Fantasy NASCAR Scouting Report – New Hampshire

[themify_box ]NOTE: This post is a recap of what happened last September at New Hampshire[/themify_box]

New Hampshire Top Ten Starters

1. Brad Keselowski
2. Jamie McMurray
3. Kevin Harvick
4. Denny Hamlin
5. Kyle Busch
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Joey Logano
8. Carl Edwards
9. Ryan Newman
10. Kyle Larson

Full New Hampshire Starting Lineup

Pre-Race Notes

There was a competition caution on lap 35.

Race Notes

Brad Keselowski won the pole and choose to start in the outside lane. He led the first 37 laps.

Running order on lap 19: 2,11,1,48,4,22,18,24,99,55 … 42,15,41,31,88,20,5,10,17,43 … 9,3,51,27,13,16,47,78,14,40

Running order on lap 33: 2,11,1,4,48,22,24,18,55,99 … 15,42,41,88,31,5,20,10,17,43 … 3,9,51,27,47,13,16,14,78,40

During the competition caution David Ragan got the free pass.

Notable Moment: During the competition caution Denny Hamlin took two tires and got the lead. During the competition caution race leader Brad Keselowski took four tires and he fell back to 15th in the running order.

Keselowski drove conservative following the competition caution restart and when things were getting “wild” he played it safe and fell back to 22nd on lap 46.

Running order on lap 54: 11,4,22,18,55,1,24,48,88,20 … 99,31,10,17,15,43,15,3,2,42 … 9,27,5,51,13,47,16,78,14,40

Kevin Harvick started working Denny Hamlin over for the lead around lap 62.

David Ragan went a lap down on lap 67 while running in 33rd.

On lap 71 Kevin Harvick passed Denny Hamlin for the lead.

Running order on lap 76: 4,11,22,18,24,55,1,48,88,20 … 31,99,43,2,10,17,41,3,42,5 … 15,9,13,27,51,47,16,78,14,40

Running order on lap 90: 4,11,22,24,55,18,1,48,88,20 … 31,99,2,43,10,17,41,3,5,15 … 42,9,13,27,51,47,16,78,14,40

Jeff Gordon’s car had good speed in the center of the corner.

Big Moment: Denny Hamlin pitted on lap 96 all by himself. He had some sort of issue filling up his car up with fuel.

Greg Biffle was in 28th on lap 97 and he got lapped.

Jimmie Johnson was struggling on exit of corners on lap 98.

A debris caution came out on lap 105. During that caution Allmendinger got a “Lucky Dog”.

Big Moment: During the debris caution Denny Hamlin pitted to try to repair his fuel probe. His team lost 4 laps while trying to fix the issue.

Notable Moment: During the debris caution Kurt Busch made an extra pit stop because he had a wheel loose. It dropped him from 14th to 24th.

Running order on lap 116: 4,22,55,24,1,88,2,20,18,31 … 48,43,17,42,99,5,10,15,13,27 … 3,9,41,47,16,51,78,14,34,38

Big Moment: On lap 120 while running in 7th Dale Earnhardt Jr. made an unexpected pit stop for a loose wheel. It dropped him one lap down back to 24th.