Ryan Blaney wins Round of 12 Playoff opener at New Hampshire: Team Penske Fords were fast in practice, fast in qualifying and fastest in the Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when it counted Sunday afternoon with Ryan Blaney taking a .937-second victory over fellow Ford driver Josh Berry in the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs’ Round of 12.[Read More]
#12-Ryan Blaney won the Mobil 1 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The win is his third win of the year, first at New Hampshire and 16th career win.
#21-Josh Berry finished 2nd followed by #24-William Byron, pole winner #22-Joey Logano, #9-Chase Elliott, #20-Christopher Bell, #5-Kyle Larson, #71-Michael McDowell, #1-Ross Chastain, and #19-Chase Briscoe.
Blaney was the most dominate car all day. He led four different times for a total of 147 laps and won by more than one second. His win locks him into the Round of 8.
Stage 1 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney. Stage 2 was won by #22-Joey Logano.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #77-Carson Hocevar.
There were 14 lead changes among 7 drivers and 8 cautions for 45 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 101.699mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers finished at New Hampshire:
#12-Ryan Blaney, 1st
#24-William Byron, 3rd
#22-Joey Logano, 4th
#9-Chase Elliott, 5th
#20-Christopher Bell, 6th
#5-Kyle Larson, 7th
#1-Ross Chastain, 9th
#19-Chase Briscoe, 10th
#11-Denny Hamlin, 12th
#2-Austin Cindric, 17th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 21st
#23-Bubba Wallace, 26th
Race Fast Facts – New Hampshire:
Ryan Blaney (P) won the Mobil 1 301, his 16th victory in 372 Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 13 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2025.
William Byron (P) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Riley Herbst (22nd) was the highest finishing rookie.
Ryan Blaney (P) leads the point standings by 2 points over William Byron (P).
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after New Hampshire:
Race 30 of 36 in the season
Race 4 of 10 in the Playoffs
Race 1 of 3 in the Round of 12
1) #12-Ryan Blaney [Win in Round of 12], [33 playoff points], 3084
3) #24-William Byron [32 playoff points], 3082, +47
2) #5-Kyle Larson, [32 playoff points], 3076, +41
4) #20-Christopher Bell [23 playoff points], 3064, +29
1) #11-Denny Hamlin [34 playoff points], 3062, +27
11) #22-Joey Logano [8 playoff points], 3059, -24
7) #9-Chase Elliott [13 playoff points], 3049, +14
6) #19-Chase Briscoe [18 playoff points], 3047, +12
Outside the top 8
10) #1-Ross Chastain [7 playoff points], 3035, -12
9) #2-Austin Cindric [8 playoff points], 3028, -19
12) #45-Tyler Reddick [6 playoff points], 3024, -23
8) #23-Bubba Wallace [9 playoff points], 3020, -27
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Blaney. He wins over Berry, Byron, Logano and Elliott.
White flag for Blaney.
Lap 299 – Three to go. Blaney in control.
Lap 297 – Just five laps left. Blaney with a .81 second lead.
Lap 292 – Ten laps to go. Blaney over Berry by .62 second. Bryon remains 2.6 seconds back.
Lap 286 – Blaney’s lead is up slightly to .37 second over Berry.
Lap 281 – 21 laps remaining. Blaney’s lead is .26 second as Berry is not falling off. Third place Byron has fallen 2.9 seconds back.
Lap 271 – 31 laps to go. Blaney over Berry by .72 second. Then Byron, Elliott and Logano.
Lap 264 – Blaney back to the lead with 38 laps remaining. Then Berry, Byron, Elliott, Logano, Larson Chastain, Hocevar, McDowell and Bell.
Lap 26 – Blaney to second, Byron to third, Elliott back to fourth. Berry still leads.
Lap 260 – Green with 42 laps remaining.
Lap 244 – Pit road is open. Most leaders come in. Berry and Elliott stay out. Two tires for most drivers. Off pit road: Blaney, Logano, Byron, Hamlin, Larson, Hocevar, Chastain,
Lap 254 – CAUTION out for Ware. He spun in turn two.
Lap 252 – Fifty laps to go. Blaney’s lead over Logano is now 3.26 seconds.
Lap 244 – With pit stops complete and 57 laps remaining, it’s Blaney back out front by nearly 4 seconds over Logano. Then Berry, Byron, Larson, Hamlin, Bell, Hocevar, Chastain, and Briscoe.
