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No. Driver Sponsor Make Organization
00 Landon Cassill Mane N Tail Chevrolet StarCom Racing
1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford Team Penske
3 Austin Dillon Freightliner Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
4 Kevin Harvick Busch Beer Gen X Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
6 Ryan Newman Performance Plus Ford Roush Fenway Racing
8 Daniel Hemric Caterpillar Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing
9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
12 Ryan Blaney MoneyLion Ford Team Penske
13 Ty Dillon GEICO Military Chevrolet Germain Racing
14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
15 Ross Chastain TBA Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Performance Ford Roush Fenway Racing
18 Kyle Busch Skittles Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
20 Erik Jones Reser’s Main St Bistro Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing
21 Paul Menard Menards/Duracell Optimum Ford Wood Brothers Racing
22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford Team Penske
24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
27 Reed Sorenson TBA Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
32 Corey LaJoie Adirondack Tree Surgeons Ford Go Fas Racing
34 Michael McDowell Long John Silver’s Ford Front Row Motorsports
36 Matt Tifft Surface Sunscreen Ford Front Row Motorsports
37 Chris Buescher Kroger Fast Start Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
38 David Ragan MDS Transport Ford Front Row Motorsports
41 Daniel Suarez Haas Automation Ford Stewart-Haas Racing
42 Kyle Larson Credit One Bank Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing
43 Bubba Wallace Victory Junction Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports
47 Ryan Preece Kroger Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing
48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
51 BJ McLeod Jacob Companies/Pocono Organics Ford Petty Ware Racing
52 Austin Theriault Bangor Savings Bank/Trick Shot Ford Rick Ware Racing
53 Josh Bilicki Token 4 Token Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing
77 Quin Houff Rapid City Rush Chevrolet Spire Motorsports
88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports
95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota Express Maintenance Toyota Leavine Family Racing
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LOUDON, N.H. – Woulda, coulda, shoulda.

That was the refrain from the tune Denny Hamlin was singing on pit road after Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. Sounds like a country song.

Hamlin ferociously battled Kevin Harvick on the final lap, working the grooves to find a weakness and force the No. 4 Ford to make a mistake, but the 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champ never wavered. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was able to rub fenders with Harvick but ultimately couldn’t find an opening to race his own No. 11 side-by-side to the finish.

RELATED: Official New Hampshire results | Recap Loudon in 197 seconds

Hamlin intricately ran through everything he wished he could have done differently for reporters after the race.

“I stayed right with him the entire run … I was just so tight behind him and couldn’t break that barrier,” Hamlin said. “He made one mistake … I don’t know if it was a mistake, but he made a lane choice coming to the white (flag) into Turn 3 and he went low and I knew right then I was going to have a monster run coming off this corner and (thinking) ‘what do I do with it?’ My first instinct was to move him up one lane. I didn’t want to completely screw him and knock the crap out of him like (he did to Kyle Busch) last year. I just wanted to get position, and I got position and then I’m like, ‘that didn’t work.’

“Neither one of us wanted to lead (on the final lap). We were going off Turn 2 and we were both letting off the gas. Nobody wanted to be in front of the other, and I thought about where I wanted to be and I thought I wanted to be behind him but I should have kept the bottom and then forced him up like he forced me up off Turn 4. If I could have done it all over again, I would have done that, but I tried to give myself a fair shot in Turns 3 and 4 and run the top and really get a good run and position on him but I should have known he was going to cut that run off and turn right on us. I should have known that.”

It’s particularly interesting Hamlin chose to run the finish cleanly, when he likely could have gone the dirty route – “Oh, for sure,” he said – to punt Harvick and take the checkered.

A year ago, Harvick moved Hamlin’s teammate Busch out of the way in the closing laps to take the win. Hamlin certainly recalls that but elected to show his fellow longtime veteran the respect he felt was warranted by not using him up.

RELATED: Watch the thrilling final New Hampshire lap

“I made sure that A, I didn’t wreck him and B, I didn’t knock him out of the groove,” Hamlin said. “I wanted to give him a fair shot to get his car back in order and let’s race for it.

“When we were side-by-side through the center of 1 and 2, I should have drove straight, knocked him up the groove and then he would’ve been in the stuff and it would’ve been over with. That’s just not the way I want to do it. We’re two veteran guys, we know how to race these things clean and let’s just figure it out. At the end, he got the best of us. I’ve got a lot of respect for Kevin and so I did the best I could to be as clean as I could.”

