Harvick Capitalizes to Gain The Lobstah at New Hampshire

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After running out of fuel last season and being 'disgusted' with a Top-5 in July, Kevin Harvick landed in victory lane beating Matt Kenseth on the final restart. Matt Kenseth finished second after leading 105 of the races 300 laps. Kyle Busch seemed to have the fastest car but those final restarts surely didn't help his case. Brad Keselowski overcame a bad scenario early in the race almost landing a lap down early but his team didn't give up and it landed him with a Top-5 finish and pretty solid heading into next weekend's race at Dover. Kurt Busch rounded out the Top-5. According to the XFINITY X1 App there were 539 quality passes, with 6 cautions and just one driver landing a DNF.

The Chase Going into Dover

Things will get interesting as we head to The Monster Mile in Dover Delaware. With Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. into the next round with a victories and one person has the possibility to make the next round on a win. Drivers like Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch need to just have a consistent day. Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher are basically in a must win situation going into Dover while Austin Dillon and Jamie McMurray need someone above them to have a bad day. It will be interesting and I have a feeling only two of the drivers currently out, will be the ones eliminated. 

The Motorsports News Source NASCAR Driver of The Week

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During the first green flag pit stops, Brad Keselowski and Paul Wolfe did their signature gambling to try and make it a fuel mileage race. That plan began to sour as time went on and Brad almost found himself down a lap. A few good timed cautions landed Brad Keselowski back on the lead lap and back in contention to take the victory at New Hampshire. In the end there were a few cases where if the leaders had taken each other out, Brad would have been in good hands and probably would have had Lobstah for dinner tonight. Brad Keselowski finished 4th  and now sits +35 points on the Chase Grid heading into Dover. Congratulations to Brad on becoming this weekend's Driver of The Week!

Results from New Hampshire

  1. Kevin Harvick
  2. Matt Kenseth
  3. Kyle Busch
  4. Brad Keselowski
  5. Kurt Busch
  6. Carl Edwards
  7. Martin Truex Jr.
  8. Jimmie Johnson
  9. Kasey Kahne
  10. Kyle Larson
  11. Joey Logano
  12. Ryan Blaney
  13. Chase Elliott
  14. Alex Bowman
  15. Denny Hamlin
  16. Austin Dillon
  17. Aric Almirola
  18. Danica Patrick
  19. Jamie McMurray
  20. Ryan Newman
  21. AJ Allmendinger
  22. Clint Bowyer
  23. Tony Stewart
  24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  25. Paul Menard
  26. Michael McDowell
  27. Casey Mears
  28. Matt DiBenedetto
  29. Landon Cassill
  30. Chris Buescher
  31. Brian Scott
  32. David Ragan
  33. Greg Biffle
  34. Regan Smith
  35. Cole Whitt
  36. Reed Sorenson
  37. Jeffrey Earnhardt
  38. Trevor Bayne
  39. Josh Wise
  40. Michael Annett

The Next Race for The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The Monster is waiting for 16 drivers to enter the Dover International Raceway next weekend in the Citizen Soldier 400. It's the first elimination race of 2016 and with some surprises in the seat to be eliminated. Jamie McMurray and Austin Dillon just need to have a consistent afternoon next weekend while Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher basically need to win to advance. The two drivers who aren't concerned include Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick.

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