NASCAR Live Race Updates: Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire
Sunday's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (2:00 PM ET on USA Network) marks the opening race of the Round of 12 of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Which of the 12 drivers in the Playoff field will get the round started off on the right foot? That remains to be seen, but the Playoff drivers will be scattered throughout the field when the 301-lap race goes green.
This is the Racing America On SI live-race updates page for the Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire. Leading up to, and throughout Sunday's race, this page will be updated with key pre-race updates, in-race updates such as lead changes, and videos of crashes or incidents. Also included will be stage and race results, and more. Continue checking back for additional updates on the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 12.
Related: Previewing the NASCAR Cup Series Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire
- Final Stage Updates
- Stage 2 Updates
- Stage 1 Updates
- Pre-Race Updates
- Playoff Picture Heading Into New Hampshire
Final Stage Updates
Lap 301: Blaney Takes The Win!
Ryan Blaney was able to withstand a massive flurry of challenges from Josh Berry for the race win in the closing laps to secure the win in Sunday's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire. Blaney will advance to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8 with the victory.
Mobil 1 301 Race Results
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 301 | -- |
2 | 21 | Josh Berry | 301 | 0.937 |
3 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 301 | 3.082 |
4 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 301 | 5.365 |
5 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 301 | 6.838 |
6 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 301 | 7.138 |
7 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 301 | 8.745 |
8 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 301 | 9.016 |
9 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 301 | 10.435 |
10 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 301 | 11.945 |
Lap 290: Josh Berry Trying Like Crazy
Josh Berry definitely has the better car, but to this point, he hasn't been able to get around Ryan Blaney. He has been consistently faster, but Blaney has been doing a good job defending. Will Berry be able to get back around him?
Lap 279: Berry is Closing the Gap!
Josh Berry is clawing back into this race as he is now just 0.279 seconds behind Ryan Blaney. He is consistently faster lap after lap now, and this could be playing right into his hand.
Lap 274: Blaney Leads, Berry Hanging Around
Ryan Blaney continues to lead, but he hasn't pulled far away from Josh Berry. Berry remains just 0.763 seconds back of Blaney, and actually just turned a lap slightly better than Blaney. Maybe Berry's long-run speed can overcome the tire disadvantage?
Lap 263: Lead Change!
Ryan Blaney works his way around Josh Berry for the race lead.
Lap 260: Green Flag!
Josh Berry leads the field back to green, and he'll try to hold off Ryan Blaney, who has fresh right side tires.
Lap 256: Blaney Wins Race Off Pit Road, Berry Stays Out
Josh Berry will take the lead of the race with 45 laps to go as he and crew chief Miles Stanley chose to stay out under this caution. Chase Elliott also stayed out and will go to the runner-up spot. Ryan Blaney won the race off pit road, and will line up third ahead of Joey Logano, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Carson Hocevar, Ross Chastain, and Michael McDowell.
Lap 254: Caution!
Cody Ware seemingly attempted to exact revenge on Austin Dillon from an early-race incident, but missed and crashed into the Turn 2 wall. The caution is out, and that will shake up how this race was going to unfold.
Lap 248: Pits Have Cycled
After the green flag round of pit stops, which should be the final stops of the day, Ryan Blaney has cycled out to the lead by more than three seconds over Joey Logano. Josh Berry is more than six seconds back in third. However, Logano and Berry both have fresher tires than Logano, and should be able to reel him in some.
Lap 242: Berry Pits
Josh Berry, who may have the best car at this juncture of the race, has come to pit road. This hands the lead to Chase Elliott, who still has yet to pit. Chris Buescher also needs to pit and runs second, while Ryan Blaney is up to third.
Lap 239: Logano Pits
Joey Logano has come to pit road, which hands the lead over to Josh Berry. Blaney has cycled out ahead of Logano, but Logano now has eight lap fresher tires.
Lap 231: Blaney Pits
Joey Logano has reassumed the lead as Ryan Blaney has chosen to kick off the round of green flag pit stops. 70 laps to go, we'll see how this cycles out.
Lap 228: Lead Change!
Ryan Blaney reeled in, pressured, and finally got around Joey Logano on Lap 228. Josh Berry, who has rebounded from his spin earlier, is now up to third and looking really fast.
Lap 209: Blaney to Second
Ryan Blaney, who has had a great long-run car all day, seems to be coming to life with under 100 laps to go in the Mobil 1 301. Blaney just took second spot from William Byron, and is now attempting to reel in his Team Penske teammate Joey Logano for the race lead.
Lap 202: Hamlin Into Top-Five
Denny Hamlin worked his way around Chase Elliott and has moved into the fifth position. Hamlin's No. 11 Toyota looks better in Stage 3 than it has essentially all race.
Lap 193: Back to Green!
Joey Logano leads the field back to green and he gets a great restart. William Byron successfully battles Austin Cindric for the second spot.
Lap 188: Logano Wins Race Off Pit Road
Joey Logano took four tires under this caution and was able to come off pit road with the lead over Austin Cindric, who took two tires. William Byron came off pit road third ahead of Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell and Josh Berry.
Stage 2 Updates
Lap 185: Joey Logano Wins Stage 2
Joey Logano was able to hold off Kyle Larson by nearly a second to take the win in Stage 2 of Sunday's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Josh Berry, who got spun at the start of Stage 2 by Shane van Gisbergen, was able to rally back to finish 10th in the Stage.
Stage 2 Results
Fin | Car | Driver | Stage Points | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 10 | 1 |
2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 9 | -- |
3 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 8 | -- |
4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 7 | -- |
5 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 6 | -- |
6 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 5 | -- |
7 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 4 | -- |
8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 3 | -- |
9 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 2 | -- |
10 | 21 | Josh Berry | 1 | -- |
Lap 154: Back to Green!
Joey Logano leads the field back to green, and he is attempting to hold off Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron, who have slotted into second and third spot.
Lap 150: Logano Wins Race Off Pit Road
Alarge portion of the field took just two tires on pit road under this caution. Joey Logano won the race off pit road ahead of Kyle Larson, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Christopher Bell, Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, and Zane Smith.
Lap 148: Caution!
John Hunter Nemechek has gone for an excursion into the outside wall, and his No. 42 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota is obliterated on the right side. He was attempting to pass Riley Herbst for 21st place when the car snapped around, and he pounded the outside wall.
Lap 144: Gibbs Back to Pit Road
Ty Gibbs looked to collide with the outside wall with the right rear of his No. 54 car, and it looks like he has toe-link damage. He has taken his car to pit road for repairs.
Lap 138: Lead Change!
Joey Logano has reassumed the lead as he has gotten around Kyle Larson for the top spot. Ryan Blaney follows Logano by shortly after, and it's back to a battle between the Team Penske teammates for the Stage 2 win.
Lap 134: Lead Change!
Kyle Larson has taken the lead from Chase Briscoe. Perhaps we could see Larson return to championship form today at New Hampshire?
Lap 124: Back to Green!
Chase Briscoe leads the field back to the green flag. While he's not expected to hold the lead for long on two fresh tires, he leaps out to a lead for now.
Lap 118: Back to Green, and Back to Caution!
Chase Briscoe brings the field back to green, and he has a challenge from Carson Hocevar for the race lead! As they are trying to battle for the lead, Brad Keselowski went to the inside on the apron in a four-wide battle, and collided with Shane van Gisbergen. This sent SVG spinning, and several drivers, including Keselowski got caught in a crash.
Daniel Suarez launched off the ground with all four tires, before coming down hard. Kyle Busch got contact as did Justin Haley.
They just ran out of race track.
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 21, 2025
The field scatters after multiple cars get together. pic.twitter.com/KGx2H4zXNb
Lap 113: Briscoe Wins Race Off Pit Road
Chase Briscoe took two tires and won the race off pit road ahead of Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Carson Hocevar, and Kyle Larson, who all took four tires. Chris Buescher took two tires and came out of the pits in sixth, while Tyler Reddick, William Byron, and Alex Bowman took four tires and will line up in positions seven through nine.
Lap 110: Caution!
Oh my, the team debrief is going to be awkward at Joe Gibbs Racing's shop on Monday. Ty Gibbs was driving very hard against his teammates Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell, who are both in the Playoffs. Eventually, things went over the line as Hamlin and Gibbs made contact for position on Lap 110. That contact sent Gibbs spinning and crashing driver's side-first into the outside wall in Turn 2. We're back under caution.
Here is the incident, which led to a very awkward and uncomfortable moment for Joe Gibbs Racing. Denny Hamlin got into Ty Gibbs, which sent the 54 spinning into the outside wall. pic.twitter.com/pNF8hUZ2RU
— Toby Christie (@Toby_Christie) September 21, 2025
Lap 99: Blaney Pulling Away
Ryan Blaney has pulled away to nearly a two-second lead over Joey Logano. Carson Hocevar has moved to third, while Kyle Larson is up to fourth. William Byron has slipped back to fifth.
Lap 88: Back to Green!
Ryan Blaney brings the field back to green, and he blasts out to a lead by himself, again. William Byron and Joey Logano are battling for second-position, while there are several cars going three and four wide back in the pack jockeying for position.
Lap 82: Caution!
Josh Berry, who has had horrendous luck since the Playoffs began, saw the horrible trend continue on Lap 82. Berry, while running fifth, was sent spinning after contact from Shane van Gisbergen. SVG apologized on his radio saying he didn't mean to get into Berry, but Berry will now have to try to come back from the back of the field.
The No. 21 spins!@joshberry goes for a ride after contact with the No. 88. pic.twitter.com/HmnPv1fUB9
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 21, 2025
Lap 78: Back to Green!
Ryan Blaney leads the field back to green. He has Joey Logano behind him, and he takes the lead by himself. William Byron is now side-by-side with Logano for the runner-up spot.
Stage 1 Updates
Lap 71: Blaney Wins Stage 1
Ryan Blaney took the Stage 1 win over Joey Logano, his Team Penske teammate. William Byron was able to sneak past Josh Berry in some hard-fought action for a third-place finish in the Stage.
Stage 1 Results
Fin | Car | Driver | Stage Points | Playoff Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 10 | 1 |
2 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 9 | -- |
3 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 8 | -- |
4 | 21 | Josh Berry | 7 | -- |
5 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 6 | -- |
6 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 5 | -- |
7 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen | 4 | -- |
8 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 3 | -- |
9 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 2 | -- |
10 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 1 | -- |
Lap 70: Green Flag!
Ryan Blaney brings the field back to green for a one-lap shootout for the Stage 1 win, and he gets a great restart!
Lap 66: Blaney Wins Race Off Pit Road
With the massive tire fall off, nobody chose to stay on the track under this caution as far as the lead lap drivers are concerned. Ryan Blaney won the race off pit road ahead of Josh Berry, Joey Logano, William Byron, Carson Hocevar, Shane van Gisbergen, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, and Alex Bowman.
Lap 63: Caution!
With contact from Austin Dillon, Cody Ware has gone for a spin directly in front of race leader Ryan Blaney, who has to lock up his brakes to miss the incident. We're under caution with under 10 laps left in the Stage. This will bring up a big pit strategy call.
A close call for our race leader! pic.twitter.com/yo9966Rc8H
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) September 21, 2025
Lap 53: Lead Change!
The first lead change of the day has occurred as Ryan Blaney has gotten around his teammate Joey Logano, who led the opening 52 laps from the pole.
Currently, Blaney leads Logano, Josh Berry, William Byron, and Shane van Gisbergen, who is having the best oval race of his young NASCAR National Series career so far in fifth.
Lap 48: Blaney to Second, Pressuring Logano
Ryan Blaney has moved into the second position as he got around Josh Berry, and now he is all over Joey Logano for the race lead. However, Logano holds serve with help from Ricky Stenhouse Jr., a lapped car.
Lap 29: Reddick Reports Brake Issues
Tyler Reddick says that on Lap 29 the brake pedal is already getting soft on his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE. The 23XI Racing team has had issues with brakes at points this season, and it appears there could be an issue developing with Reddick early in this event. Currently, Reddick runs 7th.
Lap 17: Long Run Speed Starting to Show for Blaney
Ryan Blaney had a great long-run car in practice on Saturday, and that is starting to show as he was moved from seventh-place on Lap 4, and has just gotten past William Byron for fourth on Lap 17. Joey Logano continues to lead Josh Berry by just over four-tenths-of-a-second.
Lap 2: Blaney Dropping
Carson Hocevar has moved to the third position, but he is being challenged by William Byron. Both of these drivers have gone around Ryan Blaney, who has now dropped to sixth.
2:05 PM ET: Green Flag!
Joey Logano, the polesitter for today's Mobil 1 301 brings the field to the green flag with Ryan Blaney, his Team Penske teammate, up alongside him. Logano pulls out to the elad, while Josh Berry goes to second. Blaney is now fighting William Byron for third.
Pre-Race Updates
1:55 PM ET: Engines Fired
Following a command from Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion, the engines inside the 36 cars on the starting grid for today's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire have roared to life. The cars will head onto the track for pace laps very shortly, and the race will go green no long after.
No Cars To the Rear, Currently
NASCAR has confirmed that as of now, 12:00 PM ET, no cars are set to drop to the rear for Sunday's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. If any unapproved adjustments are made to cars prior to the start of today's race, NASCAR will update the media with a list of cars to the rear, but it looks like that will be a non-issue today.
The official pit road speed for Sunday's race is 45 mph, while the pace car will run at 50 mph. The estimated fuel window for the NASCAR Cup Series cars is 100 laps around the 1.058-mile track.
