Joey Logano has scored his fourth win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season as he took victory in a sometimes wild Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
The Team Penske driver kept things rolling for the Ford outfit after team-mate Brad Keselowski won the last two races, including the Chase opener last weekend in Chicago.
It now means both Team Penske drivers are through to the next phase of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Logano got a good jump on a green-white-chequered restart, allowing him to hold off rookie Kyle Larson to score his second win at Loudon.
“We worked hard,” said Logano.
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“This is my home race track, the coolest place to win for me. I could never pick a better race track to win.
“I’ve got to thank all the boys at Team Penske. We’re doing what we’ve got to do to win this thing right now – both teams are – and I’m proud of that.”
Kevin Harvick, who led a race-high 104 laps (out of 303), finished third while Jamie McMurray and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
The race included 15 caution periods for multiple incidents, many involving Chase contenders.
Chase leader Keselowski, who started on the pole for the fifth time this season, led 78 laps and despite spinning and bringing out one of the yellow flags, found himself in the lead over the closing 50 laps of the race. However, he faded to seventh at the finish, but still leads the standings.
Marcos Ambrose had a day of lows and highs. Starting 20th he found himself a lap down, but the succession of caution periods soon got him the “Lucky Dog” and he was back in contention. Then his team gambled on strategy calls not to pit and he found himself battling for the Top-5.
Saying that his car was pushing through the corners, Ambrose used up his tyres. The late run of yellow flags saw his team gamble with a four-tyre stop. But he was buried in the pack and went on to finish 24th.
VIDEO: Final laps
VIDEO: Victory Lane
RESULTS: Sylvania 300 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MANUFACTURER
STARTING POS.
LAPS
LAPS LED
FINAL STATUS
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
1
22
Joey Logano
Ford
7
303
73
Running
47
4
2
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
10
303
0
Running
42
0
3
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
3
303
104
Running
43
2
4
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
2
303
0
Running
40
0
5
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
6
303
0
Running
39
0
6
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
21
303
0
Running
38
0
7
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
1
303
78
Running
38
1
8
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
5
303
0
Running
36
0
9
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Chevrolet
11
303
0
Running
35
0
10
55
Brian Vickers
Toyota
12
303
15
Running
35
1
11
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
22
303
0
Running
33
0
12
78
Martin Truex Jr
Chevrolet
32
303
0
Running
32
0
13
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
27
303
0
Running
31
0
14
15
Clint Bowyer
Toyota
14
303
0
Running
30
0
15
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
23
303
0
Running
29
0
16
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
26
303
0
Running
28
0
17
99
Carl Edwards
Ford
8
303
0
Running
27
0
18
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
9
303
0
Running
26
0
19
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
18
303
0
Running
25
0
20
51
Justin Allgaier
Chevrolet
24
303
0
Running
24
0
21
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
16
303
0
Running
23
0
22
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
25
303
0
Running
22
0
23
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
17
303
0
Running
21
0
24
9
Marcos Ambrose
Ford
20
303
0
Running
20
0
25
40
Landon Cassill
Chevrolet
30
303
0
Running
0
0
26
24
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
13
303
0
