Ryan Blaney scored his third victory of the season and first at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, becoming the first driver to secure a berth for the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Blaney led 116 laps, including the final 39, to beat Josh Berry by 0.937 seconds for his 16th career win.
William Byron finished third, followed by Joey Logano (who led a race-high 147 laps from the pole position) and Chase Elliott, who rallied for fifth after qualifying 27th.
Christopher Bell was the top Toyota driver in sixth as Joe Gibbs Racing failed to finish in the top five at New Hampshire for the first time since September 2014.
In the playoff standings with two races remaining in the second round, Blaney is the leader with 3,084 points, followed by William Byron (3,082), Kyle Larson (3,076), Christopher Bell (3,064), Denny Hamlin (3,062), Joey Logano (3,059), Chase Elliott (3,049) and Chase Briscoe (3,047).
Below the cutline are Ross Chastain (minus-12), Austin Cindric (minus-19), Tyler Reddick (minus-23) and Bubba Wallace (minus-27).
Here’s the finishing order at New Hampshire
1. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
2. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
3. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
4. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
5. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
6. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
7. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
8. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
9. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
10. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
11. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
12. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
13. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
14. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
15. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
16. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
17. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
18. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
19. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
20. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
21. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
22. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
23. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
24. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
26. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
27. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
28. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
29. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
30. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
31. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
32. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
33. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
34. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
35. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
36. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
