New Hampshire NASCAR: Joey Logano wins crash-strewn race

Logano restarted well all race, and made the most of a great jump from the outside line to propel his Penske Ford into a huge lead on the green-white-chequer restart.

Kyle Larson and early leader Kevin Harvick followed, after Larson stole second at the final green flag and held off a robust charge from Harvick.

Having been involved in multiple incidents, Jamie McMurray came home fourth ahead of Jimmie Johnson and Aric Almirola, who keeps his chances of advancing in the Chase alive after a nightmare round at Chicagoland last time out.

Behind Almirola was Brad Keselowski, who had one of the quickest cars in the race, but strategic variations and a spin saw him sink through the order.

He put himself back into contention towards the end, but didn't have the speed on the final restart to progress.

Jeff Gordon had been working his way through the top 10, only to cause one of the late cautions after he cut a right front tyre with nine laps to go. He was the last of many Chase drivers to suffer throughout the race.

Joe Gibbs Racing's title-contending trio Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch and last year's September New Hampshire winner Matt Kenseth all had incidents, although Busch rebounded from his crash to finish eighth.

Kurt Busch was another Chase driver in trouble, with a cut tyre sending him heavily into the wall. He was classified 36th, one place ahead of Hamlin, after repairs.

Results - 303 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                     Time/Gap
 1.  Joey Logano         Penske Fod               3h14m53.000s
 2.  Kyle Larson         Ganassi Chevrolet             +1.150s
 3.  Kevin Harvick       Stewart-Haas Chevrolet        +1.270s
 4.  Jamie McMurray      Ganassi Chevrolet             +2.148s
 5.  Jimmie Johnson      Hendrick Chevrolet            +2.325s
 6.  Aric Almirola       Petty Ford                    +2.825s
 7.  Brad Keselowski     Penske Fod                    +2.827s
 8.  Kyle Busch          Joe Gibbs Toyota              +2.989s
 9.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Hendrick Chevrolet            +3.301s
10.  Brian Vickers       Waltrip Toyota                +3.506s
11.  Austin Dillon       Childress Chevrolet           +3.792s
12.  Martin Truex Jr     Furniture Row Chevrolet       +3.947s
13.  AJ Allmendinger     JTG Daugherty Chevrolet       +4.107s
14.  Clint Bowyer        Waltrip Toyota                +4.260s
15.  Paul Menard         Childress Chevrolet           +4.402s
16.  Greg Biffle         Roush Fenway Ford             +4.444s
17.  Carl Edwards        Roush Fenway Ford             +4.614s
18.  Ryan Newman         Childress Chevrolet           +4.772s
19.  Danica Patrick      Stewart-Haas Chevrolet        +4.816s
20.  Justin Allgaier     Hscott Chevrolet              +4.946s
21.  Matt Kenseth        Joe Gibbs Toyota              +5.175s
22.  Casey Mears         Germain Chevrolet             +5.261s
23.  Kasey Kahne         Hendrick Chevrolet            +5.428s
24.  Marcos Ambrose      Petty Ford                    +5.581s
25.  Landon Cassill      Hillman Chevrolet             +7.327s
26.  Jeff Gordon         Hendrick Chevrolet           +11.753s
27.  David Gilliland     Front Row Ford                -2 laps
28.  Alex Bowman         BK Toyota                     -2 laps
29.  Michael Annett      Baldwin Chevrolet             -2 laps
30.  Tony Stewart        Stewart-Haas Chevrolet        -2 laps
31.  Reed Sorenson       Baldwin Chevrolet             -3 laps
32.  Travis Kvapil       BK Toyota                     -3 laps
33.  Josh Wise           Parsons Ford                  -6 laps
34.  Mike Wallace        Robinson Toyota               -7 laps
35.  Timmy Hill          Go FAS Ford                   -8 laps
36.  Kurt Busch          Stewart-Haas Chevrolet       -35 laps
37.  Denny Hamlin        Joe Gibbs Toyota             -38 laps
38.  Cole Whitt          BK Toyota                    -39 laps
39.  Ricky Stenhouse Jr  Roush Fenway Ford           -40 laps*
40.  David Stremme       Circle Sport Chevrolet       -75 laps
41.  Corey Lajoie        Humphrey Ford               -102 laps
                                                              
* Not running at finish                                       
                                                              
Retirements:                                 
                                                              
     David Ragan         Front Row Ford               177 laps
     Clay Rogers         BK Toyota                     45 laps

CHASE STANDINGS:

Bottom four eliminated after next week's race at Dover