NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 19 19TH ANNUAL LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS 301 NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Loudon, NH - July 17, 2011 1.058-Mile Paved Oval 301 Laps - 318.46 Miles Purse: $5,202,458 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 33 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 104.1 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.773 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Chevrolet 301 48 5 140.2 $268,050 Running 6 119 2 2 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 301 43 1 127.1 210,633 Running 2 48 3 14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 301 41 100.4 170,675 Running 4 16 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota 301 41 1 99.5 119,025 Running 2 5 5 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 301 40 1 93.7 151,236 Running 1 19 6 10 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 301 39 1 110.3 122,158 Running 1 5 7 23 47 Bobby Labonte Capital Window/CapWinFund.com Toyota 301 37 69.4 126,945 Running 8 13 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Toyota 301 36 88.2 95,350 Running 9 22 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWALT Ford 301 36 1 74.9 121,541 Running 1 4 10 4 22 Kurt Busch Shell/Pennzoil Dodge 301 35 1 118.0 128,125 Running 2 66 11 7 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 301 34 1 110.3 126,286 Running 1 19 12 17 43 AJ Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 301 32 74.2 120,411 Running 13 15 99 Carl Edwards Ortho Home Defense Ford 301 32 1 94.1 125,291 Running 1 1 14 26 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 301 30 70.7 88,875 Running 15 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet 301 29 66.3 87,425 Running 16 6 31 Jeff Burton Catepillar Chevrolet 301 28 100.0 88,300 Running 17 12 33 Clint Bowyer Good Sam/Cheerios Chevrolet 301 28 1 74.0 118,708 Running 1 3 18 20 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 301 27 1 83.1 92,900 Running 1 1 19 3 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 301 25 88.0 107,158 Running 20 30 17 Matt Kenseth Affliction Clothing Ford 301 24 60.4 115,911 Running 21 18 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 301 23 73.3 122,436 Running 22 24 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 301 23 1 66.8 84,850 Running 1 3 23 38 38 J.J. Yeley Long John Silver's Ford 301 21 53.1 93,983 Running 24 9 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 301 20 70.3 84,225 Running 25 34 34 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 19 49.7 90,608 Running 26 32 51 Landon Cassill (i) Security Benefit/Thank A Teacher Today Chevrolet 300 0 49.4 87,283 Running 27 42 7 Scott Wimmer (i) SPEED Energy Dodge 300 0 40.0 84,947 Running 28 43 71 Andy Lally # Interstate Moving Services Ford 300 17 1 39.2 85,200 Running 1 2 29 37 36 Dave Blaney Golden Corral Chevrolet 300 15 42.5 71,925 Running 30 8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 300 14 74.0 114,208 Running 31 25 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet 300 14 1 72.4 110,089 Running 1 6 32 41 32 Mike Bliss (i) Starrett Ford 299 0 44.7 71,200 Running 33 11 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet 298 11 75.3 97,345 Running 34 21 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 283 10 80.7 98,014 Running 35 5 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 257 9 59.5 79,550 Running 36 19 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 224 8 49.9 118,216 Running 37 29 30 David Stremme Inception Motorsports Chevrolet 159 PE 33.1 70,175 Engine 38 31 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 83 6 36.0 69,975 Brakes 39 40 46 Erik Darnell (i) Red Line Chevrolet 72 0 29.8 69,850 Brakes 40 33 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing LLC Toyota 46 4 32.0 69,700 Brakes 41 35 87 Joe Nemechek (i) AMFMEnergy.com Toyota 37 0 28.4 69,525 Brakes 42 39 60 Mike Skinner (i) Big Red Toyota 17 0 29.9 69,400 Electrical 43 36 55 Jeff Green (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 11 0 28.8 69,767 Brakes # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points Failed to qualify: (3) #37 Tony Raines; #81 Scott Riggs; #92 Dennis Setzer Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 95,000, Ryan Newman won the LENOX Industrial Tools 301, his 15th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 10 cautions for 44 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 31-34 (Debris [66]); 61-64 (Car #18 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 101-104 (Debris [None]); 145-149 (Car #2 Accident Turn 3 [30]); 162-168 (Oil On Track [18]); 172-174 (Car #11, 42, 43, 71 Accident Turn 2 [24]); 185-188 (Car #5 Spin Turn 2 [18]); 217-221 (Debris [5]); 226-229 (Car #4, 36, 83 Accident Frontstretch [5]); 241-244 (Car #48 Spin Turn 2 [2]). Lap Leaders: 21 lead changes among 14 drivers. Newman 1-5, Stewart 6-30, Newman 31, McMurray 32-37, Newman 38-40, Ku. Busch 41-60, Newman 61, Martin 62-64, Newman 65-101, Johnson 102-120, Kahne 121-125, J. Gordon 126-144, Biffle 145, Lally 146-147, Ku. Busch 148-193, Stewart 194-216, Edwards 217, Logano 218-221, Ambrose 222-225, Logano 226, Bowyer 227-229, Newman 230-301. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman (135.232 mph. 28.165 secs.) MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Marcos Ambrose (crew AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Jeff Gordon chief Todd Parrott, -0.011 seconds) DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Ryan Newman (crew chief Tony Gibson) NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Tony Stewart (129.051 mph, Lap 9) event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#39) O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Bobby Labonte (16 MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Ryan Newman places) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Andy Lally ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12 (Wins) GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Carl Edwards 652 (1) Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Kurt Busch 3 2 - Jimmie Johnson 645 (1) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 Carl Edwards 2 3 - Kurt Busch 641 (1) Ryan Newman (#39) 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 4 - Kevin Harvick 637 (3) Matt Kenseth 1 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 5 - Kyle Busch 632 (3) Jeff Gordon 1 6 - Matt Kenseth 626 (2) JGR (#18) 187 Ryan Newman 1 7 - Jeff Gordon 587 (2) Roush/Yates (#99) 180 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 8 - Ryan Newman 586 (1) Hendrick (#48) 157 David Ragan 1 9 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 577 (0) MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE Kasey Kahne 1 10 - Denny Hamlin 570 (1) Kevin Harvick (#29) 6 Joey Logano 1 11 - Tony Stewart 570 (0) Clint Bowyer (#33) 3 Mark Martin 1 12 - Clint Bowyer 542 (0) Kasey Kahne (#4) 3 Brad Keselowski 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF Jamie McMurray 1 Pts Wins THE RACE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Chevrolet 127 (8) Bob Osborne (#99) 3 Andy Lally 178 Ford 110 (5) Gil Martin (#29) 3 Brian Keselowski 15 Toyota 105 (4) Steve Letarte (#88) 3 T.J. Bell 11 Dodge 76 (2) O'REILLY AUTO PARTS AWARD AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Kevin Harvick (#29) 3 AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 2 Matt Kenseth (#17) 4 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Kurt Busch (#22) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE Dave Rogers (#18) 5 Bob Osborne (#99) 4 Jimmy Fennig (#17) 2 NEXT EVENT: July 31, 2011 - 18th Annual Brickyard 400 presented by Big Machine Records, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN (400 Miles) (160 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (7/18/2011) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2011 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #19: 19TH ANNUAL LENOX INDUSTRIAL TOOLS "301" Race Date: 7/17/2011 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CARL EDWARDS 652 19 1 10 13 $5,427,417 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 645 19 1 7 12 3,428,622 3 KURT BUSCH 641 19 1 4 11 3,547,701 4 KEVIN HARVICK 637 19 3 6 10 3,550,032 5 KYLE BUSCH 632 19 3 10 11 3,654,892 6 MATT KENSETH 626 19 2 6 10 3,527,372 7 JEFF GORDON 587 19 2 6 8 3,140,247 8 RYAN NEWMAN 586 19 1 6 9 3,025,373 9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 577 19 0 3 8 2,443,563 10 DENNY HAMLIN 570 19 1 4 7 3,141,968 11 TONY STEWART 570 19 0 2 7 3,085,090 12 CLINT BOWYER 542 19 0 3 8 3,217,490 13 DAVID RAGAN 524 19 1 3 6 2,573,888 14 KASEY KAHNE 523 19 0 3 7 2,496,547 15 GREG BIFFLE 523 19 0 1 5 2,399,563 16 A J ALLMENDINGER 515 19 0 1 4 2,647,727 17 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 511 19 0 2 6 2,927,115 18 JOEY LOGANO 510 19 0 3 5 2,255,213 19 PAUL MENARD 506 19 0 3 5 2,053,338 20 MARK MARTIN 500 19 0 1 5 2,189,788 21 MARCOS AMBROSE 495 19 0 3 6 2,616,617 22 MARTIN TRUEX JR.