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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 28 21ST ANNUAL ISM CONNECT 300 NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Loudon, NH - September 24, 2017 1.058-Mile Paved Oval 300 Laps - 317.4 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 54 minutes, 47 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 108.958 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.641 second(s) Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 1 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Caramel Toyota 300 3 1 58 Running 3 187 6 2 2 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 300 2 5 50 Running 1 1 3 10 20 Matt Kenseth SiriusXM Toyota 300 6 2 48 Running 4 13 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 300 7 3 45 Running 5 5 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota 300 1 6 47 Running 3 112 1 6 8 77 Erik Jones # 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota 300 4 4 45 Running 7 16 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Ford 300 30 Running 8 25 19 Daniel Suarez # Comcast/ARRIS Toyota 300 29 Running 9 4 21 Ryan Blaney Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 300 5 9 36 Running 10 39 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 300 27 Running 11 14 24 Chase Elliott Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet 300 26 Running 12 3 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 300 9 8 30 Running 13 18 31 Ryan Newman Childress Vineyards Chevrolet 300 24 Running 14 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 300 8 7 30 Running 15 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fifth Third Bank Ford 300 22 Running 16 11 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet 300 10 22 Running 17 20 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 300 20 Running 18 27 10 Danica Patrick Code 3 Associates Ford 300 19 Running 19 17 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet 300 18 Running 20 19 27 Paul Menard Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet 300 17 Running 21 22 37 Chris Buescher Scott Products Chevrolet 299 16 Running 22 30 13 Ty Dillon # GEICO Chevrolet 298 15 Running 23 31 95 Michael McDowell Procore Chevrolet 298 14 Running 24 23 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 298 13 Running 25 28 34 Landon Cassill MDS Transport Ford 298 12 Running 26 29 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 297 11 Running 27 33 23 Corey Lajoie # Schroth Racing Toyota 297 10 Running 28 35 15 Reed Sorenson Ol' Hick Cooking Pellets Chevrolet 297 9 Running 29 21 38 David Ragan Camping World/Good Sam Ford 296 8 Running 30 32 72 Cole Whitt Rinnai Chevrolet 296 7 Running 31 26 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford EcoBoost Ford 295 6 Running 32 36 83 Brett Moffitt (i) Super Donut Toyota 294 0 Running 33 34 55 Gray Gaulding # Wind River Environmental Toyota 293 4 Running 34 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 289 3 Running 35 9 5 Kasey Kahne Road to Race Day Chevrolet 289 2 Running 36 6 4 Kevin Harvick Mobil 1 Ford 148 10 2 Accident 37 7 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 148 1 Accident 38 37 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Hulu Chevrolet 143 1 Accident 39 38 51 Cody Ware Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 74 1 Rear Gear # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 78, 42, 18, 77, 21, 20, 2, 48, 11, 4 Stage 2 Top 10: 18, 20, 2, 77, 42, 78, 48, 11, 21, 1 Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the ISM Connect 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his 41st Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 13 (backup car), No. 34 and 37 (transmission change). Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 32 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 77-82 (Stage 1 Conclusion [47]); 151-159 (Car #3, 4, 10, 11, 33, 41, 78, 88 Incident On The Backstretch [None]); 221-225 (Debris In Turn 4 [3]); 264-267 (Car #5 Incident In Turn 4 [11]); 269-272 (Car #38 Incident In Turn 2 [10]); 274-277 (Car #6 Incident In Turn 2 [27]). Lead Changes: 6 lead changes among 3 drivers. Ky. Busch 1-39, Truex Jr 40-77, Larson 78, Truex Jr 79-149, Ky. Busch 150-264, Truex Jr 265-267, Ky. Busch 268-300. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (135.049 mph. 28.203 secs.) MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD: Matt Kenseth (crew chief Jason Ratcliff, 0.142 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kyle Busch seconds) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Denny Hamlin (5 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch ( Lap 282, 129.723 mph) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Erik Jones (TRD) (#18) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Busch SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Kyle Busch 8 Pts Wins Kyle Busch (#18) 10 Kyle Larson (#42) 9 Kyle Larson 3 Toyota 986 (10) Matt Kenseth (#20) 3 Brad Keselowski 2 Chevrolet 985 (10) Matt Kenseth 2 Ford 976 (8) Martin Truex Jr 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Ryan Blaney 1 AWARD Chase Elliott 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Joey Logano 1 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 6 Erik Jones # 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Ryan Newman (#31) 37 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Daniel Suarez (#19) 32 Erik Jones 253 Kasey Kahne (#5) 31 Daniel Suarez 237 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Ty Dillon 181 