This Week in Racing: @ New Hampshire

What: 301 laps or 318.5 miles

Where: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, a 1.058-mile flat paved oval located in Loudon, N.H.

When: 1 p.m. Sunday.

TV: TNT

Radio: Performance Racing Network

Last year’s winner: Joey Logano

Also this week: New England 200, Nationwide Series, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 3 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2.

Worth mentioning: IndyCar Series driver Danica Patrick makes her return to NASCAR after a four-mouth hiatus in Saturday’s New England 200. She is ensured a spot in the field thanks to JR Motorsports running her No. 7 Chevrolet while she has been away. ... Sprint Cup driver Ryan Newman will start his weekend by racing the No. 7 Chevrolet led by New England native Kevin Manion in the Whelen Modified race on Saturday.

Who’s hot

Jimmie Johnson: Road course win is another item marked off the NASCAR “to do” list.

Carl Edwards: Earned his first – and Ford’s first – NASCAR win of the season with victory at Nationwide Series race at Road America.

Robby Gordon: If he still has it anywhere, it’s at a road course.

Kevin Harvick: He has the points lead. What he needs more of is bonus points for the Chase.

Who’s not

Marcos Ambrose: Stopping on the track can never be a good thing. Never.

Casey Mears: Red Bull and the rest of the teams thank you for your participation.

Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch: Worst weekend of season for these Joe Gibbs Racing drivers.

Jim Utter

-- Jim Utter

Points standings

Sprint Cup

1. Kevin Harvick, 2,334

2. Jimmie Johnson, 2,194

3. Kyle Busch, 2,193

4. Denny Hamlin, 2,183

5. Jeff Gordon, 2,142

6. Kurt Busch, 2,118

7. Matt Kenseth, 2,092

8. Jeff Burton, 2,027

9. Greg Biffle, 2,011

10. Tony Stewart, 1,983

11. Mark Martin, 1,947

12. Carl Edwards, 1,932

13. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,875

14. Clint Bowyer, 1,858

15. Ryan Newman, 1,850

16. Jamie McMurray, 1,790

17. Joey Logano, 1,783

18. Kasey Kahne, 1,781

19. Martin Truex Jr., 1,775

20. Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,771

21. David Reutimann, 1,752

22. A J Allmendinger, 1,711

23. Paul Menard, 1,659

24. Brad Keselowski, 1,558

25. David Ragan, 1,557

26. Scott Speed, 1,549

27. Marcos Ambrose, 1,469

28. Elliott Sadler, 1,437

29. Sam Hornish Jr., 1,405

30. Regan Smith, 1,368

Nationwide series

1. Brad Keselowski, 2,466

2. Carl Edwards, 2,229

3. Justin Allgaier, 2,051

4. Kyle Busch, 1,945

5. Paul Menard, 1,860

6. Kevin Harvick, 1,852

7. Brendan Gaughan, 1,685

8. Steve Wallace, 1,674

9. Jason Leffler, 1,597

10. Joey Logano, 1,593

11. Trevor Bayne, 1,566

12. Brian Scott, 1,518

13. Tony Raines, 1,504

14. Michael Annett, 1,489

15. Kenny Wallace, 1,427

16. Reed Sorenson, 1,406

17. Mike Wallace, 1,385

18. Greg Biffle, 1,368

19. Scott Lagasse Jr., 1,328

20. Mike Bliss, 1,319

Camping World Truck Series

1. Todd Bodine, 1,443

2. Aric Almirola, 1,388

3. Timothy Peters, 1,278

4. Ron Hornaday Jr., 1,273

5. Johnny Sauter, 1,179

6. Mike Skinner, 1,171

7. Jason White, 1,145

8. David Starr, 1,132

9. Ricky Carmichael, 1,107

10. Matt Crafton, 1,098

11. Austin Dillon, 1,093

12. Justin Lofton, 995

13. Kyle Busch, 957

14. Mario Gosselin, 949

15. Ryan Sieg, 883

16. Brett Butler, 842

17. Jennifer Jo Cobb, 840

18. James Buescher, 834

19. Norm Benning, 807

20. Tayler Malsam, 798

Sprint Cup Laps Led

1. Kurt Busch, 786

2. Jeff Gordon, 712

3. Jimmie Johnson, 680

4. Kyle Busch, 626

5. Denny Hamlin, 558

6. Jeff Burton, 279

7. Kasey Kahne, 184

8. Juan Pablo Montoya, 172

9. Jamie McMurray, 140

10. Kevin Harvick, 137