Kenseth wins Cup race as many drivers run out of fuel

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Matt Kenseth won today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at New
Hampshire Motor Speedway.

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LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE --- Matt Kenneth won today's race basically coasting across the finish line because he ran out of gas!

Other drivers were not so lucky, like Kevin Harvick, who had been so dominant the whole day. Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and many others, were not so lucky.

Today, Jeff Gordon managed to break Ricky Rudd's record of most consecutive Sprint Cup starts. Gordon had his 789th-consecutive Sprint Cup start today at New Hampshire.

Basic Stats From Today's Race

Matt Kenseth, the race winner, had a final lap time of 30.729 seconds, a best lap time of 28.666 seconds, a best speed of 132.868 MPH, and a margin of victory of 8.942 seconds over the second-place finisher Denny Hamlin. Kevin Harvick led the most laps today, leading 216. Today's average speed was 105.437 MPH. The final speed, set by Harvick, was 133.614 MPH.

Full Results From NASCAR.com

Orange = Chase Driver

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MANUF	DELTA	LAPS	LAST LAP	BEST TIME	BEST SPEED	BEST LAP
1	20	Matt Kenseth		Leader	300	30.729	28.666	132.868	218
2	11	Denny Hamlin		8.942	300	30.478	28.613	133.114	218
3	22	Joey Logano		1.430	300	30.055	28.833	132.099	131
4	16	Greg Biffle		2.101	300	30.714	28.887	131.852	217
5	19	Carl Edwards		0.398	300	30.397	28.704	132.692	5
6	48	Jimmie Johnson		0.632	300	30.481	28.804	132.232	170
7	24	Jeff Gordon		0.994	300	30.427	29.087	130.945	138
8	78	Martin Truex Jr.		0.697	300	30.023	28.980	131.429	132
9	5	Kasey Kahne		0.927	300	30.023	28.927	131.669	134
10	31	Ryan Newman		2.026	300	30.121	29.065	131.044	132
11	14	Tony Stewart		3.187	300	30.125	29.077	130.990	203
12	2	Brad Keselowski		0.572	300	29.890	28.675	132.827	203
13	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		1.394	300	30.202	29.172	130.564	136
14	1	Jamie McMurray		1.839	300	30.290	28.961	131.515	217
15	27	Paul Menard		0.204	300	30.345	29.217	130.362	249
16	6	Trevor Bayne		0.251	300	30.187	29.216	130.367	221
17	42	Kyle Larson		2.049	300	29.893	29.122	130.788	7
18	13	Casey Mears		1.271	300	30.336	29.304	129.975	133
19	41	Kurt Busch		-4.931	299	40.785	28.802	132.241	169
20	9	Sam Hornish Jr.		5.179	299	31.287	29.182	130.519	219
21	4	Kevin Harvick		-	299	40.149	28.506	133.614	169
22	3	Austin Dillon		-	299	30.562	29.329	129.865	8
23	47	AJ Allmendinger		-	299	30.447	29.491	129.151	70
24	35	Cole Whitt		-	299	31.033	29.604	128.658	222
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.		-	299	51.568	28.615	133.105	131
26	15	Clint Bowyer		-	299	30.572	29.183	130.514	253
27	34	Brett Moffitt #		-	298	30.745	29.608	128.641	135
28	38	David Gilliland		-	297	30.453	29.677	128.342	246
29	46	Michael Annett		-	297	30.755	29.648	128.467	150
30	83	Matt DiBenedetto #		-	297	30.478	29.690	128.286	150
31	26	Josh Wise		-	297	31.374	29.693	128.273	201
32	98	Ryan Preece		-	296	30.297	29.701	128.238	247
33	23	Jeb Burton #		-	295	30.920	29.946	127.189	218
34	33	BJ McLeod(i)		-	293	30.557	30.005	126.939	244
35	32	Jeffrey Earnhardt(i)		-	292	31.204	30.052	126.740	243
36	62	Timmy Hill(i)		-	284	32.339	30.438	125.133	236
37	18	Kyle Busch		-	262	30.464	28.885	131.861	128
38	40	Landon Cassill(i)		-	242	31.347	29.481	129.195	193
39	51	Justin Allgaier		-	236	29.961	29.251	130.211	218
40	10	Danica Patrick		-	203	29.771	29.277	130.095	131
41	55	David Ragan		-	203	29.613	29.337	129.829	8
42	7	Alex Bowman		-	117	30.354	29.817	127.739	73
43	43	Aric Almirola		-	35	29.999	29.290	130.038	9