“They make contact out of four. Harvick with the advantage. He’ll hold him off. Harvick wins again in New Hampshire!” – Rick Allen on the duel between Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin
“That was aggressive! Wow.” – Jeff Burton on the duel
“Denny Hamlin gave him a shove in (turns) one and two, and they beat and banged to the line.” – Steve Letarte on the duel
“A win is a win and you’ll do anything for it.” – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Loudon, NH. – July 21, 2019 – Kevin Harvick outdueled Denny Hamlin in a thrilling finish to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway from Loudon, N.H., to register his first win of the 2019 season and to repeat at “The Miracle Mile” on NBCSN.
NBC Sports’ Rick Allen called the action alongside Daytona 500-winning crew chief Steve Letarte. Twenty-one-time Cup Series race winner Jeff Burton and racing legend and two-time Daytona 500 Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the race from a second booth. Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Dave Burns and Rutledge Wood reported from pit road.
Live coverage began at 1:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with NASCAR America, hosted by Krista Voda from NBC Sports’ “Peacock Pit Box” alongside analysts Kyle Petty and Dale Jarrett.
Pre-race coverage on NBCSN included:
- A profile on NBC Sports’ and NASCAR’s #MyTrackMyRoots Grassroots Racing Tour. The #37 Chris Buescher’s hometown track, Lil’ Texas Motor Speedway, was featured.
- A report on Quin Houff’s #77, which was wrapped in #MyTrackMyRoots promoting the NASCAR and NBC Sports program.
- The latest installment of “Behind the Driver” featuring New England native Ryan Preece, who discussed how his family made him the driver he is today and how racing his wife, Heather, has made him a better racer.
- And the Toyota Joyride with Jeff Burton around New Hampshire Motor Speedway with U.S. Paralympic gold medalist Dave Brown.
RACE RESULTS
| Position | Driver | Car# |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
| 3 | Erik Jones | 20 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
| 5 | Matt DiBenedetto | 95 |
The following are highlights from this afternoon’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race coverage on NBC and NBCSN:
Allen on final lap with Hamlin and Harvick battling for the lead: “They make contact out of four. Harvick with the advantage. He’ll hold him off. Harvick wins again in New Hampshire!”
Burton on Harvick: “That was aggressive! Wow…. He just drove to the bottom and said I’m not going let you drive into the back of me. He went to the bottom -- that’s the slower lane -- he knew Denny Hamlin was going move him out of the way.”
Earnhardt Jr. on the battle for first: “A win is a win and you’ll do anything for it.”
Burton on the end of the race: “Just two drivers going at it. We’re the winners for it.”
Letarte on the last lap: “Denny Hamlin gave him a shove in (turns) one and two, and they beat and banged to the line. Kevin Harvick on older tires, he had to be perfect, lap after lap.”
Burton on Denny Hamlin in the final laps: “Denny is faster almost every lap, but just a little faster.”
Letarte on Kevin Harvick with 14 to go: “Kevin Harvick knows what it’s like to must-win in the playoffs. He is Mr. Must-win.”
Earnhardt Jr. on Kevin Harvick with 15 to go: “I can’t believe we’re standing here in July talking about Kevin Harvick being winless. This isn’t the team that questions if they should make the playoffs, this is a team that has not missed the final four at Miami. They race for championships.”
Letarte on Erik Jones, who finished third in Stage 1: “We talked about the gamble, the risk… the #20 took a gamble, took two tires, to stay in this second position, and they’re going to get a big chunk of points to help that run and try and make the playoffs”
Earnhardt Jr. on aggressive driving: “Everybody’s trying to fight for that bottom on exit what are willing do to how aggressive are you willing to get on a guy if you’re on the inside? Do you drive in his door?”
Letarte on Alex Bowman and the #88 team: “This is one of those weekends that if they can somehow recover and have a good week, it’s a team building type weekend.”
Letarte on fuel strategy: “You don’t think fuel matters at a short track, but it matters at this one-mile track. Strategy could be everything.”
Snider on the heat at the track: “That’s tough on these crew guys to get two back-up cars ready. They had 20 people, including JRM guys, working on the car to get it ready for today.”
–NBC SPORTS–
