Kyle Larson finished second while Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.

I saw Kyle and Kevin racing each other really hard, they were aggressively side drafting and I was waiting for an opportunity to strike and it came.

"[12] New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic.

On September 16, Ontario Country District Attorney Michael Tantillo issued a written statement stating that the findings into the investigation of the Tony Stewart incident at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on August 9 would be sent to a grand jury to determine what chargers if any will be filed against Stewart.

“Over the past several weeks, I have reviewed with members of the Ontario County Sheriff's Department their investigation, as it progressed, in the Tony Stewart matter.

When the presentation has been completed and a determination has been made, I will advise the public and the media at that time of the results.”[13] Stewart said he would continue to cooperate in the grand jury proceeding.

"I respect the time and effort spent by both the Ontario County District Attorney and the sheriff's office in investigating this tragic accident," Stewart said in a statement.

"I look forward to this process being completed, and I will continue to provide my full cooperation.”[14] Stewart is expected to race this weekend and NASCAR has issued a statement allowing him to do so.

"We are aware of the completed investigation and the announced next steps," NASCAR spokesman Brett Jewkes said in a statement.

I don't know what the plans are beyond this weekend, but it's good to be back.”[16] The entry list for the Sylvania 300 was released on Monday, September 15, 2014 at 10:01 a.m. Eastern time.

The track will change a little bit tomorrow when the rubber gets laid down, but overall it's been a really good weekend so far.” “We qualified a lot better this time than we did the last trip here,” said Dale Earnhardt Jr. “We saved a set of tires in practice too that will be a big benefit tomorrow in race trim.

[20] Corey Lajoie, who was making his first Sprint Cup Series start, tagged the wall in turn 4.

In the closing seconds of the session, Tony Stewart got loose coming off of turn 4 and spun sideways down the front stretch.

Harvick and Joey Logano traded the lead on pit road because of where Harvick's pit stall was located, The race restarted on lap 113, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was running sixth when he made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel.

"Unfortunately, in this three-race deal you can't make any mistakes," Hamlin said of the new elimination format, in which four drivers will be out of contention after every third race in the 10-race run to the title.

Brian Vickers stayed out when the leaders pitted and assumed the lead, The race restarted with 85 laps to go.

Caution flew for the ninth time with 79 laps to go after Kurt Busch slammed the wall in turn 3 following blowing the right-front tire.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slammed the wall in turn 1 to bring out the twelfth caution of the race with 37 laps to go.

The race restarted with 32 laps to go and Kevin Harvick immediately retook the lead from Brad Keselowski.