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                                                                                                                              Monday 28 September 2015

Matt Kenseth wins 2nd race of NASCAR’s playoffs 

DAN GELSTON                will be cut to 12 after Do-     one of the biggest must-             Keselowski said.            on pit road. Johnson cut a
AP Sports Writer           ver.                            win races of his career.             Carl Edwards, the polesit-
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Matt   “We had to be there to win      He wasn’t the only Chase             ter, was black flagged for  left front tire with 100 laps
Kenseth pushed Kevin Har-  it,” Kenseth said. “I was giv-  driver whose champion-               running over equipment
vick down the stretch and  ing Kevin everything I had.     ship hopes are on the rocks.                                     left and plummeted from
took the lead for good     I thought he had us beat.       Busch was the first Chase                                        third to 30th.q
when the defending series  He had the better car.”         driver to suffer serious dam-
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Matt Kenseth (20) takes the lead on a restart during the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at  IVElRTDI rovatore           TPUuCCrINaI ndot

New Hampshire Motor Speedway Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Loudon, N.H. Kenseth won the race.      OCT 3 12:55PM LIVE          JAN 30 1:55PM LIVE
                                                                                                OCT 14 6:00PM ENCORE        FEB 10 6:00PM ENCORE
                                                                      (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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champion ran out of gas Kyle Busch, Paul Menard, age when his right front tire
                                                                                                OCT 17 12:55PM LIVE         MAR 5 1:55PM LIVE
Sunday at New Hampshire Harvick and Clint Bowyer blew and he hit the wall.                      OCT 28 6:00PM ENCORE        MAR 16 6:00PM ENCORE

Motor Speedway in the are the final four drivers Busch, who the July race in                    TWAaGnNEnR häuser           MPUCCaINdI ama Butterfly

second race of the Chase on the brink of elimina- New Hampshire, took the                       OCT 31 12:00PM LIVE         APR 2 12:55PM LIVE
                                                                                                NOV 11 6:00PM ENCORE        APR 13 6:00PM ENCORE
for the NASCAR Sprint Cup tion. They would advance No. 18 straight to the ga-

Championship.              with a victory, but Jimmie rage.

Kenseth advanced to Johnson stands in their way “It’s killed,” he said over

the second round of NAS- at Dover, where he has a the radio.

CAR’s playoffs and gave track- record 10 victories. Fourth in the standings

Joe Gibbs Racing its fourth “Dover is a good track for entering the race, Busch

straight win.              us, a victory would be a dropped to 13th in points                   LBERuGlu                    RDOoNIZbETeTrI to Devereux

Harvick had the dominant good shot in the arm for after he finished 37th.                       NOV 21 1:30 PM LIVE         APR 16 12:55PM LIVE
                                                                                                DEC 2 6:00PM ENCORE         ABR 27 6:00PM ENCORE
car and led the most laps us,” Johnson said.               With every point so valu-

but a gamble to stretch Kenseth won for the fifth able, his JGR crew hurried

his fuel to the end back- time this season and to repair the Toyota and                         BIZET                       ESTRlAeUkSStra

fired and he faded to 21st. stalked Harvick over the fi- he returned to the race                Les Pêcheurs de             APR 30 12:55PM LIVE
                                                                                                Perles (The Pearl Fishers)  MAY 11 6:00PM ENCORE
He finished 42nd last week nal tense laps that ended more than 30 laps behind
                                                                                                JAN 16 1:55PM LIVE
in the Chase opener and when the No. 4 Chevrolet the leader.                                    JAN 27 6:00PM ENCORE

will surely have to win next had nothing left in the tank. Brad Keselowski took a big

week at Dover to advance Harvick was knocked out points hit as well, black                      AT CARIBBEAN CINEMAS MEGAPLEX 8, PALM BEACH PLAZA

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Hamlin, the winner last with Johnson in the mo- stayed on the lead lap but
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The 16-driver Chase field and heads to Dover with ment sport, not a fair sport,”                Palm Beach Plaza | Aruba | 586-0074
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