NASCAR Cup Series 2022 20 2022-07-17 2022-07-17 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/6ynoe81647361815.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/1rov0v1647361799.jpg The Ambetter 301 is a 301 lap (318.458-mile (512.508 km) annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Aric Almirola is the defending winner, having won it in 2021. The race has been traditionally run in July, but from 2007 to 2010 it was run in late June or early July as the race preceding the Coke Zero 400 in order to allow that race to run as close to the 4th of July as possible. In 2011, the race returned to its traditional mid-July date. From its inaugural running in 1993 through 2007 the race was 300 laps, but after O. Bruton Smith and his company SMI bought the track their first date was given the moniker of the extra mile and was increased to 301 laps. In 2008, Kurt Busch won the race after it was called due to rain after 284 laps. One year later, Joey Logano became the youngest winner in NASCAR Cup Series history after the race was also shortened because of rain after 273 laps, at the age of 19 years, 1 month, and 4 days. Starting in 2018, it became the only event at the track because their fall race would be moved to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 2022, Ambetter, which was the title sponsor of the Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire, became the title sponsor of the race, replacing Foxwoods. 1531971