RACE RECAP | NEW HAMPSHIRE | RACE #1 IN THE CHASE
10 Clint Bowyer
9 Greg Biffle
8 Elliott Sadler
7 Ryan Newman
6 Kurt Busch
5 Kyle Busch
4 Jimmie Johnson
3 Denny Hamlin
2 Juan Pablo Montoya led the most laps

VICTORY LANE

1 Mark Martin grabs his 5th Cup win of the 2009 season, he continues as the points leader over Jimmie Johnson by 35. It’s Mark’s first career win at New Hampshire.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Kasey Kahne is the first Chase driver to have trouble, he blew a motor and finished 38th

-Other Chase drivers finished like this, Brian Vickers 11th, Tony Stewart 14th, Jeff Gordon 15th, Carl Edwards 16th

-Kurt Busch got clipped on pit road by David Ragan who ended up in his pit stall backwards

-A big wreck involving no Chase drivers, but Elliott Sadler, Robby Gordon and others

-Jeff Gordon pounded the wall just before the above wreck

-The axle cap was discovered as loose while leading the race on Tony Stewart’s #14

-Jeff Burton got spun by his teammate Clint Bowyer

-David Stremme brought out a caution hitting the wall with some help from AJ Allmendinger

-Juan Pablo Montoya led the most laps in this race

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. demolished his #88 after running top 10 all day long, after some help from David Reutimann. Dale Jr. finished 35th