Clint Bowyer made a strong statement that he is a contender in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with a dominating win in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS). Behind the wheel of the bright yellow No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet, Bowyer led seven times for 177 of the 300 laps in today’s race.
Coming into the NHMS race, the Richard Childress Racing driver was the 12th seed in the final field competing tor the Series’ championship. He is now second in the standings, just 35 points out of the lead, following the first of the 10-race Chase.
Hamlin, the points leader, was spun by Carl Edwards on a mid-race restart and rallied from 22nd to finish second. Harvick, the points leader for most of the “regular season,” struggled through a series of bad pit stops to fall as low as 18th before finishing fifth.
Johnson was derailed by a loose right wheel late in the race to finish 25th, the lowest of the Chase drivers
Kevin Harvick remains third in the Chase standings with his fifth place finish behind the wheel of the No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont/National Guard Facebook Chevrolet, finished sixth and moved to fifth in points with nine races remaining in the season. Gordon is contending for his fifth NSCS championship.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Denny Hamlin 5230 Leader 2 Clint Bowyer 5195 -35 3 Kevin Harvick 5185 -45 4 Kyle Busch 5168 -62 5 Jeff Gordon 5155 -75 6 Kurt Busch 5144 -86 7 Jimmie Johnson 5138 -92 8 Carl Edwards 5135 -95 9 Greg Biffle 5122 -108 10 Jeff Burton 5118 -112 11 Tony Stewart 5106 -124 12 Matt Kenseth 5094 -136 13 Ryan Newman 3221 -2009 14 Jamie McMurray 3220 -2010 15 David Reutimann 3132 -2098 16 Juan Montoya 3132 -2098 17 Mark Martin 3098 -2132 18 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3068 -2162 19 Kasey Kahne 3053 -2177 20 Martin Truex Jr. 2987 -2243 21 A.J. Allmendinger 2947 -2283 22 Joey Logano 2936 -2294 23 Paul Menard 2721 -2509 24 David Ragan 2647 -2583 25 Marcos Ambrose 2638 -2592 26 Brad Keselowski 2629 -2601 27 Sam Hornish Jr. 2465 -2765 28 Scott Speed 2404 -2826 29 Elliott Sadler 2377 -2853 30 Regan Smith 2303 -2927 31 Bobby Labonte 1949 -3281 32 Travis Kvapil 1924 -3306 33 David Gilliland 1774 -3456 34 Robby Gordon 1626 -3604 35 Kevin Conway* 1586 -3644 36 Brian Vickers 1158 -4072 37 Joe Nemechek 1068 -4162 38 Reed Sorenson 966 -4264 39 Casey Mears 934 -4296 40 Dave Blaney 933 -4297
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