Harvick Moves Busch in the Closing Laps to Win at New Hampshire

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kevin Harvick won the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 on Sunday afternoon from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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Harvick had a strong car throughout the race and ran towards the front for most of the day, but he had to chase down Kyle Busch following a late restart.  Harvick got to the back of Busch’s bumper on numerous occasions, and finally moved him in the closing laps.

Harvick said might not have had another chance to pass Busch with the laps winding down.

“We were just running out of laps and I was worried I wouldn’t get back to him again,” Harvick said.  “I didn’t want to wreck him, but I didn’t want to waste a ton of time behind him.”

With the victory, Harvick now stands atop the point standings with just six races remaining before the Playoffs begin.

Harvick said wins are more important with himself, Busch and Martin Truex Jr. winning a majority of the races this season.

“Winning is important, and you try to take every opportunity,” Harvick said.  “You’ve got to be aggressive and do what you’ve got to do to win these races.  We want to win and points are everything.”

Busch said his car wasn’t as strong as Harvick’s at the end of the race, but that he’ll remember how Harvick raced him later in the season.

“We had a really poor performance today,” Busch said.  “The car just wasn’t there all weekend.  We kind of struggled with it through the race.”

“I’m not sure [Harvick] had to do it, but he did…how you race is how you get raced.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Kyle Busch

3. Aric Almirola

4. Martin Truex Jr.

5. Chase Elliott

6. Ryan Newman

7. Ryan Blaney

8. Kurt Busch

9. Joey Logano

10. Jimmie Johnson

11. Alex Bowman

12. Kyle Larson

13. Denny Hamlin

14. William Byron

15. Matt Kenseth

16. Erik Jones

17. Paul Menard

18. Jamie McMurray

19. Kasey Kahne

20. Chris Buescher

21. Austin Dillon

22. Daniel Suarez

23. Ty Dillon

24. Darrell Wallace Jr.

25. Ross Chastain

26. Michael McDowell

27. Corey LaJoie

28. Matt DiBenedetto

29. David Ragan

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

31. Kyle Weatherman

32. Brad Keselowski

33. Blake Jones

34. BJ McLeod

35. Clint Bowyer

36. AJ Allmendinger

37. Landon Cassill

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