Catchfence

For the second straight week, it was Tony Stewart taking the advantage on fuel mileage to capture the victory in the NSCS SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and becomes the series’ points leader.

Stewart, who now has a 7-point lead over Kevin Harvick, received his 2nd series win of the 2011 season (both in the “chase” and the second driver to do so – Greg Biffle in 2008) his 41st series career win and his third series win at “The Magic Mile.”

Following Stewart to the drop of the checkered flag were Brad Keselowski finishing in second, Greg Biffle third, Jeff Gordon fourth and Brian Vickers finishing in the fifth position.

Rounding out the top-ten finishing positions were Matt Kenseth finishing in sixth, David Ragan seventh, Carl Edwards eighth, Juan Pablo Montoya ninth and Regan Smith finishing tenth.

RACE NOTES:

Best Finishing Position in the SYLVANIA 300 Among the Chase Drivers: Tony Stewart, 1st
Worse Finishing Position in the SYLVANIA 300 Among the Chase Drivers: Denny Hamlin, 29th
Average Speed: 116.679 MPH
Lead Changes: 19 among 15 drivers
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 43 Mins, 13 Secs.
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Margin of Victory: 7.225 Seconds
Attendance: 95,000

Unofficial Top-12 in the Point Standings: 1. Tony Stewart – 2094 (Leader) 2. Kevin Harvick – 2087 (-7 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Brad Keselowski -2083 (-11) 4. Carl Edwards – 2080 (-14) 5. Jeff Gordon – 2071 (-23) 6. Kyle Busch – 2068 (-26) 7. Matt Kenseth – 2068 (-26) 8. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. – 2068 (-26) 9. Kurt Busch – 2066 (-28) 10. Jimmie Johnson – 2065 (-29) 11. Ryan Newman – 2060 (-34) 12. Denny Hamlin –  2028 (-66).

Next Up: The AAA 400 at “The Monster Mile” (Dover International Speedway) on Sunday, October 2nd, with ESPN beginning their pre-race coverage at 1:00 PM (EDT).

2011 NSCS SYLVANIA 300 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	20	14	Tony Stewart	Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet	300	47	4	Running	1	2
2	16	2	Brad Keselowski	Miller Lite Dodge	300	43	1	Running	1	1
3	4	16	Greg Biffle	Ford40MPG.com Ford	300	41		Running
4	7	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	300	42	2	Running	3	78
5	3	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	300	40	1	Running	1	4
6	27	17	Matt Kenseth	Affliction Clothing Ford	300	38		Running
7	26	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	300	38	1	Running	1	1
8	23	99	Carl Edwards	Scotts Winterguard Ford	300	36		Running
9	31	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Degree Men Chevrolet	300	36	1	Running	1	2
10	17	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Chevrolet	300	35	1	Running	1	3
11	8	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	300	33		Running
12	6	29	Kevin Harvick	Budweiser Chevrolet	300	33	1	Running	1	1
13	18	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	300	31		Running
14	24	20	Joey Logano	The Home Depot Toyota	300	30		Running
15	2	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Toyota	300	30	1	Running	4	43
16	9	56	Martin Truex, Jr.	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	300	29	1	Running	1	3
17	12	88	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet	300	27		Running
18	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's Chevrolet	300	27	1	Running	1	1
19	15	47	Bobby Labonte	Bush's Baked Beans Toyota	299	25		Running
20	14	27	Paul Menard	Sylvania/Menards Chevrolet	299	24		Running
21	13	43	AJ Allmendinger	Best Buy Ford	299	23		Running
22	5	22	Kurt Busch	Shell Pennzoil Dodge	299	23	1	Running	1	4
23	25	1	Jamie McMurray	AXE Cool Metal Chevrolet	299	21		Running
24	21	5	Mark Martin	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	299	21	1	Running	1	46
25	1	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	299	20	1	Running	1	62
26	11	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	298	19	1	Out Of Fuel	1	49
27	32	38	JJ Yeley	Long John Silver's Ford	298	17		Running
28	19	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	298	16		Running
29	28	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Ground Toyota	298	15		Running
30	29	9	Marcos Ambrose	DeWalt Ford	297	14		Running
31	40	32	Mike Bliss(i)	Street King Ford	296	0		Running
32	33	34	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Ford	296	12		Running
33	30	51	Landon Cassill(i)	PhoenixConstruction/ThankATeacherToday Chev	294	0		Running
34	42	71	Andy Lally #	Interstate Moving Services Ford	284	10		Running
35	22	36	Dave Blaney	Golden Corral/HOF Richie Evans Chevrolet	80	9		Oil Leak
36	39	87	Joe Nemechek(i)	AM FM Energy Toyota	38	0		Brakes
37	35	66	Michael McDowell	HP Racing Toyota	35	7		Rear Gear
38	34	30	David Stremme	Inception Motorsports Chevrolet	32	6		Brakes
39	41	37	Josh Wise(i)	Front Row Motorsports Ford	29	0		Brakes
40	36	7	Robby Gordon	SPEED Energy Dodge	28	4		Brakes
41	43	46	Scott Speed(i)	Red Line Oil Ford	23	0		Brakes
42	37	13	Casey Mears	GEICO Toyota	19	2		Electrical
43	38	55	Travis Kvapil(i)	Front Row Motorsports Ford	10	0		Brakes

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie