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Harvick Cashes in a Pair of Fours

with NHMS Win Number Four

in the No. 4

Kevin Harvick repeats as the winner of the 2019 NASCAR

Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, tying with Jeff
Burton for the most wins at “The Magic Mile.”

Kevin Harvick landed in victory lane for a repeat win in last July’s
Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
This win marked Harvick’s fourth career win at Loudon, tying the
record currently held by Jeff Burton for the most wins at “The
Magic Mile.” The NASCAR Cup Series driver earned the first win of
the 2019 season not only for himself, but for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Top 10
“We’ve run well enough a few times this year, we’ve just made Driver Start Finish
mistakes,” said Harvick. “To finally battle and get over that hump Kevin Harvick 14 th 1 st
is a great day at Stewart-Haas Racing and everybody on the No. 4 Denny Hamlin 23 rd 2 nd
car. I was really questionable about how that was going to go, and Erik Jones 4 th 3 rd
that thing just took right off.”
Ryan Blaney 5 th 4 th
In a race that featured several lead changes and plenty of close Matt DiBenedetto 7 th 5 th
th
th
action, it was a last-lap battle between Harvick and Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr. 6 th 6 th
driver of the No. 11, all the way to the finish line that got the crowd Ryan Newman 26 7 th
nd
to its feet. The top two fought through lapped traffic after Hamlin Kyle Busch 2 th 8 th
made a pass attempt in turns one and two. Harvick stood on the Joey Logano 8 st 9 th
brakes and tried to keep it straight knowing Hamlin was going to Brad Keselowski 1 10
roll the dice and take another shot at the win.
Lap Leaders
“The lapped traffic didn’t budge, the No. 11 was right there and Driver Laps Led
I knew he was going to take a shot,” said Harvick. “That’s what Kyle Busch 118
you’re supposed to do on the last lap – throw it all out on the table Denny Hamlin 113
and take some chances. That’s what we both did, and luckily today Kevin Harvick 41
we came out on top.”
Brad Keselowski 12
With this win, Harvick cemented a place in the 2019 playoffs and Aric Almirola 12
took the pressure off of a race team that had performed well in Erik Jones 4
points, but was still on the outside looking in. Joey Logano 1
Following Hamlin’s second place finish, were Erik Jones, Ryan Misc
Blaney, Matt DiBenedetto, Martin Truex Jr., Ryan Newman, Kyle Time of Race
Busch, Joey Logano and pole sitter Brad Keselowski. 3 hours, 3 minutes, 37 seconds

Hampstead, N.H. native and longtime NASCAR Whelen Modified Margin of Victory:
Tour driver, Andy Seuss, made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in .210 sec
last July’s race in the No. 51 Jacob Companies Ford, finishing 28th. Cautions:
Also making his Cup Series debut was Fort Kent, Maine native 9 for 48 laps
Austin Theriault, who drove the No. 52 Bangor Savings Bank
Chevrolet and placed 35th.

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