The finish was still mesmerizing – the second straight week leaders were beating and banging to the finish line — but, perhaps, it could have been even closer had Hamlin done things differently.

“I would’ve liked to have drag-raced side-by-side to the line there, because that’s what was going to happen … but he didn’t want to find out,” Hamlin said. “He ended that discussion pretty early.”

In the end, it was Harvick who picked up his fourth win at the “Magic Mile,” and Hamlin left to worship the post-race inspection process.

On a related note, the No. 4 Ford passed post-race tech with no issues.

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LOUDON, N.H. — Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson has never missed any form of a series playoff, but mechanical issues in Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway dropped him further into the danger zone.

Halfway through the race, Johnson was sixth for a restart on Lap 149, but the end of Stage 2 two laps later spelled the end of Johnson’s hopes for a strong finish. The driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet ultimately finished 30th.

RELATED: New Hampshire results | How Kevin Harvick won

“Well, it was certainly a letdown, to say the least,” said Johnson, who fell back precipitously after that Lap 149 restart. “We had some issues with the power steering and the water pump pulleys. I thought it might have been from some contact on (the) restart. I got in the back of the car in front of me. They told me that wasn’t the case.

“So I assume some debris got in the pulley system and took out my power steering and the water pump as well. So it’s just unlucky on that front. Certainly, the wrong time of the year to have some bad luck. It looked like the guys I’m worried about in the points didn’t have the best day either, so maybe I got a pass on this one. I’m just disappointed to say the least.”

Nevertheless, Johnson leaves Loudon 17th in the championship points standings, 17 points out of 16th, the last playoff-eligible position. There are six races left until the field is set, starting with next Sunday’s Gander RV 400 at Pocono Raceway (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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LOUDON, N.H. — The most critical aspect of Erik Jones’ third-place run in Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was the mistake he thought he had made — but didn’t.

Under the ninth and final caution for Kyle Larson’s spin in Turn 2 on Lap 265, Jones made a feint toward pit road but opted to stay on the track. But his right tires crossed the orange commitment box separating pit road from the racing surface.

RELATED: Race results | Updated standings

At first, Jones thought he had drawn a penalty, but since only his left-side tires crossed the box, and he stayed on the track, he was OK under NASCAR rules. Jones lined up second next to race winner Kevin Harvick for the final restart on Lap 273, quickly fell to third behind Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin (who had fresh right-side tires) but held third the rest of the way.

The third-place run came at the end of a roller-coaster day. Jones collided with Alex Bowman on pit road during an early stop and later drew a pit road speeding penalty that sent him to the rear of the field for a Lap 144 restart. But astute pit calls by crew chief Chris Gayle helped him recover the lost track position.

“It was kind of a sloppy day in my opinion, but it was a good day,” Jones said in analyzing his race. “Got good stage points in the first stage (running second) and finished well at the end. But the Stanley Camry was good. All day I felt like we were close. We just needed to get up front and never quite did it and never quite got the lead, but we were there.

“Again, up in the top five, you can’t complain, and especially with the points we gained today, it’s good. We can definitely get more aggressive with that gap. We’re getting close there to having almost a race on them (those chasing Jones for a playoff spot).

“If we can have a couple more good weeks, we’ll be there. We’ll keep doing it, but today was definitely a testament, I think, to our speed and this team. We keep fighting through it. We never gave up. We did what we needed to do, fixed the damage when we needed to and got a good finish out of it.”

Jones ended the day 14th in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings, 28 points above 17th place.

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The race-winning Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford has passed post-race inspection at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with no issues, confirming Kevin Harvick’s first victory of the year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

The SHR No. 4 Ford was found to be compliant with the 2019 NASCAR Rule Book after Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. No other issues were reported from technical inspection or the post-race lug-nut check.

With the post-race teardown complete, the race results are official. Competition officials indicated the Team Penske No. 12 Ford of fourth-place Ryan Blaney would travel to the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, this week for further evaluation.

RELATED: Official race results | Harvick holds off Hamlin

The post-race process is part of a new, more timely approach to inspection for all three NASCAR national series. Competition officials announced in February thorough post-race inspections would take place shortly after the checkered flag at the track instead of midweek at the NASCAR R&D Center.

Those inspections come with a stiffer deterrence structure that includes disqualification for significant rules infractions — “a total culture change,” said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer. In the past, race-winning teams found in violation of the rules were penalized with post-race fines, points deductions and/or suspensions, but victories were allowed to stand.

