Another short flat track and another Team Penske win as Ryan Blaney scored his third victory of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series, winning Sunday’s (Aug. 23) running of the Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Stock Car Scoop host Eric Schneck breaks down the action from New Hampshire, starting with the wet weather tires on lap 1 to Blaney crossing the finish line on lap 301.
Joining Schneck are Frontstretch trackside reporters Amy Henderson and Michael Bellifemini, who give their thoughts on another dominant performance by Blaney, the wet-weather start (which included a pace lap spin by Carson Hocevar) and the aging surface at New Hampshire.
Closing out the show, Schneck takes a look at the top 16 in the Cup Series points, including the bubble battle between Shane van Gisbergen and Ryan Preece heading into next weekend’s running of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Amy is an 20-year veteran NASCAR writer and a six-time National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) writing award winner, including first place awards for both columns and race coverage. As well as serving as Photo Editor, Amy writes The Big 6 (Mondays) after every NASCAR Cup Series race. She can also be found working on her bi-weekly columns Holding A Pretty Wheel (Tuesdays) and Only Yesterday (Wednesdays). A New Hampshire native whose heart is in North Carolina, Amy’s work credits have extended everywhere from driver Kenny Wallace’s website to Athlon Sports. She can also be heard weekly as a panelist on the Hard Left Turn podcast that can be found on AccessWDUN.com's Around the Track page.
Michael Bellifemini joined Frontstretch in February 2026 as a contributor. Bellifemini was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University. He called Seton Hall men's and women's basketball games for their college radio station, 89.5 FM WSOU, and continues to broadcast in the area. Outside of covering NASCAR, Bellifemini is also an avid baseball, football, basketball, and hockey fan and enjoys watching different sports leagues on a daily basis.