Kenseth winner again in Chase
Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H.
Kenseth followed his win in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship opener at Chicagoland with his series-high seventh victory of the season. Kenseth made his 500th career start and maintained his points lead as the series shifts to Dover.
Kenseth and Busch finished 1-2 for Joe Gibbs Racing for the second straight week and helped the team win for the fourth time in the last five Cup races.
Chase drivers filled six of the top 10 spots. Greg Biffle was third and Jimmie Johnson fourth. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was sixth and Carl Edwards ninth.
Kenseth joins Biffle (2008) and Tony Stewart (2011) as the only drivers to win the first two Chase races.
Kenseth won for the first time at New Hampshire and moves on in the No. 20 Toyota to Dover, where he’s a two-time winner.
JGR, with Busch, in the past has dominated the regular season, but dropped off considerably once the Chase began. Now they’ve carried over their success into the Chase and are a credible 1-2 threat to give Toyota its first Sprint Cup title.
JGR has won five of the last seven races dating to Busch’s win at Watkins Glen in August. Kenseth won at Bristol, Busch at Atlanta and Kenseth won the last two. Kenseth has obliterated his season best for wins. His previous high was five in 2002 and Kenseth won only once in 2003 when he won the Cup championship.
Chase drivers took spots 13-17: Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman and Clint Bowyer.
Kevin Harvick was 20th and Kasey Kahne slammed the inside wall with 48 laps left and was 37th.
Formula One
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel recorded another start-to-finish win at the Singapore Grand Prix to further extend his lead in the Formula One championship.
The German won by a massive 32.6 seconds over Fernando Alonso and boosting his championship lead on the Ferrari driver from 53 points to 60 with six races left.
NHRA
Doug Kalitta ended a 71-race winless drought with a Top Fuel victory in the NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex in Ennis.
Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won at the second of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.