Running
18
0
27
38
David Gilliland
Ford
34
301
1
Running
18
1
28
23
Alex Bowman
Toyota
35
301
0
Running
16
0
29
7
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
38
301
0
Running
15
0
30
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
28
301
0
Running
14
0
31
36
Reed Sorenson
Chevrolet
37
300
0
Running
13
0
32
83
Travis Kvapil
Toyota
40
300
0
Running
12
0
33
98
Josh Wise
Chevrolet
39
297
0
Running
11
0
34
66
Mike Wallace
Toyota
42
296
0
Running
0
0
35
32
Timmy Hill
Ford
43
295
0
Running
9
0
36
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
15
268
0
Running
8
0
37
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
4
265
32
Running
8
1
38
26
Cole Whitt
Toyota
31
264
0
Running
6
0
39
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
19
263
0
Accident
5
0
40
33
David Stremme
Chevrolet
36
228
0
Running
4
0
41
77
Corey Lajoie
Ford
41
201
0
Running
3
0
42
34
David Ragan
Ford
29
177
0
Accident
2
0
43
93
Clay Rogers
Toyota
33
45
0
Overheating
1
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Brad Keselowski
2097
Leader
28
5
12
15
1
2
Joey Logano
2096
-1
28
4
12
17
4
3
Kevin Harvick
2090
-7
28
2
10
15
2
4
Jimmie Johnson
2080
-17
28
3
9
17
3
5
Kyle Busch
2077
-20
28
1
6
11
4
6
Dale Earnhardt Jr
2077
-20
28
3
11
17
2
7
Jeff Gordon
2070
-27
28
3
10
18
0
8
Matt Kenseth
2057
-40
28
0
10
17
2
9
Carl Edwards
2057
-40
28
2
6
11
2
10
AJ Allmendinger
2056
-41
28
1
2
4
3
11
Kasey Kahne
2055
-42
28
1
3
10
3
12
Ryan Newman
2055
-42
28
0
2
10
1
13
Denny Hamlin
2049
-48
27
1
6
12
2
14
Greg Biffle
2049
-48
28
0
3
10
1
15
Kurt Busch
2047
-50
28
1
6
8
5
16
Aric Almirola
2045
-52
28
1
2
7
6
17
Kyle Larson
821
-1276
28
0
7
13
3
18
Jamie McMurray
782
-1315
28
0
4
10
3
19
Clint Bowyer
781
-1316
28
0
4
11
3
20
Austin Dillon
759
-1338
28
0
1
3
0
21
Paul Menard
753
-1344
28
0
4
11
0
22
Brian Vickers
736
-1361
28
0
3
8
2
23
Marcos Ambrose
684
-1413
28
0
3
5
1
24
Martin Truex Jr
642
-1455
28
0
0
3
2
25
Casey Mears
636
-1461
28
0
1
2
0
26
Tony Stewart
609
-1488
25
0
2
6
2
27
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
588
-1509
28
0
1
5
2
28
Danica Patrick
578
-1519
28
0
0
3
3
29
Justin Allgaier
500
-1597
28
0
0
0
5
30
David Gilliland
435
-1662
28
0
0
0
4
31
Michael Annett
419
-1678
28
0
0
0
4
32
David Ragan
396
-1701
28
0
0
0
3
33
Cole Whitt
387
-1710
28
0
0
0
3
34
Reed Sorenson
383
-1714
28
0
0
0
5
35
Josh Wise
341
-1756
27
0
0
0
1
36
Alex Bowman
335
-1762
28
0
0
0
4
37
Ryan Truex
193
-1904
23
0
0
0
8
38
Michael McDowell
178
-1919
13
0
0
1
4
39
Travis Kvapil
167
-1930
18
0
0
0
1
40
Jeff Burton
87
-2010
4
0
0
0
0
41
Terry Labonte
77
-2020
3
0
0
0
0
42
David Stremme
68
-2029
9
0
0
0
2
43
Bobby Labonte
54
-2043
3
0
0
0
1
44
Parker Kligerman
54
-2043
8
0
0
0
4
45
Michael Waltrip
48
-2049
3
0
0
0
1
46
Juan Pablo Montoya
47
-2050
2
0
0
0
0
47
Alex Kennedy
47
-2050
5
0
0
0
2
48
Dave Blaney
46
-2051
7
0
0
0
3
49
Brett Moffitt
44
-2053
4
0
0
0
1
50
David Reutimann
37
-2060
3
0
0
0
0
51
Timmy Hill
31
-2066
6
0
0
0
3
52
Boris Said
28
-2069
2
0
0
0
0
53
Nelson Piquet Jr
18
-2079
1
0
0
0
0
54
Eddie MacDonald
9
-2088
1
0
0
0
0
55
Tomy Drissi
6
-2091
1
0
0
0
0
56
Corey Lajoie
3
-2094
1
0
0
0
0
57
Clay Rogers
1
-2096
1
0
0
0
1
58
Landon Cassill
0
-2097
26
0
0
0
4
59
Sam Hornish Jr
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
0
60
Trevor Bayne
0
-2097
9
0
0
0
3
61
Brian Scott
0
-2097
5
0
0
0
1
62
Ty Dillon
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
0
63
Ryan Blaney
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
0
64
Joe Nemechek
0
-2097
15
0
0
0
3
65
J.J. Yeley
0
-2097
10
0
0
0
4
66
Blake Koch
0
-2097
3
0
0
0
0
67
Mike Wallace
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
0
68
Mike Bliss
0
-2097
5
0
0
0
4
69
Regan Smith
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
1
70
Joey Gase
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
0
71
Morgan Shepherd
0
-2097
2
0
0
0
1
72
Johnny Sauter
0
-2097
1
0
0
0
1
73
Eric McClure
0
-2097
0
0
0
0
0
74
Matt Crafton
0
-2097
0
0
0
0
0
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