The 2026 Dollar Tree 301 was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on August 23, 2026, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the oval, it was the 25th race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Ryan Blaney won the race. Bubba Wallace finished 2nd, and Josh Berry finished 3rd. Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Preece, and Noah Gragson rounded out the top ten.
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Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval.
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
On May 3, 2026, Dollar Tree was announced as the title sponsor of the race, replacing Mobil 1.
On July 22, it was announced that Cup Series practice will be consolidated into a single 50-minute session starting at New Hampshire.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 40 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Erik Jones was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.242 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.242 130.251 2 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.263 130.158 3 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.277 130.095 Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.054 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.054 131.094 2 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.069 131.026 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.079 130.981 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.081 130.972 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.106 130.860 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.174 130.555 7 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.187 130.496 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.198 130.447 9 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.199 130.443 10 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.204 130.420 11 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.219 130.354 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.229 130.309 13 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.236 130.278 14 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.236 130.278 15 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.257 130.184 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.269 130.131 17 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.270 130.126 18 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.275 130.104 19 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.296 130.011 20 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.300 129.993 21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.310 129.949 22 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.327 129.873 23 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.334 129.843 24 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.346 129.789 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.370 129.683 26 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.375 129.661 27 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 29.378 129.648 28 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.442 129.366 29 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.540 128.937 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.556 128.867 31 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.620 128.589 32 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 29.687 128.299 33 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.693 128.273 34 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.702 128.234 35 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.816 127.743 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 29.822 127.718 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 39 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 210 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 115
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 93 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 84 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 75 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 116
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 8 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 301 70 2 23 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 301 43 3 2 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 301 49 4 6 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 43 5 9 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 48 6 7 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 38 7 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 32 8 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 301 29 9 18 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 301 38 10 19 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 27 11 25 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 301 31 12 26 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 301 25 13 14 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 24 14 21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 301 23 15 10 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 22 16 15 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 301 21 17 35 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 301 20 18 16 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 301 23 19 22 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 300 27 20 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 300 19 21 13 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 300 16 22 32 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 300 15 23 24 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 300 14 24 28 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 0 25 29 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 12 26 17 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 300 12 27 33 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 300 10 28 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 300 9 29 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 300 8 30 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 296 14 31 31 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 296 6 32 34 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 282 5 33 11 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 251 4 34 27 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 222 3 35 20 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 222 2 36 12 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 41 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 15 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 9 for 51 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 22 minutes and 59 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled pit road, while Trevor Bayne provided analysis from the pace car for the television side.
USABooth announcersPit reportersPace car Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider Trevor Bayne
Radio The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Nick Yeoman called the race from the booth when the field races down the front stretch. MRN's Kyle Rickey called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2, and Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brett McMillan, Andrew Kurland and Heather DeBeaux.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turns 1 & 2: Kyle RickeyTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brett McMillanAndrew KurlandHeather DeBeaux
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 1,001 2 Ryan Blaney 924 (–77) 3 Ty Gibbs 880 (–121) 4 Tyler Reddick 860 (–141) 2 5 Christopher Bell 738 (–263) 1 6 Chase Briscoe 727 (–274) 1 7 Kyle Larson 708 (–293) 2 8 Chase Elliott 707 (–294) 9 Joey Logano 682 (–319) 10 Chris Buescher 676 (–325) 11 Carson Hocevar 672 (–329) 12 William Byron 644 (–357) 13 Daniel Suárez 638 (–363) 14 Bubba Wallace 630 (–371) 15 Austin Cindric 599 (–402) 16 Shane van Gisbergen 586 (–415)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,142 2 Chevrolet 960 (–182) 3 Ford 910 (–232)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the Cup Series Chase.
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