NASCAR at New Hampshire: Results, highlights from Kevin Harvick's win

Gabe Fernandez

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Thanks to some aggressive driving down the stretch, Kevin Harvick took home the checkered flag for the sixth time this season at the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 in New Hampshire.

With eight laps to go, Harvick began to hit leader Kyle Busch with some bump-and-runs to knock him off the course. One lap later, Harvick did just that to give himself a sizable lead for the remainder of the race. 

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Luckily the post-race comments were relatively civil between the two. Busch understood that that was how racing shakes out sometimes, but added that how one races eventually gets back to them.

As for other racers, even though Aric Almirola finished in third, he likely feels pretty disappointed in his performance. After leading for much of Stage 3, he was unable to get the restarts he needed to keep his lead, which was eventually given up to the eventual top two racers.

Sporting News followed along the race for live highlights, updates and standings below. Here's what you might have missed

NASCAR at New Hampshire: Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 highlights

All times are in Eastern Daylight.

7:18 p.m. —  Harvick takes home the checkered flag after his aggressive driving puts him over Busch!

7:16 p.m. —  Harvick shoves Busch out of the way for the lead with seven laps to go!

7:15 p.m. — Harvick is hitting Busch with some bump-and-runs. Eight laps to go.

7:14 p.m. —  Ohhhhh buddy! Eleven laps to go.

7:10 p.m. —  Meanwhile, outside of the top five. Sixteen laps to go.

7:08 p.m. —  Twenty to go!

7:07 p.m. —  Aric Almirola has moved up to fourth. Top three remain the same. 25 laps to go.

7:04 p.m. —  Big three are in the top three: Busch, Harvick and Truex. Thirty laps to go.

7:01 p.m. —  Almirola drops from third to sixth on the restart. Only 37 laps to go.

7:00 p.m. —  Going green with 40 to go!

6:55 p.m. —  The 18 beats the 10 off of pit road! Kyle Busch takes the lead followed by Harvick and then Almirola. 

6:54 p.m. —  Caution with 45 laps to go in the race.

6:50 p.m. —  Keselowski finally gets his brakes checked out after coasting for the past couple laps. Fifty laps to go.

6:48 p.m. —  Safe to say that this would be a huge win for Almirola. Lap 244.

6:44 p.m. —  We've got a tight one here, folks! Lap 238.

6:39 p.m. —  Oh my this could have been bad.

6:38 p.m. —  Accident with no caution.

6:36 p.m. —  Pitting throught the last few laps.

222: Daniel Suarez

223: Matt Kenseth

224: Logano, Bowyer, Jones, Truex Jr.

225: 3, 24, 88, Harvick

226: 

6:34 p.m. —  Keselowski has lost his breaks and he's been sliding down the leaderboard ever since. Lap 220, Almirola still leads.

6:33 p.m. —  We've got a new race leader! Lap 218.

6:32 p.m. —  Denny Hamlin struggling on the track. Lap 217.

6:24 p.m. —  Lap 200 standings update:

6:21 p.m. —  Rain starting to appear on the horizon. Lap 195.

6:12 p.m. —  We've got 125 left.

6:06 p.m. —  Aric Almirola sitting in P2 now. Lap 165.

6:01 p.m. —  Final stage is underway!

6:00 p.m. —  Review from pit road indicates Kurt Busch will lead at the restart.

5:54 p.m. —  Busch's attempt at taking the lead is for naught. Elliott takes the stage, his first of 2018. Only the third win by a Chevrolet this season.

5:51 p.m. —  Kurt Busch caught Chase Elliott with five laps to go in Stage 2. Here's an Elliott stat to go with the lead loss.

5:48 p.m. —  Truex is dropping.

5:46 p.m. —  It appears as though Kurt Busch might have a chance to catch Elliott before the stage ends. Fourteen laps to go for Stage 2.

5:44 p.m. —  Chase Elliott takes the lead with 21 laps to go.

5:40 p.m. —  Chase Elliott catching Martin Truex Jr. Twenty-five laps left in the stage.

5:34 p.m. —  Frustrations running high on the track.

5:32 p.m. —  Is it truly a comeback if he won the pole? Regardless, Busch trying to return to the lead! Lap 108.

5:27 p.m. —  Truex holding onto the lead firmly. Then Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick.

5:20 p.m. —  Dillon getting a pass-through violation.

5:18 p.m. —  Order off of pit road. Stage 2 is underway!

5:16 p.m. —  Updated playoff standings!

5:12 p.m. —  Martin Truex Jr. wins the stage, and gets another playoff point.

5:09 p.m. —  Joey Logano has gone from P28 to P10, despite replacing all four tires on his car during a pit.

5:05 p.m. —  Chase Elliott passes Jimmie Johnson for P2 Lap 61.

5:01 p.m. —  Pitting and restart order:

4:58 p.m. —  Caution for debris on lap 53.

4:56 p.m. —  Truex to P2 and catching up to leader Stenhouse. UPDATE: Truex now leads.

4:52 p.m. —  Restart order.

4:50 p.m. —  Most of the leaders are heading to pit road right now.

4:48 p.m. —  Competition caution is out.

4:45 p.m. —  Denny Hamlin is now in second.

4:42 p.m. —  Restart on lap 25. Eleven laps until competition caution. Busch bros are in first and second (Kurt then Kyle)

4:38 p.m. —  AJ Allmendinger hits the wall for another accident on the road. Lap 20.

4:36 p.m. —  Restart on 18. KuBusch-Truex-Blaney-Hamlin-Jones-KyBusch-Bowman-Elliott-Almirola-Keselowski is the order.

4:35 p.m. —  First accident of the day. Yellow caution flag is out.

4:34 p.m. —  Blaney is out making a name for himself this race.

4:32 p.m. —  Kyle Busch has gone down to sixth.

4:27 p.m. —  Quick facts from the race.

4:26 p.m. —  Racers taking it easy through the first lap. No one going crazy with an attempt to move around positionally.

4:25 p.m. —  Green flag, folks. Here we go!

4:24 p.m. —  uhhh...

4:22 p.m. —  There will be three pace laps.

4:16 p.m. —  Engines fired.

4:13 p.m. —  Anthems have finished, the intro music is starting, and we're ready to kick things off in New Hampshire.

4:03 p.m. —  An update on the playoff standings before the race.

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3:55 p.m. —  The green flag time is estimated to be 4:15

3:45 p.m. —  Drivers are rolling out.

Official words from the speedway.

We have some progress, folks!

ESPN's Bob Pockrass estimates the rain will need to stop by 4 p.m. ET for the race to happen.

The rain is back, unfortunately.

Though the weather has continued to delay the start of the race, it's likely that there will still be a race today.

The race is officially on a weather delay.

When it rains, it pours. Looks like the precipitation is starting earlier than expected in New Hampshire.

Gabe Fernandez