RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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The NASCAR Cup Series competed at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and it was a unique event. The 36 drivers were forced to start on wet-weather tires following a short delay, leading to Kyle Larson winning Stage 1 and Ryan Blaney winning Stage 2. However, which driver was able to hoist the lobster in victory lane?
Blaney and the No. 12 team for Team Penske won the Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire on Sunday, earning their third victory of the 2026 Cup Series season. The Team Penske driver was forced to hold off a hard-charging Bubba Wallace, while Josh Berry had the fastest car in the closing stages of the race.
Ultimately, Blaney was able to hold on despite having the slowest of the three cars. The driver of the No. 12 car did lead 115 laps and used his two-tire strategy to build a big lead on the final green-flag run. It was an unconventional race, but Blaney went back-to-back in similar fashion at New Hampshire.
NASCAR results: Cup Series race at New Hampshire (August 2026)
No. 12 Ryan Blaney
No. 23 Bubba Wallace
No. 21 Josh Berry
No. 20 Christopher Bell
No. 5 Kyle Larson
No. 54 Ty Gibbs
No. 11 Denny Hamlin
No. 45 Tyler Reddick
No. 60 Ryan Preece
No. 4 Noah Gragson
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
No. 2 Austin Cindric
No. 38 Zane Smith
No. 22 Joey Logano
No. 48 Alex Bowman
No. 71 Michael McDowell
No. 7 Daniel Suarez
No. 17 Chris Buescher
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
No. 34 Todd Gilliland
No. 41 Cole Custer
No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
No. 33 Austin Hill
No. 9 Chase Elliott
No. 19 Chase Briscoe
No. 10 Ty Dillon
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 51 Cody Ware
No. 24 William Byron
No. 40 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 43 Erik Jones
No. 35 Riley Herbst
No. 88 Connor Zilisch
No. 1 Ross Chastain
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: Ryan Blaney wins NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire in 2026
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