Congratulations to Ryan Newman for Winning in New Hampshire

It's always a good Sunday when your favorite driver is in victory lane. Today was even sweeter when Stewart Haas racing finished in the top two positions as Ryan Newman won in New Hampshire and Tony Stewart finished second.

Congrats to Ryan and Stewart Haas Racing! New man dominated today staying up front for over a third of the race.  By the way, the last time Newman won at New Hampshire, Tony Stewart finished second in what was a fantastic finish as well.

Here's the points standings as we are now at the critical point for the chase:

Points Report
New Hampshire Motor Speedway
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Sunday, 7/17/2011 @ 5:12 PM Eastern

Rank	Driver	Bonus Points	Points	Behind Leader	Behind Next	Chase	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10	DNFs	Money Won	Prev Pos	G/L
1	Carl Edwards	17	652	0	0	82	19	2	1	10	13	0	$5,427,417	2	1
2	Jimmie Johnson	13	645	-7	-7	75	19	0	1	7	12	1	$3,428,622	5	3
3	Kurt Busch	18	641	-11	-4	71	19	3	1	4	11	0	$3,547,701	4	1
4	Kevin Harvick	20	637	-15	-4	67	19	0	3	6	10	1	$3,550,032	3	-1
5	Kyle Busch	27	632	-20	-5	62	19	0	3	10	11	3	$3,654,892	1	-4
6	Matt Kenseth	17	626	-26	-6	56	19	1	2	6	10	2	$3,527,372	6	0
7	Jeff Gordon	18	587	-65	-39	17	19	1	2	6	8	2	$3,140,247	7	0
8	Ryan Newman	16	586	-66	-1	16	19	1	1	6	9	0	$3,025,373	9	1
9	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	7	577	-75	-9	7	19	1	0	3	8	2	$2,443,563	8	-1
10	Denny Hamlin	16	570	-82	-7	0	19	0	1	4	7	1	$3,141,968	10	0
11	Tony Stewart	13	570	-82	0	0	19	0	0	2	7	1	$3,085,090	11	0
12	Clint Bowyer	12	542	-110	-28	-28	19	0	0	3	8	4	$3,217,490	12	0
13	David Ragan	9	524	-128	-18	-46	19	1	1	3	6	2	$2,573,888	15	2
14	Kasey Kahne	9	523	-129	-1	-47	19	1	0	3	7	2	$2,496,547	17	3
15	Greg Biffle	8	523	-129	0	-47	19	0	0	1	5	1	$2,399,563	14	-1