LOUDON – Due to impending inclement weather, officials have announced that Sunday’s USA TODAY 301 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) has been moved up to 2:06 p.m.

The remainder of the Sunday schedule remains unchanged with gates opening at 11 a.m.

The lineup for Sunday’s event was set by the rulebook with Chase Elliott starting on the pole.

Elliott leads fellow Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson by eight points in the NCS driver standings. The Dawsonville, Ga., native started on the outside pole and finished second in 2022 at “The Magic Mile,” his best start and finish in his New Hampshire career.

“Would rather have an actual pole” said Elliott after qualifying was washed out, “but fortunately our team has been performing at a really solid level.”

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ONE BONSIGNORE WINS MOHEGAN SUN 100

Justin Bonsignore has the best possible start to his busy weekend on Saturday morning, dominating the Mohegan Sun 100 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) race at NHMS.

Driving the No. 51 for Kenneth Massa Motorsports, Justin Bonsignore held off his cousin Kyle Bonsignore on the race’s final restart and led 78 laps overall to win his second consecutive NWMT event at “The Magic Mile” and the 42nd of his career, tying him for third with Ted Christopher on the all-time victory list.

“We have 16 awesome races a year, but this is our Daytona 500,” Justin Bonsignore said. “There’s so much that goes into putting your car in this position to lead laps and win.”

Kyle Bonsignore was 0.322 of a second behind his cousin in the runner up spot, with Chase Dowling finishing third, Patrick Emerling in fourth and Sam Rameau in fifth.

“I love racing my cousin – he’s like my brother,” Kyle Bonsignore said. “I really wish that last caution didn’t come out. I felt I had a good gap behind us and could make a more aggressive move. We would have been in a better spot with more room behind us. Overall it’s a good day.”

“The Magic Mile” lived up to its challenging reputation throughout the event, as several hard wrecks occurred in both turns, with two incidents involving Jonathan McKennedy and Craig Lutz ending with right-side tires over the wall for a short time. Later, a collision between Andy Seuss’ car and the wall led to a short red-flag period as track officials repaired a section of the SAFER barrier.

Overall, eight caution periods consumed 42 laps, with five leaders exchanging the top spot 21 times. Eric Goodale led 14 laps before finishing seventh and NWMT points leader Ron Silk led six circuits before placing 10th. Nineteen drivers completed all 100 laps (105.8 miles) on the 1.058-mile asphalt oval.

BELL RINGS IN SCIAPS 200

Christopher Bell, in a spot start inside the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, won his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) race in four starts at NHMS with an overtime victory in the SciAps 200 on Saturday afternoon.

On the final lap of a green-white-checkered finish, Sheldon Creed was in the middle and just ahead of Bell to the inside and Cole Custer to the outside as the trio crossed the Granite Stripe start-finish line. Bell inched ahead entering turn one and began to pull away along the backstretch for an eventual quarter-of-a-second (.254) victory over Creed, his JGR teammate.

“We got really lucky there,” said Bell after completing the first final lap pass for a victory in an NXS race at New Hampshire. “I feel so bad for Sheldon. He’s really been close to winning one of these things. Coming to the white flag, he got Cole loose and gave room to me. I was just really fortunate.”

The 29-year-old from Norman, Okla. will try to complete a double-victory weekend on Sunday in the USA TODAY 301 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race at 2 p.m.

“It’s just enjoyable to go out there and race and drive these cars,” said Bell, who earned his 18th career NXS victory after leading 43 laps. “You can slide these cars around and it’s fun on a lot of different levels. Winning is hard and everything has to go right to win. Today everything didn’t go right and we still snuck one out.”

Creed finished second for the 10th time in his NXS career with Custer in third, Justin Allgaier in fourth and Carson Kvapil fifth in his NHMS debut. Creed nudged Custer out of the lead in turn four of the next-to-last lap to get the lead but left a small window open for Bell on the final circuit.