Kenseth Wins at New Hampshire

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Matt Kenseth won the Sylvania 300 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

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Kenseth had one of the fastest cars throughout the race, but it was Kevin Harvick who dominated all afternoon.  Harvick led a race-high 216 laps before running out of fuel with three laps to go.  Kenseth said he didn’t think he could beat Harvick’s fast car before it ran out of fuel.

“I was giving Kevin everything I had,” Kenseth said.  “I just thought he was going to beat us.  He had the best car today.  I guess he was just a little short on fuel.”

Kenseth is now locked into the second round of the Chase following his victory.  He said going into Dover already locked into the Contender Round won’t change the way his team approaches next week’s race.

“It doesn’t change, I thought a little about it today,” Kenseth said.  “These things are just too hard to win.  We’ll go [to Dover] and bring our good stuff and try to win.”

“It’s been awesome, I think we’ve got some more coming.”

Unofficial results:

1. Matt Kenseth

2. Denny Hamlin

3. Joey Logano

4. Greg Biffle

5. Carl Edwards

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Jeff Gordon

8. Martin Truex Jr.

9. Kasey Kahne

10. Ryan Newman

11. Tony Stewart

12. Brad Keselowski

13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

14. Jamie McMurray

15. Paul Menard

16. Trevor Bayne

17. Kyle Larson

18. Casey Mears

19. Kurt Busch

20. Sam Hornish Jr.

21. Kevin Harvick

22. Austin Dillon

23. AJ Allmendinger

24. Cole Whitt

25. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

26. Clint Bowyer

27. Brett Moffitt

28. David Gilliland

29. Michael Annett

30. Matt DiBenedetto

31. Josh Wise

32. Ryan Preece

33. Jeb Burton

34. BJ McLeod

35. Jeffrey Earnhardt

36. Timmy Hill

37. Kyle Busch

38. Landon Cassill

39. Justin Allgaier

40. Danica Patrick

41. David Ragan

42. Alex Bowman

43. Aric Almirola

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