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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 28 20TH ANNUAL BAD BOY OFF ROAD 300 NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Loudon, NH - September 25, 2016 1.058-Mile Paved Oval 300 Laps - 317.4 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 54 minutes, 15 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 109.291 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.442 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 19 4 Kevin Harvick ditech Chevrolet 300 44 4 115.6 Running 2 8 2 8 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 300 40 1 130.4 Running 2 105 3 12 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Core Toyota 300 39 1 118.7 Running 2 3 4 11 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 300 38 1 91.7 Running 1 2 5 13 41 Kurt Busch Monster Energy/Haas Automation Chevrolet 300 36 91.7 Running 6 1 19 Carl Edwards Comcast Business Toyota 300 36 1 107.7 Running 2 31 7 2 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota 300 36 2 132.7 Running 4 141 8 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 300 33 106.2 Running 9 9 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 300 32 89.4 Running 10 6 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 300 31 95.7 Running 11 15 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 300 30 77.8 Running 12 16 21 Ryan Blaney # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 300 29 76.0 Running 13 10 24 Chase Elliott # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 300 29 1 106.5 Running 1 1 14 18 88 Alex Bowman (i) Nationwide Chevrolet 300 0 82.3 Running 15 5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 300 26 90.7 Running 16 29 3 Austin Dillon Pumpkin Spice Cheerios Chevrolet 300 25 62.0 Running 17 26 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 300 24 67.9 Running 18 24 10 Danica Patrick Nature's Bakery Chevrolet 300 24 1 67.5 Running 1 9 19 7 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet 300 22 86.7 Running 20 3 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 300 21 79.7 Running 21 17 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Chili Beans Chevrolet 300 20 70.2 Running 22 37 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Chevrolet 300 19 47.5 Running 23 22 14 Tony Stewart Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 299 18 71.8 Running 24 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal Ford 299 17 57.6 Running 25 14 27 Paul Menard Libman/Menards Chevrolet 299 16 62.5 Running 26 20 95 Michael McDowell Patina Rat Rod Chevrolet 298 15 56.5 Running 27 31 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 298 14 50.0 Running 28 33 83 Matt DiBenedetto NASCAR Heat Evolution Toyota 298 13 39.5 Running 29 34 38 Landon Cassill The Pete Store Ford 298 12 40.9 Running 30 28 34 Chris Buescher # Love’s Travel Stops Ford 298 11 48.8 Running 31 25 44 Brian Scott # Shaw's Ford 298 10 46.0 Running 32 23 23 David Ragan Dr Pepper Toyota 297 9 39.5 Running 33 32 16 Greg Biffle Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford 297 8 41.9 Running 34 30 7 Regan Smith Nikko RC/Toy State Chevrolet 297 7 37.5 Running 35 36 98 Cole Whitt Standard Plumbing Supply Chevrolet 294 6 30.8 Running 36 38 55 Reed Sorenson Vydox Plus Toyota 293 5 28.3 Running 37 40 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Can-Am Ford 290 4 24.8 Running 38 27 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 282 3 49.5 Accident 39 39 30 Josh Wise Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 268 2 25.2 Running 40 35 46 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 236 1 29.0 Steering # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Kevin Harvick won the Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his 34th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race the following car started from the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 5 (Unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 6 cautions for 31 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 125-131 (Debris In Turn 1 [47]); 167-171 (Debris On The Backstretch [10]); 241-248 (Car #46 Accident In Turn 2 [21]); 265-268 (Car #95 Spin In Turn 3 [22]); 286-289 (Car #6 Accident In Turn 4 [3]); 292-294 ( [15]). Lap Leaders: 14 lead changes among 8 drivers. Edwards 1-30, Truex Jr 31-75, Edwards 76, Ky. Busch 77-78, Keselowski 79-80, Truex Jr 81-124, Ky. Busch 125, Truex Jr 126-166, Elliott 167, Truex Jr 168-178, Kenseth 179-231, Harvick 232-233, Patrick 234-242, Kenseth 243-294, Harvick 295-300. