NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire: New Hampshire 301 at a glance
What: 301 laps or 318.5 miles
Where: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a 1.058-mile flat, paved oval in Loudon, N.H.
When: 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
TV: NBC Sports Network
Radio: Performance Racing Network
Last year’s winner: Brad Keselowski
Also this week: Lakes Region 200, Xfinity Series, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 4 p.m., NBC Sports Network.
Worth mentioning: Kevin Harvick is the first Sprint Cup Series driver to clinch a spot in this season’s championship Chase. His eighth-place finish at Kentucky, combined with his multiple wins, guarantees him to be one of the 16 Chase drivers, assuming he starts the remaining races.
Who’s Hot/Who’s Not
HOT
Kyle Busch: His “Race to the Chase” just got a whole lot easier.
Carl Edwards: A big fan of the new aero package and he showed why at Kentucky.
New aero package: More of this, please.
Jeff Gordon: Ends his career with no wins at Kentucky, but he will have 96 bottles of bourbon on the wall.
Brad Keselowski: Kentucky remains kind to Keselowski: Xfinity win Friday and led the second-most laps in the Cup race.
Matt Crafton: Looking for his third Truck series title and running even more impressive than when he won the first two.
NOT
Dale Earnhardt Jr.: He was never in the picture at Kentucky.
Danica Patrick: Igniting the fan base of the sport’s most popular driver might not be the best of career moves.
Jim Utter
Points Standings
Sprint Cup
Driver | Points |
1. Kevin Harvick | 692 |
2. Jimmie Johnson | 624 |
3. Joey Logano | 624 |
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 616 |
5. Martin Truex Jr. | 596 |
6. Brad Keselowski | 559 |
7. Jamie McMurray | 556 |
8. Kurt Busch | 542 |
9. Matt Kenseth | 540 |
10. Jeff Gordon | 537 |
11. Denny Hamlin | 522 |
12. Kasey Kahne | 513 |
13. Paul Menard | 509 |
14. Ryan Newman | 497 |
15. Clint Bowyer | 490 |
16. Aric Almirola | 473 |
17. Carl Edwards | 449 |
18. Greg Biffle | 420 |
19. Kyle Larson | 404 |
20. Casey Mears | 399 |
21. Austin Dillon | 398 |
22. Danica Patrick | 396 |
23. AJ Allmendinger | 370 |
24. David Ragan | 362 |
25. Trevor Bayne | 350 |
26. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 344 |
27. Sam Hornish Jr. | 343 |
28. Tony Stewart | 342 |
29. Justin Allgaier | 306 |
30. Cole Whitt | 287 |
31. David Gilliland | 282 |
32. Brett Moffitt | 245 |
33. Alex Bowman | 242 |
34. Michael Annett | 208 |
35. Kyle Busch | 200 |
36. Josh Wise | 186 |
37. Matt DiBenedetto | 184 |
38. Michael McDowell | 111 |
39. Jeb Burton | 108 |
40. Alex Kennedy | 71 |
41. Bobby Labonte | 39 |
42. Brian Vickers | 32 |
43. Reed Sorenson | 31 |
44. Michael Waltrip | 26 |
45. Mike Wallace | 8 |
46. Will Kimmel | 6 |
47. Ron Hornaday | 2 |
Xfinity
Driver | Points |
1. Chris Buescher | 593 |
2. Chase Elliott | 557 |
3. Ty Dillon | 547 |
4. Elliott Sadler | 528 |
5. Regan Smith | 527 |
6. Darrell Wallace Jr. | 510 |
7. Brian Scott | 478 |
8. Daniel Suarez | 477 |
9. Brendan Gaughan | 473 |
10. Ryan Reed | 471 |
11. Jeremy Clements | 400 |
12. Dakoda Armstrong | 384 |
13. David Starr | 380 |
14. Ross Chastain | 372 |
15. J.J. Yeley | 370 |
Truck
Driver | Points |
1. Matt Crafton | 417 |
2. Tyler Reddick | 397 |
3. Erik Jones | 388 |
4. Johnny Sauter | 359 |
5. John Wes Townley | 330 |
6. Timothy Peters | 322 |
7. Cameron Hayley | 315 |
8. Daniel Hemric | 308 |
9. Spencer Gallagher | 308 |
10. Ben Kennedy | 297 |
11. Ray Black Jr. | 289 |
12. Tyler Young | 260 |
13. Justin Boston | 255 |
14. Brandon Jones | 241 |
15. Korbin Forrister | 230 |
This story was originally published July 16, 2015 at 8:04 PM with the headline "NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire: New Hampshire 301 at a glance."