Even though he started 43rd on Sunday Jimmie Johnson kept the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points lead following the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Brian Vickers found victory lane on Sunday while Johnson finished 8th keeping him 56 points ahead of Clint Bowyer.
With the regular season getting closer to a finish, there is quite a fight brewing for the two wildcard spots.
Unofficial Point Standings following New Hampshire
| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 696 | — | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Clint Bowyer | 640 | -56 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Carl Edwards | 623 | -73 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 622 | -74 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 578 | -118 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Matt Kenseth | 576 | -120 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 576 | -120 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | Greg Biffle | 545 | -151 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 529 | -167 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | 523 | -173 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Martin Truex Jr. | 521 | -175 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | Jeff Gordon | 521 | -175 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | 518 | -178 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | Kurt Busch | 515 | -181 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | Jamie McMurray | 507 | -189 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Aric Almirola | 502 | -194 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Jeff Burton | 498 | -198 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Ryan Newman | 488 | -208 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | Joey Logano | 487 | -209 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | Paul Menard | 487 | -209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 476 | -220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Marcos Ambrose | 440 | -256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 424 | -272 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 403 | -293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Denny Hamlin | 361 | -335 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | David Gilliland | 354 | -342 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Danica Patrick | 350 | -346 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | David Ragan | 342 | -354 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Mark Martin | 314 | -382 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | Bobby Labonte | 295 | -401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Dave Blaney | 283 | -413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Reutimann | 279 | -417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | J.J. Yeley | 272 | -424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | David Stremme | 267 | -429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Travis Kvapil | 240 | -456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | AJ Allmendinger | 211 | -485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael Waltrip | 102 | -594 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Michael McDowell | 93 | -603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Scott Speed | 91 | -605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Timmy Hill | 80 | -616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Terry Labonte | 77 | -619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ken Schrader | 68 | -628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Boris Said | 26 | -670 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Ron Fellows | 22 | -674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Justin Marks | 14 | -682 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Scott Riggs | 10 | -686 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. | 7 | -689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Tomy Drissi | 6 | -690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alex Kennedy | 4 | -692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Brian Keselowski | 4 | -692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
