Kevin Harvick used an aggressive restart with six laps remaining Sunday to cap a late-race surge that helped him claim victory at the Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Harvick has not won at New Hampshire since 2006, his only win at the track. The 2014 Sprint Cup champion now joins Martin Truex Jr. as drivers advancing in the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup after the first two races of the playoff system.
Havrick propelled his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet on the final restart past Matt Kenseth, who had led 105 laps and was looking for his third consecutive win at the "Magic Mile." Kenseth finished second in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Kyle Busch in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford and Kurt Busch in the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet rounded out the top five.
Truex Jr., the series points leader entering the race, finished seventh after leading a race-high 141 laps.
The 300-lap race had six cautions and featured eight different leaders. Harvick led only eight laps all day.
The Sprint Cup Series heads to Dover International Speedway next weekend for the continuation of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in the Citizen Soldier 400 (Oct. 2, 2 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
via NASCAR.
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