Hamlin: ‘We just couldn’t get it going’
Denny Hamlin has led every race so far this season
Denny Hamlin has led every race so far this season
What a difference a week makes.
It was the case of the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ for Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the NASCAR Cup race at Richmond Sunday night.
Joe Gibbs Racing was the class of the field Sunday at Richmond Raceway. But the Gibbs driver who dominated the race was not the driver who won.
Denny Hamlin’s last win came at Bristol Motor Speedway last fall.
During a 50-minute practice session on Friday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR Cup Series drivers tried to fine-tune the short-track competition package they will race for the first time in Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500.
Denny Hamlin was convinced he had to improve his performance at Phoenix Raceway, and on Saturday afternoon, he took the first step in that direction.
As Denny Hamlin sat at the dais in the Daytona International Speedway media center, a photo recalling the history he hopes to achieve hung on the wall to his immediate left.
NASCAR pulled it off. And so did Denny Hamlin.
In racing parlance, you can now say Denny Hamlin has fresh rubber on all four corners.
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