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Kenseth wins New Hampshire:

#20-Matt Kenseth won the Sylvania 300 Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for his 2nd win in a row, 7th of 2013, and 31st career win . He becomes only the second driver (with Richard Petty) to win in his 500th series start. He also becomes the third driver to win the opening two races of the Chase (Biffle did it in 2008 and Stewart in 2011). #18-Busch finished 2nd (as he did last week in Chicago) followed by #16-Biffle, #48-Johnson, #1-McMurray, #88-Earnhardt, Jr., #55-Vickers, #31-Burton, #99-Edwards, and #56-Truex, Jr. Pole sitter #39-Newman led the first 2 laps of the race, but finished 16th. The worst finishing Chase driver was #5-Kahne who had an accident late and finished 37th. There were 19 lead changes among 11 drivers and 7 cautions for 37 yellow flag laps. The average speed was 107.573mph. NASCAR no longer announces the track attendance. See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial New Hampshire Race Results page (pdf) and check out the New Hampshire Penalty Report (pdf) . See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the New Hampshire Official Race & Points Report (pdf)