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NASCAR Saturday schedule 2026: Here’s what immediately’s schedule at New Hampshire Motor Speedway seems to be like

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The 2026 NASCAR Cup and Truck Series are scheduled to be on the 1.058-mile-long oval track on Saturday, August 22, as the racing action of the season’s 25th race continues at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Following Friday’s Truck Series qualifying, where Layne Riggs won the pole, the drivers will now compete in the 175-mile main event at 1:30 pm ET.

The Cup Series drivers will participate in the practice and qualifying at 10:30 am ET and 11:35 am ET, respectively, to set the starting grid ahead of Sunday’s 301-lap main event.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers will also take to “The Magic Mile” for the main event, Mohegan Sun 100.

The weather forecast on Saturday in Loudon, New Hampshire, predicted sunny conditions with an afternoon high temperature of 80 degrees and a 20 percent chance of rain at the start of the Truck Series race.

NASCAR’s complete Saturday schedule at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Here’s the complete schedule for Saturday’s on-track action for the NASCAR Cup Series, Truck Series and Whelen Modified Tour race series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Track activity

10:30 am ET: NASCAR Cup Series practice

11:35 am ET: NASCAR Cup Series qualifying

1:30 pm ET: Truck Series Team EJP 175

4:30 pm ET: Mohegan Sun 100

The Saturday Cup Series activity will be available on truTV and the Truck Series can be enjoyed on FOX One and FS1.

Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: Qualifying Order

Here’s the qualifying order for the Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:

  1. #51 – Cody Ware
  2. #10 – Ty Dillon
  3. #38 – Zane Smith
  4. #41 – Cole Custer
  5. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  6. #16 – AJ Allmendinger
  7. #77 – Carson Hocevar
  8. #88 – Connor Zilisch
  9. #34 – Todd Gilliland
  10. #71 – Michael McDowell
  11. #33 – Austin Hill
  12. #43 – Erik Jones
  13. #35 – Riley Herbst
  14. #6 – Brad Keselowski
  15. #40 – John Hunter Nemechek
  16. #4 – Noah Gragson
  17. #3 – Austin Dillon
  18. #23 – Bubba Wallace
  19. #17 – Chris Buescher
  20. #60 – Ryan Preece
  21. #48 – Alex Bowman
  22. #7 – Daniel Suárez
  23. #21 – Josh Berry
  24. #97 – Shane van Gisbergen
  25. #1 – Ross Chastain
  26. #54 – Ty Gibbs
  27. #24 – William Byron
  28. #12 – Ryan Blaney
  29. #45 – Tyler Reddick
  30. #20 – Christopher Bell
  31. #2 – Austin Cindric
  32. #5 – Kyle Larson
  33. #9 – Chase Elliott
  34. #22 – Joey Logano
  35. #11 – Denny Hamlin
  36. #19 – Chase Briscoe