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Carl Edwards (135.453 mph. 28.119 secs.) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Kasey AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Martin Truex Jr Kahne (crew chief Keith Rodden, 0.138 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Martin Truex Jr SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (lap 136, 132.021) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Carl Edwards (13 positions) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Ryan Blaney MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) (#20) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick CHASE GRID - ROUND OF 16 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 -Martin Truex Jr. 2,086 (1) Hendrick (#4) 293 Carl Edwards 6 2 - Kevin Harvick 2,071 (1) TRD (#18) 269 Martin Truex Jr 3 3 - Brad Keselowski 2,087 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 261 Joey Logano 3 4 - 2,0 ( ) Kyle Busch 2 Kyle Busch 85 0 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Matt Kenseth 2,078 (0) Chase Elliott # 2 6 - Joey Logano 2,073 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Kurt Busch 2 7 - Denny Hamlin 2,071 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Brad Keselowski 1 8 - Jimmie Johnson 2,070 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 4 Denny Hamlin 1 9 - Chase Elliott 2,068 (0) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Jimmie Johnson 1 10 - Carl Edwards 2,068 (0) SOLVER OF THE RACE Austin Dillon 1 11 - Kurt Busch 2,067 (0) Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Greg Biffle 1 12 - Kyle Larson 2,057 (0) Paul Wolfe (#2) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 13 - Jamie McMurray 2,052 (0) Jason Ratcliff (#20) 3 Chase Elliott 274 14 - Austin Dillon 2,052 (0) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Ryan Blaney 220 15 - Tony Stewart 2,046 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 9 Chris Buescher 189 16 - Chris Buescher 2,027 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Brian Scott 166 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Carl Edwards (#19) 5 Jeffrey Earnhardt 115 Pts Wins Toyota 1,156 (14) Chevrolet 1,128 (8) Ford 1,072 (6) AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Kevin Harvick (#4) 5 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 4 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Joey Logano (#22) 5 Brad Keselowski (#2) 4 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Carl Edwards (#19) 39 Ryan Newman (#31) 37 Kevin Harvick (#4) 32 NEXT EVENT: October 2, 2016 - 47th Annual Citizen Soldier 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (400 Miles) (400 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #28: 20TH ANNUAL BAD BOY OFF ROAD "300" Race Date: 09/25/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2087 28 4 14 19 2 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2086 28 3 6 14 3 KYLE BUSCH 2085 28 4 12 18 4 MATT KENSETH 2078 28 2 5 13 5 JOEY LOGANO 2073 28 1 11 19 6 KEVIN HARVICK 2071 28 3 14 22 7 DENNY HAMLIN 2071 28 3 10 16 8 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2070 28 2 7 11 9 CHASE ELLIOTT 2068 28 0 8 14 10 CARL EDWARDS 2068 28 2 7 16 11 KURT BUSCH 2067 28 1 7 18 12 KYLE LARSON 2057 28 1 7 11 13 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2052 28 0 1 9 14 AUSTIN DILLON 2052 28 0 4 10 15 TONY STEWART 2046 20 1 5 7 16 CHRIS BUESCHER 2027 28 1 2 2 17 KASEY KAHNE 699 28 0 2 10 18 RYAN NEWMAN 676 28 0 1 8 19 RYAN BLANEY 642 28 0 3 8 20 A J ALLMENDINGER 627 28 0 2 5 21 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 607 28 0 3 5 22 TREVOR BAYNE 607 28 0 2 5 23 DANICA PATRICK 534 28 0 0 0 24 GREG BIFFLE 518 28 0 1 3 25 PAUL MENARD 516 28 0 0 2 26 ARIC ALMIROLA 488 28 0 0 0 27 CLINT BOWYER 484 28 0 0 3 28 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 461 18 0 5 6 29 CASEY MEARS 451 28 0 0 0 30 LANDON CASSILL 397 28 0 0 0 31 DAVID RAGAN 369 28 0 0 0 32 REGAN SMITH 350 27 0 1 2 33 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 350 24 0 0 1 34 BRIAN SCOTT 332 28 0 0 0 35 MATT DIBENEDETTO 286 28 0 0 1 36 COLE WHITT 254 24 0 0 0 37 MICHAEL ANNETT 242 27 0 0 0 38 JEFF GORDON 151 6 0 0 0 39 JOSH WISE 151 24 0 0 0 40 REED SORENSON 145 20 0 0 0 41 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 99 15 0 0 0 42 BRIAN VICKERS 86 5 0 0 1 43 BOBBY LABONTE 51 3 0 0 0 44 DAVID GILLILAND 46 2 0 0 0 45 MICHAEL WALTRIP 42 2 0 0 0 46 BORIS SAID 17 1 0 0 0 47 PATRICK CARPENTIER 11 2 0 0 0 48 EDDIE MACDONALD 5 1 0 0 0 49 ALEX KENNEDY 5 1 0 0 0 50 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR.