SM Staff

In the second race of the 10-race 2015 Sprint Cup Chase here is what was surprising and not surprising in the 19th annual Sylvania 300 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.

With only seven races left on the 2015 schedule for the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Ty Dillon enters this weekend sitting second in points, 25 points behind Chris Buescher. It goes without saying that the driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing would like to start gaining points on the Roush Fenway Racing driver as we start to close out the season.

Over the course of the last 12 races, nine of them have been won by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers - Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards. Wit Hamlin locked into round two with the victory at Chicagoland, and the other three drivers starting off with top-10 finishes, it seems as though Joe Gibbs Racing is easily the early favourite to take home the championship.

Following the myAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway, the big story was the on-track contact, followed by off-track confrontation between Kevin Harvick and Jimmie Johnson. Logano, who played a small role in the contact on the restart, stated on Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that he had doesn't have much of a reaction to the skirmish between the pair of drivers as he's staying focused on his own program.

On Saturday night at Kawartha Speedway, D.J. Kennington made his way to the front during the second half of the race to complete the season with a third place finish.

Whether on dirt or asphalt, racers compete with all the hearts on track. But when a fellow racer is injured or in need of help off the track, true racers pay it forward with whatever help is needed.

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When Denny Hamlin spun on lap two, it seemed as though his day was over. However, a timely question mid-race to get him back on the lead lap and a strategy play at the end would result in the driver of the No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota making it to victory lane.

Kurt Busch looked to have the race in hand, holding a solid advantage ahead of Jeff Gordon as the race began to come to a close. Then, with nine laps to go, the caution would fly due to debris after Matt DiBenedetto got into the wall. Rather than scoring the victory, Busch would fall back on the final restart after staying out, finishing third.

In the first race of the 10-race Chase to the championship here is what was surprising and not surprising from 15th Annual myAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.