Crayon 301 live updates: Martin Truex Jr. wins Stage 1 at NHMS

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The NASCAR Cup Series‘ July schedule continues Monday with the Crayon 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, as NASCAR’s top stars will battle it out over 301 laps on the storied asphalt speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.

The race was originally scheduled for Sunday but was postponed due to heavy rain and an accompanying a flood warning. It’s the third Cup event this year postponed because of rain and also the third consecutive event impacted by rain.

Defending champion Christopher Bell (who could forget his wild chase-down victory at NHMS at last year?) will start on the pole after he turned the fastest qualifying lap of 124.781 mph in Saturday’s qualifier.

You can find a full list of winners so far this year, as well as the season’s remaining schedule here.

Here are the top moments.

Green!

Bell led the opening lap but was getting immediate pressure from Martin Truex Jr., who quickly drove out to a one-second lead over Bell and the rest of the field early in Stage 1.

Around he goes

A.J. Allmendinger brought out the first caution of the day after he spun off Turn 2 on the backstraightaway.

Stay tuned for updates!

PRE-RACE

Setting the stage

Ahead of the action, FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass broke down what and who to watch out for in Monday’s race.

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