Matt Kenseth Foils Kevin Harvick’s Desperate Gamble in Round 2 of NASCAR Chase

By the end of the Sylvania 300, the die was cast. Reigning Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick was out of options and fuel. The driver who dominated the New Hampshire Motor Speedway race gambled that he could make it 88 laps, and couldn't. Matt Kenseth, who had pressured him, won the second race of the Chase. The Stewart-Haas Racing team that painted itself into a corner will move on to Dover, Delaware, with only one option left. Harvick must win at Dover, where he has never won before. Tweeted Harvick: "With four or five [laps] to go, I didn't think I could quite get to him and get by him," Kenseth said in the winner's media conference. "Getting to him and getting by him were going to be two different things, too, but I didn't think I was q...

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