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2018 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
Race details^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Race 20 of 36 in the2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 22, 2018 (2018-07-22)
Location	New Hampshire Motor Speedway inLoudon, New Hampshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.058 miles (1.703 km)
Distance	301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.603 km)
Average speed	110.490 miles per hour (177.816 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	28.511
Most laps led
Driver	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	94
Winner
No. 4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBCSN
Announcers	Steve Letarte,Jeff Burton andDale Earnhardt Jr.
Nielsen ratings	1.5/1.6 (Overnight)^[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Doug Rice and Mark Garrow
Turn announcers	Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

Motor car race

The2018 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 is aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 22, 2018 atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway inLoudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

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Background

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track where the race will be held.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km)oval speedway located inLoudon, New Hampshire, which has hostedNASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated bySpeedway Motorsports.

Entry list

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No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet
1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
6	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet
14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
15	Ross Chastain(i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Daniel Suárez	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
23	Blake Jones	BK Racing	Toyota
24	William Byron(R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford
34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
43	Darrell Wallace Jr.(R)	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet
47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
51	B. J. McLeod(i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet
72	Corey LaJoie	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet
78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota
88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
95	Kasey Kahne	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet
99	Kyle Weatherman	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet
Official entry list

First practice

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Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.362 seconds and a speed of 134.292 mph (216.122 km/h).^[12]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.362	134.292
2	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.469	133.788
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.475	133.759
Official first practice results

Qualifying

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Kurt Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.511 and a speed of 133.591 mph (214.994 km/h).^[13]

Qualifying results

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R3
1	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.677	28.590	28.511
2	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	28.685	28.543	28.530
3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.613	28.497	28.545
4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.745	28.579	28.560
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	28.746	28.593	28.698
6	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	28.815	28.718	28.699
7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.750	28.555	28.708
8	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28.623	28.705	28.720
9	19	Daniel Suárez	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.699	28.521	28.720
10	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28.759	28.667	28.754
11	24	William Byron(R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28.674	28.672	28.771
12	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	28.880	28.721	28.813
13	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.712	28.727	—
14	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.736	28.734	—
15	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.930	28.767	—
16	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	28.942	28.772	—
17	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	28.971	28.798	—
18	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	28.888	28.811	—
19	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	28.859	28.834	—
20	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.855	28.846	—
21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28.932	28.871	—
22	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.861	28.912	—
23	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	29.013	28.976	—
24	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	29.013	29.022	—
25	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	29.020	—	—
26	95	Kasey Kahne	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	29.085	—	—
27	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.(R)	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.106	—	—
28	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	29.123	—	—
29	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	29.171	—	—
30	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	29.179	—	—
31	6	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	29.190	—	—
32	15	Ross Chastain(i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.477	—	—
33	72	Corey LaJoie	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.491	—	—
34	00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	29.495	—	—
35	99	Kyle Weatherman	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	29.855	—	—
36	51	B. J. McLeod(i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	29.860	—	—
37	23	Blake Jones	BK Racing	Toyota	30.579	—	—
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

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Second practice

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Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.650 seconds and a speed of 132.942 mph (213.949 km/h).^[14]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.650	132.942
2	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	28.740	132.526
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	28.754	132.462
Official second practice results

Final practice

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Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.937 seconds and a speed of 131.624 mph (211.828 km/h).^[15]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	28.937	131.624
2	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.952	131.556
3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.967	131.488
Official final practice results

Race

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Stage Results

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Stage 1Laps: 75

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	10
2	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	9
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	8
4	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage 2Laps: 75

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	9
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	8
4	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	7
5	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	6
6	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	3
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