Competition officials introduced the quicker post-race inspection timetable in an effort to make the results official on race day, aiming for a 90-minute target time frame to complete their scrutineering. The new post-race inspection process was also designed to deal with potential violations more promptly, avoiding any midweek news that might cloud the previous week’s results or the build-up to the next week’s event.

NASCAR will still inspect cars and parts for technology trends at the R&D Center as needed, but the more comprehensive at-track inspection will take priority.

The first NASCAR national-series organization to run afoul of the new inspection system was Niece Motorsports, which absorbed a disqualification June 16, stripping Ross Chastain’s No. 44 of an apparent Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory at Iowa Speedway. The first-finishing Niece truck failed to meet the minimum ride height, an infraction that was upheld after an appeal.

Two disqualifications have occurred in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since then: Christopher Bell’s third-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway was thrown out June 29 for a ride-height violation, and AJ Allmendinger’s third-place result was nullified July 5 at Daytona International Speedway because of an engine infraction.

According to NASCAR statistical archives, the last time a premier series driver was disqualified occurred in 1973, when early retiree Buddy Baker was demoted to last place in the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The last time an apparent race winner in NASCAR’s top division was disqualified came April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis’ victory at Wilson (N.C.) Speedway was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank on his No. 85 Chevrolet.

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LOUDON, N.H. – The drought is over.

Blanked for 21 straight races, Kevin Harvick was winless in 2019 until he held off Denny Hamlin on older tires to win Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The victory was Harvick’s fourth at the “Magic Mile,” most among active drivers and tied with Jeff Burton for most all-time. The driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang won his second straight race at the 1.058-mile flat track and his third in the last five events.

RELATED: Race results | Stages recaps
SHOP: Kevin Harvick gear

Crew chief Rodney Childers made the winning call to keep Harvick on track with older tires, when Hamlin pitted for right-side rubber on Lap 266, under caution for Kyle Larson’s spin in Turn 2. Hamlin restarted fourth, quickly moved to second and chased Harvick for the final 29 laps.

On the final circuit, Hamlin got to Harvick’s bumper in Turn 1 and gave the No. 4 Ford Mustang a tap, but Hamlin’s Toyota Camry couldn’t clear Harvick, who pulled ahead on the backstretch. Harvick hugged the bottom through Turns 3 and 4 as Hamlin moved to the outside, trying to take advantage of the traction compound in the higher lane.

But when Hamlin pulled alongside, Harvick drove to the right, hitting Hamlin and slowing his momentum. Harvick crossed the finish line .210 seconds ahead of Hamlin, who had led 113 laps before making his final pit stop.

Even as he lined up for the final restart on Lap 273, Harvick wasn’t sure Childers had made the right call, but the uncertainty disappeared when Harvick was first to the stripe.

“I didn’t think we had the best chance to win today, but Rodney made a great call,” said Harvick, who led the last 41 laps. “We had a good car (Sunday). We just never could get track position. We stayed out there and ran a lot of good laps.”

Lapped traffic on the final two circuits enabled Hamlin to make up ground and made Harvick’s victory more difficult.

“I really didn’t want to see that traffic there at the end,” Harvick said. “It made my car tight when (Hamlin) got to me. He tried to move me out of the way down there and I knew that was coming, as close as he was. So I just stood on the brakes — half-throttle down the back straightaway.

“I was like, ‘You’re not getting under me again,’ and he drove to the outside of me and I waited until he got to the outside of me and put a wheel on him.”

As he watched a replay of the final lap, Hamlin was already second-guessing himself.

“Well, I kind of shoved him up a little higher and tried to get him out of the groove,” said Hamlin, who was in a backup No. 11 Toyota Camry after crashing his primary car in practice. “I’m kind of watching it back right now. I mean, yeah, I wanted to just tap him there, but I didn’t want to completely screw him. I at least wanted to give him a fair shot there. Down the backstretch, I kind of let off, and I’m like, ‘All right, well, I’ll just pass him on the outside and kind of do this thing the right way,’ and once I had that big run, he just turned right. But I would do the same thing. It was a fun race, and congratulations to him and his team. They made a great call there at the end.”

Erik Jones finished third, overcoming contact with Alex Bowman’s Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on pit road and a subsequent speeding penalty. Ryan Blaney ran fourth, followed by Matt DiBenedetto, who posted his second top-five result of the season.

Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and pole-sitter Brad Keselowski completed the top 10. Busch led a race-high 118 of 301 laps but lost track position when he had to return to pit road under caution on Lap 153 to fix a tire rub. He later hit the wall on Lap 214 to cause the seventh of nine cautions but rallied to score a top 10.

