group wrapped up their first qualifying runs and Joey Logano had the fastest lap of the group. The five fastest advancing to the second round were Logano, Aric Almirola, Christopher Bell, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney.
Round 1, Group A update: The first group wrapped up their first qualifying runs and Martin Truex, Jr. had the fastest lap of the group. The five fastest that advance to the second round were Truex, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, and Kyle Busch.
The NASCAR Cup Series is running qualifying on Saturday afternoon with the field competing to fill out the starting lineup for the Crayon 301. Qualifying gets underway at 12:50 p.m. ET in Loudon at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and airs on USA Network.
If you’re not watching qualifying on television, we’ll be providing updates for each round and who claims the pole for Sunday’s race. Qualifying will run two rounds and last approximately an hour. The field will be split in half and each driver will get one lap to provide their fastest time. The five fastest drivers in each group will advance to a second round where the ten finalists will compete for pole position. The rest of the field will be based on speed in qualifying.
Christopher Bell and Martin Truex, Jr. are co-favorites to win Sunday’s race at DraftKings Sportsbook. Bell won this race last year and Truex claimed the pole in qualifying.
Here is the full entry list for the Crayon 301 Cup Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.
2023 Crayon 301 starting lineup
Pos. | Driver | Car # |
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Pos. | Driver | Car # |
1 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
2 | Martin Truex Jr | 19 |
3 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
4 | Joey Logano | 22 |
5 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
6 | Tyler Reddick | 45 |
7 | William Byron | 24 |
8 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
9 | Brad Keselowski | 6 |
10 | Kyle Busch | 8 |
11 | Austin Dillon | 3 |
12 | Daniel Suarez | 99 |
13 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
14 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 |
15 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47 |
17 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
18 | Chase Elliott | 9 |
19 | Justin Haley | 31 |
20 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
21 | Ryan Preece | 41 |
22 | Austin Cindric | 2 |
23 | Todd Gilliland | 38 |
24 | Corey LaJoie | 7 |
25 | Alex Bowman | 48 |
26 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
27 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
28 | Harrison Burton | 21 |
29 | Noah Gragson | 42 |
30 | Erik Jones | 43 |
31 | Ross Chastain | 1 |
32 | B.J. McLeod | 78 |
33 | Ryan Newman | 15 |
34 | Cole Custer | 51 |
35 | Ty Dillon | 77 |
36 | Ty Gibbs | 54 |