Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, scored his fifth victory of the season today in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301. It is the four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion’s third win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the 52nd trip to victory lane of his career. He led three times during the day for a total of nine laps.
Johnson remains second in the standings as the Race to the Chase begins, leaving just nine races remaining before the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, took the checkered flag in fifth place. He maintains a 105 point lead in the standings.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, finished fourth. The four-time NSCS champion is in fifth position in the points order.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet, finished 8th today. He remains 13th in the standings, just three points out of the 12th Chase spot.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Lenox Industrial Tools Chevrolet, finished 12th after late race contact while battling for the lead, which dropped him in the final order. He led twice for a total of 89 laps and remains eighth in the standings.
Completing the six Team Chevy drivers in the Chase top-12 in the standings is Mark Martin, No. 5 CARQUEST/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, who is in the 11th points position. He finished 21st in today’s race.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 2489 Leader 2 Jimmie Johnson 2384 -105 3 Kyle Busch 2328 -161 4 Denny Hamlin 2304 -185 5 Jeff Gordon 2302 -187 6 Kurt Busch 2288 -201 7 Matt Kenseth 2204 -285 8 Jeff Burton 2159 -330 9 Tony Stewart 2158 -331 10 Greg Biffle 2126 -363 11 Mark Martin 2047 -442 12 Carl Edwards 2020 -469 13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2017 -472 14 Ryan Newman 2005 -484 15 Clint Bowyer 2004 -485 16 Joey Logano 1921 -568 17 Jamie McMurray 1899 -590 18 Martin Truex Jr. 1872 -617 19 David Reutimann 1870 -619 20 Kasey Kahne 1846 -643 21 A.J. Allmendinger 1845 -644 22 Juan Montoya 1837 -652 23 Paul Menard 1738 -751 24 David Ragan 1660 -829 25 Brad Keselowski 1643 -846 26 Scott Speed 1631 -858 27 Marcos Ambrose 1593 -896 28 Elliott Sadler 1548 -941 29 Sam Hornish Jr. 1499 -990 30 Regan Smith 1432 -1057 31 Bobby Labonte 1276 -1213 32 Robby Gordon 1202 -1287 33 David Gilliland 1193 -1296 34 Travis Kvapil 1172 -1317 35 Brian Vickers 1158 -1331 36 Kevin Conway* 1048 -1441 37 David Stremme 713 -1776 38 Joe Nemechek 689 -1800 39 Max Papis 662 -1827 40 Mike Bliss 621 -1868
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