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Jun 28, 2008 - 10:29 AM

June 28, 2008
New Hampshire Motor Speedway 
Loudon, New Hampshire 
Race 18 of 35 on Nationwide Series circuit

TV: ABC, 2:30 p.m. EDT

Laps: 200 
Track length: 1.058 miles 
Race length: 212 miles

Qualifying record: Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 130.716 mph, 2001
Race record: Bobby Hamilton Jr., Ford, 110.368 mph, 2002

DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Clint Bowyer
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Car: No. 2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2008 Earnings: $526,025

Scheduled to pull double duty in both the Sprint and Nationwide
series this season; took a gamble and stayed out during a rain 
delay to win at Bristol; followed with second at Nashville and 
third at Texas; sits atop the standings, 188 points ahead of 
Brad Keselowski after finishing third at Milwaukee last week; 
finished ninth at Kentucky; finished 19th at Atlanta after a 
third at Las Vegas; started the year with a 25th at Daytona, 
then rebounded with a ninth at California; ran a full Busch 
series slate in 2005 and 2006, finishing second and third, 
respectively, in the final standings; finished 12th last year 
after running just 22 races, winning at Phoenix and Richmond; 
ran sixth here last year.


Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $538,700

Won for the first time this year at Milwaukee last week but 
still remains fourth in the standings, 205 points behind 
Bowyer; finished 20th at Kentucky; ran second at Dover two 
weeks after running dead last at Darlington; was fourth at 
Atlanta after being wrecked by Mark Martin at Las Vegas, 
winding up 14th; opened defense of his series title with a 
10th at Daytona and fifth at California; clinched last 
season's title at Texas, three races before the end of the 
season; was the runner-up to Kevin Harvick two seasons ago; 
despite late struggles still had a series-best 21 top-10 
finishes and 15 top fives last season; led in the series
standings for 33 consecutive weeks prior to Daytona this year; 
in 35 starts last season had four wins, trailing only Harvick, 
who had six; ran second here last year; is running "double-duty" 
slate again this season to defend his title.


Brad Keselowski 
Team: JR Motorsports 
Car: No. 88 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 
2008 Earnings: $582,821

Second-year driver followed up his first series win at Nashville
by running fourth at Kentucky and finishing eighth at Milwaukee; 
remains in second place in the standings, 188 points behind 
Bowyer; through first 17 races has nine top-10s and five 
top-fives; finished third at Lowe's and posted consecutive 
fourth-place finishes at Bristol and the first Nashville race; 
has only three finishes of 20th or worse this season; finished 
25th in points last season and third in Rookie of the Year 
standings; joined Dale Earnhardt Jr's JR Motorsports team in 
July last season; did not race in New Hampshire last season.


David Ragan
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $419,270

Another driver who is running both series this year; finished
fourth at Milwaukee and moved up to fifth in the standings;
finished seventh at Kentucky; ran ninth at Daytona and 12th at 
California to start the season, then posted a 10th at Las Vegas, 
ran 16th at Atlanta and was eighth at Bristol; was eighth at 
Texas and fifth at Phoenix; finished fourth at Richmond to jump 
up two spots to fourth in the standings; had an impressive 
rookie season, finishing fifth overall and winning the Raybestos 
Rookie of the Year by 27 points over Marcos Ambrose; scored four 
top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 2007, but also had eight 
finishes of 30th or worse; finished 18th in this event last 
season.


David Reutimann
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry
2008 Earnings: $471,985 

Plans to run full "double-duty" schedule again in 2008 after 
finishing second to Edwards in the standings last season; sits 
third in the standings after running fifth at Milwaukee;
finished in 13th at Kentucky; started season with a 14th at 
Daytona and ran fourth at California; ran 25th at Las Vegas, 
10th at Atlanta and third at Bristol; last year had better 
finishes than Edwards in 10 of the last 15 races and scored the 
most points in the series after the midseason point; earned his 
first series win at the second Atlanta race; finished with five 
top-fives and 12 top-10s; finished eighth in this race last 
year.


2007 Top 10
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 1. Kevin Harvick (21), Chevrolet 
 2. Carl Edwards (60), Ford
 3. Matt Kenseth (17), Ford
 4. Tony Stewart (33), Chevrolet
 5. Denny Hamlin (20), Chevrolet 
 6. Clint Bowyer (2), Chevrolet
 7. Greg Biffle (37), Ford
 8. David Reutimann (99), Toyota
 9. Reed Sorenson (41), Dodge
10. Casey Mears (24), Chevrolet

Past Champions
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2007  Kevin Harvick
2006  Carl Edwards
2005  Martin Truex Jr.
2004  Matt Kenseth
2003  David Green
2002  Bobby Hamilton Jr.
2001  Jason Keller
2000  Tim Fedewa
1999  Elliott Sadler
1998  Bobby Jones
1997  Mike McLaughlin
1996  Randy LaJoie
1995  Chad Little
1994  Derrike Cope
1993  Robert Pressley
1992  Joe Nemechek
1991  Ricky Craven
1990  Rick Mast