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Thinkin’ Out Loud at New Hampshire: Is Penske In Their Prime or Peaking Too Early?
After a midday wash and rinse, Ryan Blaney hit repeat at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with another dominant performance. Blaney held off a hard-charging Bubba Wallace and Josh Berry to win the Dollar Tree 301 Sunday (Aug. 23) afternoon. Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson completed the top five. BLANEY GOES BACK-TO-BACK!!! 🦞🏆 pic.twitter.com/eS7R2ARnIl — NASCAR on USA (@NASCARonUSA) August 23, 2026 The No. 12 team took an unconventional route to defend their win from a year ago.
Bringing the Heat: Trey & Caleb React to the Race From Iowa
This week on Bringing the Heat With Trey Lyle, Caleb Barnes joins Lyle to focus on the biggest takeaways from the race at Iowa Speedway and talk the hottest topics of the week so far. One driver who has been a not-so-hot topic is Tyler Reddick, after a mistake took the No. 45 out of contention in the opening laps over the weekend.
Bringing the Heat: Rene Hatlelid Talks Transition From NBC Sports to USA Sports
This week on Bringing the Heat With Trey Lyle, USA Sports producer Rene Hatlelid joins Lyle ahead of NASCAR’s final network transition of the year. This year, on-screen branding will look a little different, as it will switch from showing ‘NBC Sports’ to ‘USA Sports’ for each of the final 14 races of the 2026 season. According to Hatlelid, “the only thing that changed is the logo on our shirts.” Hatlelid was also a part of the Amazon Prime broadcasts earlier this season.
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