Joe Gibbs Racing drivers are not ready to relax after sweeping the three NASCAR Cup Series Round of 16 races.
Chase Briscoe kicked off the postseason with a crown jewel win at Darlington. Denny Hamlin was next at Gateway, followed by Christopher Bell’s victory at Bristol on Sunday.
Opening Round 12 Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the trio remained focused on keeping the momentum going for the organization based in Huntersville, N.C.
“Yeah, just so excited about the start to the playoffs,” owner Joe Gibbs said, via press release. “Just appreciate everybody back at our race shop. We’ve got fast cars right now. It means a lot.”
While Briscoe and Hamlin dominated en route to their playoff wins, Bell overcame tire issues to grind his way into Victory Lane. With teams experiencing tire degradation, Sunday’s race featured 38 lead changes among 14 drivers.
Bell could make it four straight for JGR at the Magic Mile. Bell posted two wins in his past five starts at NHMS, a P2 and a pole position. While driving in the Xfinity Series, Bell, a dirt-track specialist, won all four outings in the Granite State.
Hamlin paces the postseason standings with 26 points, two ahead of William Byron and Kyle Larson. Bell (+20) ranks fourth and Briscoe (+10) sixth.
After leading 343 laps at Bristol, Joe Gibbs Racing became the first team to lead 10,000 laps in the NextGen era
1. Joe Gibbs Racing – 10,018 laps led
2. Hendrick Motorsports – 9,786
3. Team Penske – 4,893
4. Trackhouse Racing – 2,544
5. 23XI Racing – 2,339 pic.twitter.com/t33JpkEDpi— NASCAR Insights (@NASCARInsights) September 15, 2025
NASCAR National Series, Whelen Modified Tour Schedule
Here is the weekend schedule for the NASCAR National Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (all times ET).
Friday
- 12:30 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice
- 2:45 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour qualifying
- 4:05 p.m.: Truck Series practice
- 5:10 p.m.: Truck Series qualifying
Saturday
- 9:15 a.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Mohegan Sun 100 race
- Noon: Truck Series Team EJP 175 race
- 3 p.m.: Cup Series practice
- 4:10 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
Sunday
- 2 p.m.: Cup Series Mobil 1 301 race
Our mile. Our moment. 🔥✨#Mobil1301 | #TheMagicMile pic.twitter.com/m9l1paerWW
— New Hampshire Motor Speedway (@NHMS) September 14, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series Mobile 1 301 Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series officials released the entry list for Sunday’s Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
Entry, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
- 2, Austin Cindric No. 2 Ford
- 3, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
- 4, Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
- 5, Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
- 6, Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
- 7, Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 8, Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
- 9, Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 10, Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
- 11, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
- 12, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
- 13, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
- 14, Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
- 15, Chase Briscoe, No. 19, Toyota
- 16, Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
- 17, Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
- 18, Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
- 19, Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
- 20, William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
- 21, Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
- 22, Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
- 23, Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
- 24, Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
- 25, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
- 26, Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
- 27, Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
- 28, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Ford
- 29, Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
- 30, Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
- 31, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
- 32, Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
- 33, Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 34, Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
- 35, Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
- 36, Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
Sunday shades on. 😎#NASCARPlayoffs | #NHMS pic.twitter.com/gqmSYlWMO9
— New Hampshire Motor Speedway (@NHMS) September 14, 2025
