Logano wins at New Hampshire in second Chase race

LOUDON, N.H. - Joey Logano pulled away on the restart to win a green-white-checkered finish Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and advance to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

Logano and Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski both advanced to the next round. Four drivers will be eliminated after every third race, and a win guarantees a driver an automatic berth into the next round. The first cutoff race is next week at Dover International Speedway.

Logano raced to his fourth victory of the season, leading 73 laps and surviving a NASCAR season-high 15 cautions that wrecked results for several Chase drivers.

Keselowski led 78 laps, hit the wall, and still was in the hunt for a win. He failed in his bid to win a third straight Cup race, though he salvaged a seventh-place finish. Keselowski advanced with a win in the Chase opener at Chicagoland.

Team Penske has won four of the last five races dating to Bristol.

Chase drivers took seven of the first 10 spots at New Hampshire. Kevin Harvick was third, Jimmie Johnson fifth, Aric Almirola sixth, Kyle Busch eighth, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10th. Rookie Kyle Larson was second.

Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch, and Almirola are in the bottom four of the 16-driver field at and risk getting cut at Dover.

"This is my home racetrack, coolest place to win for me," Logano said. "I watched my first Cup race here when I was 5. This just means so much. Just got to thank all the boys at Team Penske, we're doing what we've got to do to win this thing, both teams are."

SINGAPORE - Lewis Hamilton won his seventh race of the season to move to 241 points, ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg at 238 with five races left.