NASCAR at New Hampshire: Starting lineup for Sunday's Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
Kurt Busch won the most recent NASCAR race, but Kyle Busch won the pole for Sunday at New Hampshire.
While Kurt Busch won last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his younger brother, Kyle Busch, will start Sunday’s Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on the pole.
There are only five regular-season races remaining, leading into the 16-driver, 10-race playoffs this fall, so every position counts as drivers and their teams race to be title contenders.
Denny Hamlin leads the regular-season standings, followed by Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, William Byron and defending champ Chase Elliott to round out the top-5 drivers.
But Kyle Busch didn’t win the pole for Sunday’s race (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN) the traditional way. Because of the challenges related to racing during the COVID-19 pandemic, most race weekends will not include practice or qualifying sessions. So in the absence of qualifying, NASCAR determines the starting lineup with a formula based on these factors:
- 25 percent: Driver’s finishing position from the previous race
- 25 percent: Car owner’s finishing position from the previous race
- 35 percent: Team owner points ranking
- 15 percent: Fastest lap from the previous race
Here’s a look at the starting lineup for the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire.
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