Lap 243 – Elliott now pits, as does Buescher and that will cycle pit stops through.
Lap 242 – Berry pits and Elliott is now the leader.
Lap 238 – Logano pits from the lead. Berry now out front.
Lap 237 – Larson, Byron, and Hamlin pit.
Lap 236 – Bell, Briscoe an ADillon among those on pit road as stops continue.
Lap 233- Logano takes the lead back as Blaney kicks off green flag pit stops.
Lap 231 – Top five are now Blaney, Logano, Berry, Larson and Byron.
Lap 229 – Blaney takes the lead from Logano. 72 laps to go. Everyone needs to pit once more for fuel.
Lap 210 – Logano leads Blaney by 1.5 second. Byron is third, then Larson and Hamlin.
Lap 201 – First 200 laps of the race completed in 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Lap 193 – Back to green for the start of the final stage. 109 laps remaining.
Lap 188 – Leader come to pit road for service. Logano is off first again, then Cindric, Byron, Larson, Hamlin, Elliott, Blaney, Bell and Berry.
Lap 186 – CAUTION for the end of stage 2. Logano wins it over Larson, Byron, Blaney, Hocevar, Bell, Elliott, Hamlin, Briscoe, and Berry.
Lap 171 – Fifteen laps left in stage two. Logano’s lead over Larson is 1.7 second.
Lap 163 – Gibbs is officially out.
Lap 157 – Nemechek officially done for the day.
Lap 154 – Back to green with 32 laps remaining in stage 2.
Lap 150 – Pit road is open. Leaders are back in. Off pit road it’s: Logano, Larson, Byron, McDowell, Bell, Hamlin.
Lap 148 – CAUTION. Nemechek in the wall in turn 3.
Lap 139 – Logano takes the lead. Larson back to second, then Briscoe, Blaney and Hocevar.
Lap 136 – Logano moves around Briscoe for second.
Lap 135 – Larson takes the lead from Briscoe. 51 laps remaining in stage 2.
Lap 126 – Suarez is officially done for the day.
Lap 124 – Back go green. Briscoe, Hocevar, Logano, Larson, Blaney the top 5.
Lap 118 – Back to green but CAUTION for an accident involving Suarez, Keselowski, Busch, SVG, Haley on the backstretch.
Lap 113 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Briscoe off first with two tires, then Logano, Blaney, Hocevar, Larson, Buescher, Reddick,
Lap 110 – CAUTION, Turn two, Hamlin got into the rear of Gibbs in turn two and sent him into the wall.
Lap 101 – Blaney continues to lead Logano, Hocevar, Byron, and Larson. The first 100 laps took 1 hour, 3 minutes, 55 seconds to complete.
Lap 88 – Green flag back out. Blaney, Logano, Byron, Hocevar, SVG, Reddick, Larson, Hamlin, Bowman, Bell the top 10 now.
Lap 84 – Pit road is open but leaders stay out.
Lap 82 – CAUTION for contact between SVG and Berry. Berry does a lazy slide but doesn’t hit anything.
Lap 78 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. Still Blaney, Logano, Byron, Berry, Hocevar, Larson, SVG, Bowman, Reddick, McDowell.
Lap 74 – Cars that did not pit under the first caution come in this time.
Lap 71 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Blaney wins it over Logano, Byron, Berry, Hocevar, Larson, SVG, Bowman, Reddick, McDowell.
Lap 70 – Green flag for a one lap shootout to the end of the stage.
Lap 65 – Pit road is open. Leaders all come in. Off pit road: Blaney, Berry, Logano, Byron, Hocevar, SVG, Larson
Lap 63 – CAUTION is out. Ware spins in turn 3 & 4. Current top 5: Blaney, Berry, Logano, Byron, SVG
Lap 54 – Blaney takes the lead from Logano.
Lap 44 – Blaney has moved back to second place.
Lap 41 – Current top 10: Logano, Berry, Blaney, Byron, Hocevar, SVG, Reddick, Bowman, Larson, McDowell. Nemechek, Busch, and Ware have been lapped.
Lap 30 – Logano leads Berry by .4 second. They are closing in on the back of the field and will start lapping cars soon.
Lap 20 – Logano and Berry still up front. Blaney had moved back up to fourth.
Lap 6 – Logano, Berry, Hocevar, Bryon, Reddick and SVG the top six. Blaney has fallen to seventh.
