seventh stock car race nascar sprint cup series race season ending chase held september new_hampshire crowd people lap race won team starting fourteenth position finished second came initially held pole position immediately passed lap later reclaimed lead chase participants race martin leader race leaders pit stops martin retained position win race fifth season lead changes different drivers race race martin fifth win season career race martin maintained lead drivers championship thirty points ahead advanced second equal points johnson chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship thirty points ahead toyota eighty ahead dodge races season remaining race attracted million television viewers report background intermediate tracks hold nascar races kansas standard track turn oval track miles long track turns banked seven degrees stretch finish line stretch banked degree race led drivers championship points followed tied second place points points tied level points rounded points manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points thirty points ahead rival toyota second dodge ford tied points battle place race defending champion practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes second minutes final session lasted minutes practice session fastest placing ahead second stewart took fourth position martin placed fifth johnson rounded fastest drivers session drivers entered according nascar qualifying procedure race driver ran laps starting order determined competitor fastest times clinched second pole position season time joined grid row stewart qualified took fourth edwards started fifth completed drivers chase qualified tenth set twelfth fastest time drivers failed qualify race said know races lap shootout hey looking good like laps laps don know bunch laps long lead don care saturday morning fastest second practice session ahead second martin fourth quickest johnson took fifth managed sixth followed drivers chase stewart eighteenth fastest edwards ended fastest time later day paced final practice session ahead second martin fourth fastest ahead johnson seventh fastest eighth ninth stewart tenth chase drivers included fourteenth twentieth race race seventh total thirty season began televised live united_states espn start race weather conditions sunny air temperature bishop began pre race ceremonies invocation recording artist performed national anthem vice president sales gave command drivers start engines pace laps grid changing engine stewart faster line getting ahead turn lap later reclaimed lead passing stewart turn moved fourth lap passed stewart second position vickers began race sixth moved seven positions nineteenth lap sixth lap increased lead stewart seconds laps later moved sixth position edwards passed eighth lap second lead stewart seven laps later stewart reduced lead seconds lap took car garage electrical problem seven laps later lost positions running seventh lap stewart reclaimed lead 39th lap drove garage brake problems 43rd lap passed fourth position starting race moved fifteenth position lap laps later dropped sixth position passed edwards johnson lap passed fourth position took car garage brake problems lap running nineteenth twentieth stewart lead seconds lap laps later car suffered engine problem causing caution race caution leaders elected pit stops reclaimed lead caution maintained restart lap passed martin seventh position lap lead seconds stewart laps later second caution given debris track turn leaders elected pit stops maintained lead restart followed stewart lap stewart fell fifth contact allowing second position lap later lap passed twelfth position lap lead seconds managed close gap seconds lap lap passed vickers claim eleventh laps later claimed lead laps later moved ninth newman vickers moved tenth eleventh respectively lap passed martin tenth position lap second lead lap caution given debris spotted track caution leaders pit stops lap restart leader ahead laps later moved lap lap reclaimed lead turn laps later johnson passed martin sixth position laps later fourth caution given spun sideways turn leaders pit stops included pit road collision stewart leader lap restart laps restart fifth caution given multi car collision occurred collided collecting stewart led restart lap sixth caution given spun sideways lap restart stewart leader ahead johnson newman lap johnson claimed lead turn went garage oil issues laps later moved fifth positions respectively laps later passed fourth position passed stewart second lap johnson lead seconds passed stewart lap contact spun wall turn prompting seventh caution leaders pit stops caution leader lap restart martin lap burton moved fourth respectively passing laps later martin passed claim lead lap fell fourteenth position minor contact johnson moved fourth sixth positions respectively laps later moved fifth passing lap johnson passed seventh position nineteen laps later johnson passed fifth passed burton claim second position lap green flag pit stops began martin pit handing lead lap new race leader came pit road laps later drove pit road mechanical problems lap martin reclaimed lead previous leaders pit stops laps later eighth caution given debris track turns drivers pit stops caution martin stayed remained leader restart restart ninth caution given contact causing turn wall lap restart martin remained leader ahead lap later moved passing johnson lap passed turn second position lap later lost position passed lap martin second lead laps later tenth caution came spun turn contact martin led restart followed final lap spun sideways bringing eleventh final caution field frozen finishing order determined drivers running moment caution result gave martin victory fifth win season finished second ahead johnson fourth fifth newman rounded finishers post race martin appeared victory lane celebrate fifth win season attended race martin earned race somewhat frustrated result saying martin stopped car apex right said pushed way respect lot martin delighted victory won race man dream come true think run finished seventh spring don run good hardest place tough place martin argued driving cause final caution got lead need sure don drive turn sideways slide mean stupid look race result kept martin lead drivers championship points finished second moved second tied points johnson points ahead thirty ahead manufacturers championship chevrolet maintained lead points toyota remained second points dodge advanced ford fourth million people watched race television race took hours minutes second complete ended caution margin victory recorded days race given penalties car penalty unauthorized alterations ride height car included fine crew chief loss owner driver points respectively placed probation december results qualifying race standings race
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