Arriva il quinto sigillo stagionale per Denny Hamlin che al New Hampshire Motor Speedway si rende protagonista di una gara praticamente perfetta, risalendo dalla 32esima posizione e conquistando la leadership. Impresa riuscita dopo appena 100 giri, quanto basta al driver del team Joe Gibbs Racing per rimanere in vetta alla classifica fino al termine della corsa.
Hamlin, che ha la meglio su Jimmie Johnson e Jeff Gordon, conquista così il 22esimo sigillo in carriera nella Nascar Sprint Cup.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo:
Results - 300 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota 2h43m02.000s 2. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 2.675s 3. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 4.980s 4. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 6.895s 5. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 7.393s 6. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 7.895s 7. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 8.661s 8. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 9.197s 9. Brian Vickers Waltrip Toyota + 9.758s 10. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 11.084s 11. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 11.482s 12. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 11.737s 13. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 12.413s 14. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 12.687s 15. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 14.652s 16. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 14.845s 17. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 15.299s 18. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 15.882s 19. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 19.021s 20. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 1 lap 21. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dodge + 1 lap 22. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 1 lap 23. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 2 laps 24. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 2 laps 25. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 2 laps 26. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Chevrolet + 2 laps 27. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 2 laps 28. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 2 laps 29. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 3 laps 30. David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet + 4 laps 31. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 4 laps 32. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 4 laps 33. Mike Olsen Front Row Ford + 11 laps Retirements: Stephen Leicht Circle Sport Chevrolet 151 laps David Stremme Inception Toyota 145 laps Casey Mears Germain Ford 100 laps Michael McDowell Parsons Ford 97 laps Scott Speed Leavine Ford 88 laps Joe Nemechek NEMCO Toyota 78 laps Tony Raines Baldwin Chevrolet 68 laps JJ Yeley Max Q Chevrolet 29 laps Reed Sorenson Humphrey Smith Chevrolet 21 laps Kelly Bires Go Green Ford 20 laps