Harvick won the 301-lap race around the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) New Hampshire Motor Speedway oval in Loudon, New Hampshire by 1.877 seconds over Busch, but their battle was much closer than that winning margin would indicate. finished the race in fourth place in his #78 Toyota ahead of Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, who was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver of the race in fifth in his #9 Chevrolet.
Harvick’s teammate Aric Almirola recorded a season-high finish of third in his #10 Ford.įurniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. Harvick, who started the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 in 14th place, ended his 71-day win drought by winning the race after a late battle with Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch, who finished the race as the highest finishing Toyota driver in second in his #18 Toyota. However, had had not won any of the seven races that had been contested following the race at Kansas Speedway and before today’s Foxwoods Casino Resort 301 at New Hampshire. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick started off the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning three of the first four and five of the first 12 races. By Asher Fair 5 years ago Kevin Harvick earned his sixth victory of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season by winning the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.