Overview
- Team Penske set the tone at Loudon, with its Fords leading 263 of 301 laps as Joey Logano won the pole, paced a race-high 147 laps and finished fourth.
- A caution with 48 laps left triggered divergent strategies, with Josh Berry and Chase Elliott staying out as Ryan Blaney took two tires, retook the lead and held off Berry by 0.937 seconds.
- Berry finished second for his best result since his March Las Vegas win, while Elliott climbed from 27th on the grid to fifth thanks to savvy late calls.
- Joe Gibbs Racing faced friction when Denny Hamlin spun teammate Ty Gibbs on Lap 110, prompting sharp radio comments; Gibbs returned briefly and was classified 34th.
- Four drivers fell below the cut line on points after New Hampshire—Ross Chastain (-12), Austin Cindric (-19), Tyler Reddick (-23) and Bubba Wallace (-27)—with Kansas on Sept. 28 and the Charlotte Roval on Oct. 5 up next.