Busch won the first stage of the event, and eventual 11th-place finisher Aric Almirola took the second stage.

The series’ next race is the Gander RV 400, scheduled next Sunday (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Pocono Raceway.

Contributing: Staff reports

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Which channels have NASCAR programming this week? We answer that and give you the weekly NASCAR television listings here in the NASCAR TV schedule.

Note: All times are ET.

MORE: Get the NBC Sports App | How to find FS1 | Get FOX Sports App | How to find NBCSN

Monday, July 22
5 p.m., NASCAR America Monday, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

Tuesday, July 23
5 p.m., Dale Jr. Download, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

On MRN:
7 p.m., NASCAR Live

Wednesday, July 24
5 p.m., NASCAR America: “Motormouths,” NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App

On MRN:
noon, NASCAR Coast to Coast

Thursday, July 25
5 p.m., NASCAR America: “The Motorsports Hour,” NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Race Hub, FS1/FOX Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Whelen Series Easter Propane & Oil 100 (tape delay), NBCSN/NBC Sports App

Friday, July 26
4 p.m., ARCA Menards Series FORTS USA 150, FS1/FOX Sports App
5 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice at Iowa, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6 p.m., NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Qualifying at Pocono, FS1/FOX Sports App
7 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice at Iowa, NBC Sports App

Saturday, July 27
3 a.m., ARCA Menards Series FORTS USA 150 (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
5 a.m., NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Qualifying at Pocono (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
9 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice at Pocono, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
11 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice at Pocono, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
12 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series Qualifying at Iowa, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
12:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Pocono, FOX/FOX Sports App
1 p.m., NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Gander RV 150 at Pocono, FOX/FOX Sports App
4 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying at Pocono, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
5 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN: 
9 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice
11 a.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice
12:30 p.m., NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Gander RV 150
4 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Busch Pole Qualifying
5 p.m., NASCAR Xfinity Series Qualifying

Sunday, July 28
9 a.m., Beyond the Wheel (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
10 a.m., “Refuse to Lose: Jeff Gordon and the 1997 Daytona 500” (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
11 a.m., NASCAR Presents, “The Adventures of Janet Guthrie” (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
11:30 a.m., NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Gander RV 150 at Pocono (re-air), FS1/FOX Sports App
1:30 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay: Pocono, FS1/FOX Sports App
2:30 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Countdown to Green, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
3 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV 400 at Pocono, NBCSN/NBC Sports App
6:30 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Post Race Show, NBCSN/NBC Sports App

On MRN
2 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander RV 400

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Aric Almirola emerged from an eventful Stage 2 Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to land his first stage win of the Monster Energy Series season.

Almirola took the lead by staying out during a late-stage cycle of pit stops, then kept his Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 Ford out front for the final 10 laps.

RELATED: Stage 2 results | Updated stage points

Joey Logano ended up second in Stage 2 in the Team Penske No. 22 Ford. Ryan Newman took third, William Byron fourth and Kyle Busch — leader of 118 of the first 150 laps — was fifth.

Stage 2 was marked by a handful of caution periods, the first emerging when Daniel Suarez’s No. 41 collided with the No. 8 of Daniel Hemric, drawing a yellow flag on Lap 109. Suarez was able to continue, but Hemric’s damage was too severe after his car’s front-end impact with the outside wall.

With 14 laps to go in the stage, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s No. 17 Ford made heavy contact with the outside wall exiting Turn 2. He nursed his Roush Fenway Racing entry back to pit road, but left the car and was done for the day.

The final caution of the stage stemmed from a tight contest for position between Martin Truex Jr. and Clint Bowyer. Both continued after sustaining damage in their coming-together exiting Turn 4.

The full scheduled distance for Sunday’s event is 301 laps.

Finish Driver Team Points
1 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing 10
2 Joey Logano Team Penske 9
3 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing 8
4 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports 7
5 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 6
6 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 5
7 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing 4
8 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing 3
9 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing 2
10 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing 1

Stage 1

Kyle Busch showed signs of early strength with a victory in the opening stage of Sunday’s Monster Energy Series event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Busch started second and led 61 of the first 75 laps in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Toyota. The performance marked his seventh stage win of the season — tying Joey Logano for the series lead — and allowed Busch to bank a playoff point to carry through the 10-race postseason.

