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Stewart Rules in New Hampshire

Tony Stewart took his third win in four races today, after dominating the New Hampshire 300 race at Loudon

Stewart led 231 of the 300 lap race, never looking under threat in the overcast conditions. He finished ahead of defending Nextel Cup Champion Kurt Busch, last year's winner, with Bobby Labonte in third.

Busch had a spectacular recovery drive in the race, after spinning down the order on lap 35, under pressure from Labonte.

Labonte himself survived a late electrical scare to finish ahead of Kurt's brother Kyle Busch, who recorded his fifth top-five finish in Nextel Cup.

Greg Biffle, in fifth place, could have finished higher if it wasn't for losing two positions after contact with Kyle Busch, 14 laps from the chequered flag.

Points leader Jimmie Johnson finished down in 13th, after complaining of handling problems. But it was enough to retain the standings lead, for now.

The results leave Stewart in third position in the overall points standing, just 85 points behind Johnson and only eight points behind second-placed Biffle.

Kurt Busch, however, shot up five places in the standings and is now in fifth place, 325 points behind Johnson.

Pos  Driver              Make        Laps
 1.  Tony Stewart        Chevrolet   300
 2.  Kurt Busch          Ford        300
 3.  Bobby Labonte       Chevrolet   300
 4.  Kyle Busch          Chevrolet   300
 5.  Greg Biffle         Ford        300
 6.  Kasey Kahne         Dodge       300
 7.  Ryan Newman         Dodge       300
 8.  Rusty Wallace       Dodge       300
 9.  Dale Earnhardt Jr.  Chevrolet   300
10.  Matt Kenseth        Ford        300
11.  Brian Vickers       Chevrolet   300
12.  Carl Edwards        Ford        300
13.  Jimmie Johnson      Chevrolet   300
14.  Jeff Burton         Chevrolet   300
15.  Mark Martin         Ford        300
16.  Dale Jarrett        Ford        300
17.  Michael Waltrip     Chevrolet   300
18.  Joe Nemechek        Chevrolet   300
19.  Jeremy Mayfield     Dodge       299
20.  Dave Blaney         Chevrolet   299
21.  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet   299
22.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet   299
23.  Ricky Rudd          Ford        299
24.  Jason Leffler       Chevrolet   299
25.  Jeff Gordon         Chevrolet   299
26.  Ken Schrader        Dodge       299
27.  Travis Kvapil       Dodge       299
28.  Bobby Hamilton Jr.  Chevrolet   299
29.  Kyle Petty          Dodge       299
30.  Robby Gordon        Chevrolet   299
31.  Jeff Green          Dodge       298
32.  Scott Riggs         Chevrolet   298
33.  Casey Mears         Dodge       298
34.  Sterling Marlin     Dodge       298
35.  Scott Wimmer        Dodge       297
36.  Mike Garvey         Ford        296
37.  Kevin Lepage        Dodge       296
38.  Mike Wallace        Chevrolet   294
39.  Elliott Sadler      Ford        233
40.  Jamie McMurray      Dodge       145
41.  Morgan Shepherd     Dodge        99
42.  Ted Christopher     Ford         29
43.  Carl Long           Chevrolet     8

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