Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Cup Series has been held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway since 1993.

[4] During the practice for the July 2000 event, Kenny Irwin Jr. was killed after he lost control of his car, which slammed head on into the wall, causing it to flip onto its side.

His cause of death, basilar skull fracture, was the same cause that killed Busch Series driver Adam Petty eight weeks prior at Busch 200 at the same track, leading NASCAR to make significant rule changes to maintain driver safety, including an experiment on using a restrictor plate for the second New Hampshire Cup race that season.

This is officially called the "free pass" by NASCAR, but is widely known by fans and journalists as the "lucky dog" rule.

[7] Starting in 2018, Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in Ledyard, Connecticut, became the title sponsor of the race after announcing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the racetrack on May 31, 2018.

[11] It had been announced the previous week that Ambetter would move their title sponsorship to the spring Cup Series race at Atlanta in 2023.

After winning the race in 2008, Kurt Busch donated his lobster to the New England Aquarium; it died shortly after its arrival.