Lap 2 – Logano leads the first lap. Berry up to second.
• 2:05pm/et – Green flag at New Hampshire.
• 1:55pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 1:46pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 1:30pm/et – USA Network now has race coverage.
• 90 minutes until the green flag and still no cars to the rear.
• No weather issues today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Race details:
Broadcast: USA, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 301 laps / 318.46 miles
Stages: 70 / 185 / 301
Average time of race: 3:10:25
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 100 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
- Drivers Meeting will begin at 12:50 p.m. in the Infield Hospitality Tent across from Victory Lane.
- Driver Introductions will begin at 1:15 p.m. (stage at the start/finish line).
- Playoff Drivers will be introduced last.
- Drivers will do a full ride around lap – dropped at the front of the grid.
Invocation: 1:46:20 p.m.
Canadian Anthem: 1:47:00 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:48:20 p.m.
Command: 1:55:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 2:05:00 p.m.
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: none
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Mobil 1 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway have been made.
Pole winner #22-Joey Logano chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #12-Ryan Blaney took the sixth stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the New Hampshire Pit Stall page.
Three-time Cup Series champion #22-Joey Logano won the Busch Light pole for the Mobil 1 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with a speed of 130.622 mph for his second pole of the year, first at New Hampshire and 33rd of his career.
Team Penske swept the front row with #12-Ryan Blaney turning the second best speed (129.865 mph). #21-Josh Berry (129.754 mph), #45-Tyler Reddick (129.745 mph) and #24-William Byron (129.607 mph) rounded out the top five.
#77-Carson Hocevar, #48-Alex Bowman, #1-Ross Chastain, #11-Denny Hamlin and #88-Shane van Gisbergen complete the top 10.
See the complete qualifying results and the Mobil 1 301 Starting Lineup.
Where the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers start at New Hampshire:
#22-Joey Logano, 1st
#12-Ryan Blaney, 2nd
#45-Tyler Reddick, 4th
#24-William Byron, 5th
#1-Ross Chastain, 8th
#11-Denny Hamlin, 9th
#23-Bubba Wallace, 14th
#19-Chase Briscoe, 18th
#20-Christopher Bell, 19th
#2-Austin Cindric, 22nd
#9-Chase Elliott, 27th
New Hampshire – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Joey Logano (P) won the Pole Award for the Mobil 1 301 with a lap of 29.159 seconds, 130.622 mph.
This is his 33rd pole in 609 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 13th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in 27 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Ryan Blaney (P) (second) posted his 14th top-10 start of 2025 and his seventh in 13 races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Josh Berry (third) posted his second top-10 start at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It is his 11th in 30 races this season.
Shane Van Gisbergen (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the Mobil 1 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is over. The results:
#24-William Byron 127.834 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 127.645 mph
#60-Ryan Preece 127.483 mph
#35-Riley Herbst 127.402 mph
#41-Cole Custer 127.380 mph
Slowest: #51-Cody Ware 125.178 mph
Most laps run: #12-Ryan Blaney, #99-Daniel Suarez, #9-Chase Elliott, 46.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 35 drivers): #12-Ryan Blaney 126.650 mph
Notes: There were no issues in the session.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the Mobil 1 301 Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Mobil 1 301 NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
See the full entry list on the Mobil 1 301 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — New Hampshire: NASCAR Cup Series teams will run the same Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setup in New Hampshire that was used earlier this year at Bowman Gray Stadium, Martinsville Speedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway and Richmond Raceway.
Statistical Advance: Analyzing the Mobil 1 301: A look at some of the top statistical performers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, going into the Mobil 1 301.
NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
- This weekend marks the 58th running of a NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
- New Hampshire hosted one race annually between 1993-96, then two races per year between 1997-2017 before returning to one race in 2018.
- This is the 15th time New Hampshire hosted a Playoff race, but it is the first time since 2017.
- The track hosted the opening round of the Playoffs between 2004-2010 and was the second race in the Round of 16 between 2014-2017.
- New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of eight different tracks to host the fourth race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, alongside Talladega Superspeedway (2006, 2007, 2008, 2012), Auto Club Speedway (2009, 2010), Charlotte Motor Speedway (2015, 2016, 2017), Dover Motor Speedway (2018, 2019), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2020, 2021), Texas Motor Speedway (2022-2023) and Kansas Speedway (2004, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2024).
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Race rules and information:
