The NASCAR Cup Series takes on the 1-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday in the USA TODAY 301.

Chase Elliott is on the pole after qualifying was cancelled due to rain. Sunday’s weather forecast includes rain chances, and NASCAR moved up the start time for the USA TODAY 301 by a half-hour.

Last week, Ryan Blaney won the first-ever Cup race at the Iowa Speedway, securing his first win of the season.

Here’s how you can watch Sunday’s race:

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NASCAR New Hampshire TV schedule, start time for USA TODAY 301

Green Flag Time:  Approx. 1:05 p.m. CT on Sunday, June 23 (prerace coverage begins at 1 p.m. CT Sunday)

Track:  New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-mile oval) in Loudon, New Hampshire

Length:  301 laps, 318.46 miles

Stages:  70 laps, 115 laps, 116 laps

TV coverage:  USA Network

Radio:  PRN

Streaming: FUBO (free trial available); NBC Sports app (subscription required); GoPRN.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)

The USA TODAY 301 will be broadcast nationally on USA Network. Streaming options for the race include the FOX Sports app and FUBO, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.

NASCAR Cup Series 2024 schedule

All times Central.

• Feb. 3: Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum, LA Coliseum (Winner: Denny Hamlin) Non-points
• Feb. 15: Bluegreen Vacations Duels at Daytona, Daytona International Speedway (Winners: Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell) Non-points
• Feb. 19: Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway (Winner: William Byron)
• Feb. 25: Ambetter Health 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Daniel Suarez)
• March 3: Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
• March 10: Shriners Children’s 500, Phoenix Raceway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
• March 17: Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
• March 24: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas (Winner: William Byron)
• March 31: Toyota Owners 400, Richmond Raceway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
• April 7: Cook Out 400, Martinsville Speedway (Winner: William Byron)
• April 14: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, Texas Motor Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
• April 21: Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway (Winner: Tyler Reddick)
• April 28: Wurth 400, Dover Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
• May 5: AdventHealth 400, Kansas Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
• May 12: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway (Winner: Brad Keselowski)
• May 19: NASCAR All-Star Open, North Wilkesboro Speedway (Winner: Ty Gibbs) Non-points
• May 19: NASCAR All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro Speedway (Winner: Joey Logano) Non-points
• May 26: Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
• June 2: Enjoy Illinois 300, World Wide Technology Raceway (Winner: Austin Cindric)
• June 9: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
• June 16: Iowa Corn 350, Iowa Speedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
• June 23: USA TODAY 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1:05 p.m., USA Network)
• June 30: Ally 400, Nashville Superspeedway (2:30 p.m., NBC)
• July 7: Grant Park 165, Chicago street course (3:30 p.m., NBC)
• July 14: The Great American Getaway 400, Pocono Raceway (1:30 p.m., USA Network)
• July 21: Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC)
• Aug. 11: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway (5 p.m., USA Network)
• Aug. 18: FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway (1:30 p.m., USA Network)
• Aug. 24: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona International Speedway (6:30 p.m., NBC)
• Sept. 1: Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (5 p.m., USA Network)Regular season finale
• Sept. 8: Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
• Sept. 15: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
• Sept. 21: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (6:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
• Sept. 29: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
• Oct. 6: YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 12
• Oct. 13: Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 12
• Oct. 20: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
• Oct. 27: Untitled race at Homestead-Miami Speedway (1:30 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
• Nov. 3: Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
• Nov. 10: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Phoenix Raceway (2 p.m., NBC)

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RSS Racing with Viking Motorsports’ Matt DiBenedetto originally finished Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 17th place, giving him his fifth top 20 finish of a 2024 season that only started for him in race number six on the calendar.

But DiBenedetto was later disqualified from the 203-lap SciAps 200 around the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) “Magic Mile” oval in Loudon, New Hampshire, dropping him from 17th to 38th (last) place on the official results sheet.

The disqualification came due to three loose lug nuts on the right rear wheel of DiBenedetto’s No. 38 Ford, which was sponsored by race title sponsor SciAps. As a result, DiBenedetto scored just one point on Saturday instead of 20.

Everybody who originally finished behind DiBenedetto moved up by one spot, with those who had finished between 18th and 36th place gaining an additional point.

The original 37th and 38th place finishers, DGM Racing’s Nathan Byrd and Young’s Motorsports’ Leland Honeyman, still scored just one point each after moving up to 36th and 37th, respectively.

Notably, DiBenedetto did not score any points in either one of the first two stages, as he did not finish in the top 10 in either, so the only post-race points changes came a result of his updated finishing position.

DiBenedetto, who has competed in 11 races this year, fell from 26th to 29th place in the point standings as a result of the disqualification, though he is not eligible for the playoffs anyway, since he missed the season’s first five races and was not issued a waiver.

With nobody gaining more than a single point due to his disqualification, there were no huge changes to the playoff picture. The most significant change as far as the playoffs are concerned is the fact that Our Motorsports’ Anthony Alfredo, who moved up from 21st to 20th place in Saturday’s race, is now 71 points below the cut line instead of 72.

LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell used a three-wide, last-lap pass on Saturday to drive away and win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race for the fourth straight time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

The 29-year-old Bell needed three extra laps on the 1.058-mile track but remained undefeated at New Hampshire in the Xfinity Series and scored another win for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20 Toyota.

Bell led 43 of 203 laps and added this checkered flag to his collection of Xfinity wins at New Hampshire in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

Sheldon Creed was second and Cole Custer third, both drivers caught up in Bell’s thrilling pass and both drivers fell just shy of keeping Bell out of victory lane.

“I feel so bad for Sheldon,” Bell said. “He’s been really really close to winning these things.”

Creed has two runner-up finishes this season and 10 overall in the Xfinity Series without a win in 86 career races. He’s tied with Dale Jarrett and Daniel Hemric for most second-place finishes before a victory.

“I’m running out of ways to lose these things,” Creed said.

Bell and Custer kept the headlines confined to the track.

Bell blurted out that Chase Briscoe was set to leave Stewart-Haas Racing, which shuts down at the end of the season, and make the move to Joe Gibs Racing in 2025. Briscoe is slated to drive the No. 19 Toyota for JGR.

Custer lost his Cup ride at SHR after the 2022 season and spent the last two years driving for its Xfinity program. He won the series championship last season and leads the points standings this season by 15 points over Zane Smith.

“I felt like we had that one,” Custer said. “We had the best car all day and to have it ripped away with one lap to go is just heartbreaking.”

Custer, who led 114 laps at New Hampshire, could get a return to the Cup next season.

SHR co-owner Gene Haas announced this week he will remain in the Cup Series and field one car in 2025. Haas will keep one of the four charters that belong to Stewart-Haas Racing and will operate next season as the Haas Factory Team.

“I think what Gene Haas has done in this sport, it would be a dream come true to get to run that Cup car,” Custer said.

Stewart-Haas Racing is primarily run by Joe Custer, the chief operating officer and longtime Haas confidant. Custer will remain president of Haas Factory Team — and his son could get the Cup seat.

“Whenever I went back to the Xfinity Series, my goal was always to go back to Cup,” Cole Custer said. “I’ve been trying to work on what I can do to get myself better over the past year and a half. At the end of the day, you try and do as best you can and you hope it all sorts itself out. But I really don’t have much to say or anything right now that’s solidified or anything.”

Justin Bonsignore finished 23rd in his Xfinity Series debut hours after he won a race at the track in NASCAR’s Modified Tour. He’s a three-time NWMT champion. Driving the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, Bonsignore was collected in a late wreck.

The Xfinity race was run on wet-weather tires, a first for the series on the oval.