RELATED: Stage 1 results

Erik Jones made it a 1-2 sweep for Joe Gibbs Racing, claiming second place in Stage 1 in the No. 20 Toyota. Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer and pole-starter Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five in the opening segment at the 1.058-mile track.

An incident involving Austin Dillon brought out the only yellow flag of the stage on Lap 45. A tire issue forced Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet out of the groove and into the outside retaining wall. He continued after repairs, running multiple laps down, but slowed again with six laps left in the stage with another tire issue.

Five drivers started at the rear of the field after going to backup cars because of issues over the course of the weekend in practice and qualifying. Denny Hamlin was the best finisher among them in Stage 1, rising up to ninth to place all four Joe Gibbs Racing entries in the top 10 at the end of the stage.

Finish Driver Team Points
1 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 10
2 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 9
3 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing 8
4 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing 7
5 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 6
6 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing 5
7 Ryan Blaney Team Penske 4
8 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing 3
9 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 2
10 Daniel Suarez Stewart-Haas Racing 1
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Kaulig Racing announced Sunday morning that Nick Harrison, crew chief of the team’s No. 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series car, has died. He was 37.

A statement from team owner Matt Kaulig and team president Chris Rice read: “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Nick Harrison, our beloved crew chief of the No. 11 car at Kaulig Racing. Please keep Nick’s family in your thoughts and prayers at this time.”

No additional information was available.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of longtime crew chief Nick Harrison, and offer our thoughts, prayers and support to his family, friends and Kaulig Racing colleagues,” NASCAR said in a statement.

Harrison has been a fixture in the garage for the past decade-plus, serving as a crew chief in all three NASCAR national series since 2006. He was atop the pit box for 120 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races from 2010-14, and 184 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.

His Xfinity Series career includes a stretch with Richard Childress Racing that produced four of his five career victories — three with Austin Dillon and one with Paul Menard. Harrison also won atop the pit box with Kurt Busch in 2012.

“Words can’t describe how I feel about (Harrison),” Dillon tweeted. “The man was one of the first people to believe in me in the Cup Series. He gave me an opportunity to drive for James Finch, which gave me confidence to believe in myself at the top level.”

This was Harrison’s first year with Kaulig Racing, and he and driver Justin Haley had two top-five finishes and and 12 top-10 finishes in 17 starts together. Harrison was at the track Saturday when Haley finished 13th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

“Not just a crew chief, but a friend to everyone who knew him,” Haley tweeted Sunday morning. “I, and everyone at Kaulig Racing are devastated. He will be greatly missed.”

Drivers were quick to offer their condolences:

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NASCAR makes its way to New England for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). This marks the fourth race of the Cup Series season at a short, flat track.

NHMS is a 1-mile oval with two straights followed by two 180-degree turns, with banking that slightly varies from two to seven degrees.

The factors that are statistically significant in my model this weekend are:

  • Long-run practice speed
  • Qualifying position
  • Overall flat track performance
  • New Hampshire performance

I’ll also give a special nod to performance at NHMS from 2013-2015 for longer-tenured drivers, because those years featured higher downforce levels than the 2016-2018 seasons.

RELATED: The Action Network’s Props Challenge advice | Updated odds for New Hampshire

It’s often tough betting favorites in NASCAR, and this weekend is no exception. I’m not thrilled with the odds currently posted across the industry for the top-five favorites.

As a result, I have only one longer-shot outright bet to win. I may post more bets to win, or some top-three,-five, and -10 futures to this piece as more books release lines Sunday morning.

*All odds as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. A quick explainer on the odds below: A $10 wager on +2500 would profit $250.

Kyle Larson +2500

Larson will be moving to a backup car after an incident in practice, which is the primary reason for his long odds. However, in 2017 Larson started dead last in 39th, and finished in second in the first of two New Hampshire races that year.

NHMS is also a good track for Larson. He has four top-three finishes at NHMS in nine career Cup Series starts at NHMS, including a third and second in 2014 when the aero package most closely resembled this year’s rule set.

If his backup car races as well as his primary, then practice was encouraging for the 26-year old. He was sixth in 10-lap average, but improved to second over 15 consecutive laps, leapfrogging superstars Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., and Kevin Harvick as the lap counter increased.

Larson is available at William Hill at this price, but you can find lines close to this across the industry. I’d bet Larson down to +2000.

Additionally, keep an eye out for top-three and top-five bets on Larson. These will have a better chance of hitting. I’ll update this section if one of these types of bets presents enough value.