Corey Lajoie 154 TRD (#18) 330 Gray Gaulding 140 Hendrick (#42) 290 Roush/Yates (#4) 249 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson (#42) 10 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Jason Ratcliff (#20) 3 Mike Bugarewicz (#14) 3 NEXT EVENT: October 1, 2017 - 48th Annual Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (400 Miles) (400 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #28: 21ST ANNUAL ISM CONNECT "300" Race Date: 09/24/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2149 0 5 19 59 2 KYLE LARSON 2125 24 4 3 33 3 KYLE BUSCH 2119 30 3 13 36 4 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2106 43 2 4 19 5 DENNY HAMLIN 2088 61 2 2 13 6 MATT KENSETH 2087 62 0 3 5 7 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2076 73 3 1 17 8 RYAN BLANEY 2070 79 1 3 8 9 CHASE ELLIOTT 2070 79 0 3 6 10 KEVIN HARVICK 2069 80 1 3 15 11 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2053 96 0 0 3 12 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 2044 105 2 0 10 13 AUSTIN DILLON 2044 105 1 0 5 14 RYAN NEWMAN 2043 106 1 0 5 15 KURT BUSCH 2027 122 1 0 5 16 KASEY KAHNE 2023 126 1 0 5 17 JOEY LOGANO 719 1430 1 1 0 18 CLINT BOWYER 718 1431 0 1 0 19 ERIK JONES 703 1446 0 0 0 20 DANIEL SUAREZ 624 1525 0 1 0 21 TREVOR BAYNE 512 1637 0 0 0 22 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 482 1667 0 0 0 23 PAUL MENARD 478 1671 0 0 0 24 TY DILLON 458 1691 0 0 0 25 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 438 1711 0 0 0 26 CHRIS BUESCHER 438 1711 0 0 0 27 A J ALLMENDINGER 426 1723 0 0 0 28 DANICA PATRICK 415 1734 0 0 0 29 DAVID RAGAN 341 1808 0 0 0 30 ARIC ALMIROLA 329 1820 0 0 0 31 MATT DIBENEDETTO 292 1857 0 0 0 32 LANDON CASSILL 287 1862 0 0 0 33 COLE WHITT 268 1881 0 0 0 34 COREY LAJOIE 190 1959 0 0 0 35 GRAY GAULDING 119 2030 0 0 0 36 REED SORENSON 118 2031 0 0 0 37 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 107 2042 0 0 0 38 DERRIKE COPE 36 2113 0 0 0 39 MICHAEL WALTRIP 29 2120 0 0 0 40 BILLY JOHNSON 15 2134 0 0 0 41 BORIS SAID 15 2134 0 0 0 42 GARY KLUTT 6 2143 0 0 0 43 CODY WARE 6 2143 0 0 0 44 ALON DAY 5 2144 0 0 0 45 STEPHEN LEICHT 5 2144 0 0 0 46 KEVIN O'CONNELL 4 2145 0 0 0 47 TOMMY REGAN 3 2146 0 0 0 48 D J KENNINGTON 2 2147 0 0 0 49 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 50 DARRELL WALLACE JR.(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 51 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 52 ELLIOTT SADLER(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 53 ROSS CHASTAIN(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 54 JOEY GASE(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 55 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 56 JJ YELEY(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 57 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 58 CARL LONG(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 59 BJ MCLEOD(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 60 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 61 JOSH BILICKI(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 62 RAY BLACK II(i) 0 2149 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #28: 21ST ANNUAL ISM CONNECT "300" Race Date: 09/24/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 78 Furniture Row Racing 2149 0 5 19 59 28 2 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 2125 24 4 3 33 28 3 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 2119 30 3 13 36 28 4 2 Team Penske 2106 43 2 4 19 28 5 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 2088 61 2 2 13 28 6 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 2087 62 0 3 5 28 7 48 Hendrick Motorsports 2076 73 3 1 17 28 8 21 Wood Brothers Racing 2070 79 1 3 8 28 9 24 Hendrick Motorsports 2070 79 0 3 6 28 10 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 2069 80 1 3 15 28 11 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 2053 96 0 0 3 28 12 17 Roush Fenway Racing 2044 105 2 0 10 28 13 3 Richard Childress Racing 2044 105 1 0 5 28 14 31 Richard Childress Racing 2043 106 1 0 5 28 15 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 2027 122 1 0 5 28 16 5 Hendrick Motorsports 2023 126 1 0 5 28 17 22 Team Penske 719 1430 1 1 0 28 18 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 718 1431 0 1 0 28 19 77 Furniture Row Racing 703 1446 0 0 0 28 20 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 624 1525 0 1 0 28 21 6 Roush Fenway Racing 512 1637 0 0 0 28 22 88 Hendrick Motorsports 482 1667 0 0 0 28 23 27 Richard Childress Racing 478 1671 0 0 0 28 24 13 Germain Racing 458 1691 0 0 0 28 25 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 441 1708 0 0 0 28 26 95 Leavine Family Racing 438 1711 0 0 0 28 27 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 438 1711 0 0 0 28 28 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 426 1723 0 0 0 28 29 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 415 1734 0 0 0 28 30 38 Front Row Motorsports 341 1808 0 0 0 28 31 32 GO FAS Racing 292 1857 0 0 0 28 32 34 Front Row Motorsports 287 1862 0 0 0 28 33 72 TriStar Motorsports 268 1881 0 0 0 28 34 15 Premium Motorsports 192 1957 0 0 0 28 35 23 BK Racing 186 1963 0 0 0 28 36 83 BK Racing 164 1985 0 0 0 26 37 33 Circle Sport / TMG 122 2027 0 0 0 28 38 55 Premium Motorsports 84 2065 0 0 0 23 39 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 82 2067 0 0 0 7 40 175 Beard Motorsports 67 2082 0 0 0 3 41 51 Rick Ware Racing 60 2089 0 0 0 23 42 266 Motorsports Business Management 49 2100 0 0 0 7 43 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 1 2148 0 0 0 2.