Hendrick Motorsports
Johnson remains the only driver with more than two 2015 wins, but one thing is eminently clear: Kyle Busch is well on his way to making that not so for much longer.
That moment when you realize Harvick, who rolled off five straight top-two finishes to open the season, hasn’t won a Cup race since March.
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Team Penske
Almost like they were tiered off, after the Gibbs/Penske onslaught at the top, P7-10 all went to Hendrick-powered engines, with Busch in 10th. Is this a tell-tale sign of who has a handle of the Kentucky rules package or just a coincidence? You decide.
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Hendrick Motorsports
Team Penske appears to be fully back on their game after a slight downtick lately. Since the duo swept Loudon last year, the good times for Logano and Co. should keep rolling.
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Joe Gibbs Racing
Team Penske was one of two teams that really seemed to have it all figured out at Kentucky (Joe Gibbs Racing the other) and Keselowski comes into New Hampshire as the defending race-winner. Expect the 2 car to be strong the rest of the way.
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Joe Gibbs Racing
All feuding aside, Junior never had a chance to compete in the Kentucky race, with his brakes pretty much shot the entire night. He’s never won at Loudon, but does finish in the top 10 nearly 50 percent of the time.
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Truex has only finished outside of the top 10 four times this season. Once was at Bristol in April, and the other three have been the past three races at Sonoma, Daytona and Kentucky. Trouble for the 78 team?
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Through just seven races, Busch has just as many wins as defending Sprint Cup Series champ Kevin Harvick. Oh, and he’s the defending July Loudon pole-winner.
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Stewart-Haas Racing
Kenseth’s bread and butter during his seven-win 2013 season were the 1.5-mile tracks, with four wins coming on them. Now that he appears to have regained the power needed to succeed on the intermediates, look out.
Hamlin finished third for back-to-back weeks and has looked as strong as ever, heading to a track where he has multiple wins.