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Stage 3Laps: 151

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps
1	14	4	Kevin Harivck	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301
2	3	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	301
3	13	10	Aric Almirola	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301
4	2	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	301
5	10	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301
6	18	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	301
7	5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	301
8	1	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	301
9	19	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	301
10	21	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301
11	8	88	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301
12	20	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	301
13	4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	301
14	11	24	William Byron(R)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	301
15	31	6	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	301
16	7	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	301
17	12	21	Paul Menard	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	301
18	22	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	301
19	26	95	Kasey Kahne	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	301
20	24	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	300
21	17	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	300
22	9	19	Daniel Suárez	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	300
23	25	13	Ty Dillon	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	300
24	27	43	Darrell Wallace Jr.(R)	Richard Petty Motorsports	Chevrolet	299
25	32	15	Ross Chastain(i)	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	298
26	29	34	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	298
27	33	72	Corey LaJoie	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	298
28	28	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	298
29	30	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	298
30	23	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	296
31	35	99	Kyle Weatherman	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	294
32	6	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	293
33	37	23	Blake Jones	BK Racing	Toyota	289
34	36	51	B. J. McLeod(i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	267
35	15	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	255
36	16	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	19
37	34	00	Landon Cassill	StarCom Racing	Chevrolet	13
Official race results

Race statistics

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Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 7 for 31
Red flags: 0
Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 56 seconds
Average speed: 110.490 miles per hour (177.816 km/h)

Media

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Television

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NBC Sports covered the race on the television side.Steve Letarte, four-time and all-time Loudon winnerJeff Burton andDale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race as part of an NBC Special Analyst Broadcast.Rick Allen,Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider andKelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

NBCSN
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Play-by-Play Announcer:Steve Letarte Color-commentator:Jeff Burton Color-commentator:Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Rick Allen Parker Kligerman Marty Snider Kelli Stavast

Radio

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PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio.

PRN
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow	Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson	Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Jim Noble Steve Richards

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kyle Busch	844
	2	Kevin Harvick	791 (–53)
	3	Martin Truex Jr.	740 (–104)
	4	Joey Logano	679 (–165)
2	5	Kurt Busch	646 (–198)
	6	Clint Bowyer	638 (–206)
2	7	Brad Keselowski	635 (–209)
	8	Kyle Larson	606 (–238)
1	9	Ryan Blaney	584 (–260)
1	10	Denny Hamlin	583 (–261)
	11	Aric Almirola	575 (–269)
	12	Jimmie Johnson	522 (–322)
1	13	Chase Elliott	520 (–324)
1	14	Erik Jones	501 (–343)
	15	Alex Bowman	453 (–391)
	16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	425 (–419)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Toyota	735
	2	Ford	719 (–16)
	3	Chevrolet	641 (–94)
Official manufacturers' standings

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
. – Driver has clinched a position in theMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

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^"New Hampshire Motor Speedway".NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived fromthe original on May 2, 2017. RetrievedJune 10, 2018.
^"Entry List".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 17, 2018. RetrievedJuly 17, 2018.
^"First Practice Results".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 20, 2018. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
^"Qualifying Results".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 20, 2018. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
^"Second Practice Results".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 21, 2018. RetrievedJuly 21, 2018.
^"Final Practice Results".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 21, 2018. RetrievedJuly 21, 2018.
^"Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 Results".MRN.com.Motor Racing Network. July 22, 2018. RetrievedJuly 22, 2018.
^"Points standings"(PDF).Jayski.com.Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 23, 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on July 29, 2018. RetrievedJuly 23, 2018.
^"Manufacturer standings"(PDF).Jayski.com.Jayski's Silly Season Site. July 23, 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on July 29, 2018. RetrievedJuly 23, 2018.
^"New Hampshire final TV ratings".Jayski's Silly Season Site.ESPN. RetrievedOctober 2, 2018.
^Utter, Jim (July 20, 2018)."Kyle Busch paces first Cup practice at New Hampshire".Motorsport.com.Loudon, New Hampshire:Motorsport Network. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
^Gelston, Dan (July 20, 2018)."Kurt Busch wins the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway".Associated Press.Loudon, New Hampshire: AP Sports.Associated Press. Archived fromthe original on July 21, 2018. RetrievedJuly 20, 2018.
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