NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 28 18TH ANNUAL SYLVANIA 300 NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Loudon, NH - September 21, 2014 1.058-Mile Paved Oval 300 Laps - 317.4 Miles Purse: $5,390,876 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 14 minutes, 53 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 98.697 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.15 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 7 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 303 47 4 130.4 $290,581 Running 3 73 2 10 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet 303 42 99.1 216,670 Running 3 3 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Designate a Driver Chevrolet 303 43 2 133.0 186,858 Running 3 104 4 2 1 Jamie McMurray Belkin/WEMO Chevrolet 303 40 108.1 161,264 Running 5 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 303 39 103.5 160,686 Running 6 21 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 303 38 88.2 141,876 Running 7 1 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 303 38 1 113.7 152,423 Running 2 78 8 5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 303 36 94.9 138,906 Running 9 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 303 35 94.7 101,765 Running 10 12 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 303 35 1 110.6 131,490 Running 1 15 11 22 3 Austin Dillon # Cheerios Chevrolet 303 33 76.4 136,751 Running 12 32 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevrolet 303 32 65.6 119,173 Running 13 27 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevrolet 303 31 70.8 108,223 Running 14 14 15 Clint Bowyer 5-Hour Energy Toyota 303 30 79.7 123,831 Running 15 23 27 Paul Menard Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet 303 29 73.0 116,254 Running 16 26 16 Greg Biffle Ortho Ford 303 28 62.5 128,590 Running 17 8 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 303 27 82.4 102,640 Running 18 9 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 303 26 82.7 94,740 Running 19 18 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 303 25 79.7 94,440 Running 20 24 51 Justin Allgaier # PlanBSales.com Chevrolet 303 24 61.1 111,498 Running 21 16 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 303 23 90.1 131,426 Running 22 25 13 Casey Mears Geico Chevrolet 303 22 65.0 107,698 Running 23 17 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevrolet 303 21 67.2 101,215 Running 24 20 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 303 20 68.3 111,360 Running 25 30 40 Landon Cassill (i) Snap Fitness Chevrolet 303 0 53.3 85,315 Running 26 13 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 303 18 99.2 128,151 Running 27 34 38 David Gilliland Clean Harbors Ford 301 18 1 48.4 103,848 Running 1 1 28 35 23 Alex Bowman # Dr Pepper Toyota 301 16 48.0 93,437 Running 29 38 7 Michael Annett # Feed the Children/Golden Corral Chevrolet 301 15 44.6 83,515 Running 30 28 14 Tony Stewart Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 301 14 51.6 118,923 Running 31 37 36 Reed Sorenson American Muscle Driving Experience Chevrolet 300 13 42.2 82,565 Running 32 40 83 Travis Kvapil Burger King Toyota 300 12 35.0 79,790 Running 33 39 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 297 11 34.9 79,565 Running 34 42 66 Mike Wallace (i) Royal Teak Collection Toyota 296 0 30.4 87,365 Running 35 43 32 Timmy Hill US Chrome Ford 295 9 27.3 79,165 Running 36 15 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 268 8 61.1 78,935 Running 37 4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 265 8 1 97.7 87,217 Running 1 32 38 31 26 Cole Whitt # Rinnai Toyota 264 6 39.1 73,655 Running 39 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr EcoPower Oil Ford 263 5 63.9 105,480 Accident 40 36 33 David Stremme Little Joe's Autos Chevrolet 228 4 35.0 65,655 Running 41 41 77 Corey Lajoie (i) Fochler Veterans Law Ford 201 0 30.3 61,655 Running 42 29 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 177 2 35.8 65,655 Accident 43 33 93 Clay Rogers Iowa City Capital Partners Toyota 45 1 27.4 54,155 Overheating # 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: Joey Logano won the SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, his seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, no cars dropped to the rear of the field. Caution Flags: 15 cautions for 63 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 37-40 (Competition [34]); 106-112 (Debris Turn 2 [47]); 171-177 (Debris Turn 3 [41]); 181-186 (Car #26, 78, 11, 34 Accident Turn 2 [47]); 189-192 (Car #5, 18, 31, 20, 1 Accident Backstretch [88]); 195-197 (Car #2, 20 Accident Turn 2 [9]); 202-205 (Car #17, 88 Accident Turn 4 [51]); 212-215 (Debris Backstretch [51]); 223-225 (Car #41 Accident Turn 3 [16]); 247-250 (Debris Backstretch [16]); 258-260 (Car #77 Spin Turn 2 [78]); 265-268 (Car #17 Accident Turn 1 [78]); 271-273 (Car #20, 27 Accident Turn 4 [40]); 293-296 (Car #24 Accident Turn 1 [20]); 299-301 (Car #14, 38 Accident Turn 4 [40]). Lap Leaders: 10 lead changes among 6 drivers. Keselowski 1-37, Gilliland 38, Hamlin 39-70, Harvick 71-106, Logano 107, Harvick 108-170, Logano 171-212, Vickers 213- 227, Keselowski 228-268, Harvick 269-273, Logano 274-303. