NASCAR Cup Series: Kevin Harvick wins 2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301

Kevin Harvick finally earned his first victory of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season by holding off Denny Hamlin in the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick finally got himself to victory lane for the first time in the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season, and he finally got Stewart-Haas Racing there for the first time this season by winning the season’s 20th race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301.

Harvick started this 301-lap race around the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) New Hampshire Motor Speedway oval in Loudon, New Hampshire in 14th place in his #4 Ford, and he won it by just 0.210 seconds over Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin in second in his #11 Toyota following an epic late battle with Hamlin.

Here is the video of the finish of this race.

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Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Erik Jones, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch finished in third, sixth and eighth place in their #20 Toyota, #19 Toyota and #18 Toyota to give the team four of the top eight positions, and they all overcame separate issues throughout the race.

Jones overcame a pit road speeding penalty and a pit road incident with Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, and he thought he committed a pit road commitment line violation late in the race, although he did not and was not penalized. Truex Jr. overcome an earlier incident with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer while Busch overcome hitting the turn one wall late in the race.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney finished in fourth place in his #12 Ford. Matt DiBenedetto, who drives for the Joe Gibbs Racing-affiliated Leavine Family Racing, finished in fifth in his #95 Toyota. This fifth place finish is the second top five finish of his career, and it is his second top five finish in the last five races, as he finished in a career-high fourth in the race at Sonoma Raceway last month.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Newman recovered for a seventh place finish in his #6 Ford after his team repaired an engine issue in his car. Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski, who started the race on the pole position, finished in ninth and 10th in their #22 Ford and #2 Ford, respectively.

Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the race. He finished in 12th place in his #24 Chevrolet behind Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola in 11th in his #10 Ford.

This race featured a total of 13 lead changes among seven drivers. Aside of Harvick, who led 41 laps of the race, six other drivers led at least one lap. Busch led more laps than anybody else in the field with 118 laps led while Hamlin was close behind him with 113 laps led. Jones, Logano, Keselowski and Almirola also led at least one lap of the race. Busch won stage one while Almirola won stage two.

This race also featured a total of nine caution flag periods, of which seven took place as a result of on-track incidents and two took place as a result of the usual endings of stages one and two. Of the 37 drivers who started the race, 32 finished it, and of these 32 drivers, 18 finished on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Race Results
1st – Kevin Harvick
2nd – Denny Hamlin
3rd – Erik Jones
4th – Ryan Blaney
5th – Matt DiBenedetto
6th – Martin Truex Jr.
7th – Ryan Newman
8th – Kyle Busch
9th – Joey Logano
10th – Brad Keselowski
11th – Aric Almirola
12th – William Byron
13th – Paul Menard
14th – Alex Bowman
15th – Chris Buescher
16th – Ty Dillon
17th – Michael McDowell
18th – Kurt Busch
19th – Daniel Suarez
20th – Clint Bowyer
21st – Ryan Preece
22nd – Darrell Wallace Jr.
23rd – Corey LaJoie
24th – Matt Tifft
25th – Ross Chastain
26th – Landon Cassill
27th – Reed Sorenson
28th – Andy Seuss
29th – Chase Elliott
30th – Jimmie Johnson
31st – Quin Houff
32nd – Austin Dillon
33rd – Kyle Larson
34th – David Ragan
35th – Austin Theriault
36th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
37th – Daniel Hemric

The Gander RV 400 is the next race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. This race is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 28 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.