Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Sprint Cup MyAFibRisk.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway Sunday. Hamlin took the lead with five laps to go and held off his teammate Carl Edwards to score his second win of the season. The win comes only 12 days after Hamlin tore his ACL playing basketball and comes on a day when at least one favorite in the Chase suffered disaster. Here’s how it all went down Sunday at Chicagoland.
Kevin Harvick led the field to the green from his first career Chicagoland pole with Joey Logano to his outside. By the end of the first lap, Harvick was in control with Logano close behind.
The first caution came out near the end of lap 1 when AJ Allmendinger spun entering turn 3 MORE>>>
Greg is a published award winning sportswriter who spent 23 years combined active and active reserve military service, much of that in and around the Special Operations community.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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