NASCAR Reveals Pre-Race Festivities Schedule
NASCAR has revealed the pre-race festivies schedule for Sunday's Mobil 1 301:
- Driver's Meeting: 12:50:00 PM ET
- Driver Introductions: 1:15:00 PM ET
- Invocation: 1:46:20 PM ET
- Candian National Anthem: 1:47:00 PM ET
- American National Anthem: 1:48:20 PM ET
- Command to Start Engines: 1:55:00 PM ET
- Green Flag: 2:05:00 PM ET
Mobil 1 301 Race Pre-Race Info
The Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway will be televised on USA Network and can be streamed on the HBO Max streaming platform, as well as the NBC Sports App. The race broadcast will begin at 2:00 PM ET on Sunday, September 21.
The Performance Racing Network (PRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of Sunday's race. For subscribers of the HBO Max streaming service, NASCAR Driver Cam, which streams live in-car camera footage from every car in the field, will be available for today's race.
The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday's race, is a total of $9,797,935.
The race distance is 301 laps around the 1.058-mile, relatively flat oval, which equates to a 318.46-mile race distance.
The Mobil 1 301 will be broken up into three Stages. Stage 1 will end at the conclusion of Lap 70. Stage 2 will end at the conclusion of Lap 185. And the race is scheduled to finish at the end of Lap 301, barring an Overtime finish.
The winner of Stages 1 and 2 will be awarded one Playoff Point, and the overall race winner will be awarded five Playoff Points. The Playoff Points will be added to the reseeded point totals in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs and will be carried through each round of the Playoffs.
This race is the opening race of the three-race Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. If one of the 12 drivers in the Playoffs wins this event, they will automatically advance to the Round of 8 of the Playoffs. Denny Hamlin enters the round as the No. 1 seed and sits 26 points above the cutline.
Christopher Bell, who won last weekend's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol, is the defending winner of this race. Bell is a Playoff driver, so a repeat win for him in this race would move him onto the next round of the Playoffs.
Joey Logano Starts Round of 12 Off With New Hampshire Pole
Joey Logano, who scored his first-career NASCAR Cup Series win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2009, was able to score his 33rd career pole at the 1.058-mile oval on Saturday afternoon. Logano turned an impressive lap in the session, which allowed him to top Ryan Blaney, his Team Penske teammate by 0.170 seconds.
Logano credited his crew for giving him a fast car to give him a shot at the pole, and now he's excited to chase a win at his home track.
"I've got a great group of guys. [Crew chief] Paul [Wolfe] knows how to help me get the car good to where it needs to be. The guys do a good job of getting the Shell Pennzoil Mustang fast," said Logano. "Man, it's my home track. It feels so good to run well here. And a good starting spot. Obviously, in the Playoffs, it matters most right now. Hopefully, we're able to capitalize tomorrow. We've got a good pit stall if nothing else."
Mobil 1 301 Starting Lineup
Pos | Car | Driver | Lap time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 29.159 | 130.622 |
2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 29.329 | 129.865 |
3 | 21 | Josh Berry | 29.354 | 129.754 |
4 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 29.356 | 129.745 |
5 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 29.373 | 129.670 |
6 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 29.398 | 129.560 |
7 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 29.402 | 129.542 |
8 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 29.405 | 129.529 |
9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 29.409 | 129.511 |
10 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen | 29.409 | 129.511 |
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Playoff Picture Heading Into New Hampshire
Sunday's Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway marks the first of three races in the Round of 12 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. While the Playoff standings are tight near the cutline going into the race, we very well could have a good idea of who will advance to the Round of 8 following the 301-lap race.
Denny Hamlin comes into this race as the No. 1 seed in the Playoff Grid, but even he sits just 26 points above the cutline. There isn't really a driver in the Playoff field that can feel comfortable heading into Sunday's race at New Hampshire
Playoff Grid Entering the Round of 12:
Rank | Car | Driver | Points | To Cutline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 3,034 | +26 |
2 | 24 | William Byron | 3,032 | +24 |
3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 3,032 | +24 |
4 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 3,028 | +20 |
5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 3,027 | +19 |
6 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 3,018 | +10 |
7 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 3,013 | +5 |
8 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 3,009 | +1 |
-- | -- | CUTLINE | ---- | --- |
9 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 3,008 | -1 |
10 | 22 | Joey Logano | 3,007 | -2 |
11 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 3,007 | -2 |
121 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 3,006 | -3 |
Austin Cindric is the first driver below the cutline, just one point below Bubba Wallace. Joey Logano, the defending series champion, is two points below the cutline, along with Ross Chastain. And Tyler Reddick is three points below the cutline.
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Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.
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