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Brad Keselowski (140.598 mph. 27.090 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (104 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Kyle AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Joey Logano Larson (crew chief Chris Heroy, 0.319 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Brad Keselowski NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Jamie McMurray event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#4) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Brian Vickers SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" 1 - Brad Keselowski 2,097 (5) AWARD 2 - Joey Logano 2,096 (4) Brad Keselowski (#2) 5 3 - Kevin Harvick 2,090 (2) Joey Logano (#22) 5 4 - Jimmie Johnson 2,080 (3) Kevin Harvick (#4) 5 5 - Kyle Busch 2,077 (1) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,077 (3) COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 7 - Jeff Gordon 2,070 (3) Kevin Harvick (#4) 45 Brad Keselowski 5 8 - Matt Kenseth 2,057 (0) Matt Kenseth (#20) 41 Kyle Busch 2 9 - Carl Edwards 2,057 (2) Joey Logano (#22) 36 Jeff Gordon 2 10 - AJ Allmendinger 2,056 (1) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Denny Hamlin 2 11 - Kasey Kahne 2,055 (1) Roush/Yates (#2) 274 Joey Logano 1 12 - Ryan Newman 2,055 (0) Hendrick (#4) 265 Jimmie Johnson 1 13 - Denny Hamlin 2,049 (1) Hendrick (#24) 258 Matt Kenseth 1 14 - Greg Biffle 2,049 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson # 1 15 - Kurt Busch 2,047 (1) Jamie McMurray 1 Kevin Harvick (#4) 7 16 - Aric Almirola 2,045 (1) Austin Dillon # 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 6 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Tony Stewart 1 Matt Kenseth (#20) 3 Pts Wins David Gilliland 1 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Brian Scott 1 Chevrolet 1,251 (14) SOLVER OF THE RACE Ford 1,230 (12) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Steve Letarte (#88) 3 Toyota 1,121 (2) Kyle Larson 267 Jimmy Fennig (#99) 3 Austin Dillon 198 3M LAP LEADER Todd Gordon (#22) 2 Justin Allgaier 167 Kevin Harvick (#4) 8 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 Michael Annett 155 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Clint Bowyer (#15) 4 Cole Whitt 154 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Alex Bowman 141 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Ryan Truex 114 AWARD Parker Kligerman 41 Brad Keselowski (#2) 6 Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 NEXT EVENT: September 28, 2014 - 45th Annual AAA 400, Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE (400 Miles) (400 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2014 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #28: 18TH ANNUAL SYLVANIA "300" Race Date: 09/21/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2097 28 5 12 15 $6,204,698 2 JOEY LOGANO 2096 28 4 12 17 5,430,852 3 KEVIN HARVICK 2090 28 2 10 15 5,249,408 4 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2080 28 3 9 17 5,507,667 5 KYLE BUSCH 2077 28 1 6 11 4,996,829 6 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2077 28 3 11 17 5,199,004 7 JEFF GORDON 2070 28 3 10 18 5,788,727 8 MATT KENSETH 2057 28 0 10 17 5,209,951 9 CARL EDWARDS 2057 28 2 6 11 4,071,677 10 A J ALLMENDINGER 2056 28 1 2 4 3,534,543 11 KASEY KAHNE 2055 28 1 3 10 3,799,544 12 RYAN NEWMAN 2055 28 0 2 10 3,442,014 13 DENNY HAMLIN 2049 27 1 6 12 4,666,013 14 GREG BIFFLE 2049 28 0 3 10 4,416,134 15 KURT BUSCH 2047 28 1 6 8 3,335,374 16 ARIC ALMIROLA 2045 28 1 2 7 4,142,538 17 KYLE LARSON 821 28 0 7 13 4,206,105 18 JAMIE MCMURRAY 782 28 0 4 10 5,192,066 19 CLINT BOWYER 781 28 0 4 11 4,236,764 20 AUSTIN DILLON 759 28 0 1 3 4,339,433 21 PAUL MENARD 753 28 0 4 11 4,119,227 22 BRIAN VICKERS 736 28 0 3 8 4,147,148 23 MARCOS AMBROSE 684 28 0 3 5 3,812,475 24 MARTIN TRUEX JR.