Rick Hendrick is now a 15-time championship-winning car owner in the NASCAR Cup Series, but the newest one accomplished a first.“This is definitely the most unexpected championship,” Hendrick said Tuesday. “I had conceded, and in my mind, it was over because Denny [Hamlin] had about a three-second lead and a...
Denny Hamlin says he’s doing as well as one would expect two days after losing the NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway.“There is not a whole lot of second-guessing, I would say,” Hamlin said. “From my standpoint, there is not much else you can do about it. So, there...
Kyle Larson had a moment while celebrating his second NASCAR Cup Series championship when his mind drifted elsewhere. “Iit kind of hit me like, ‘Oh, man, I can't imagine what he's feeling right now,’” Larson said of fellow championship contender Denny Hamlin.
When William Byron hit the Turn 3 wall with bone-jarring impact on lap 310 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, the gut punch it delivered to Denny Hamlin was exponentially more painful.The resulting caution and strategic call by crew chief Cliff Daniels allowed Kyle Larson to snatch the Cup...
Denny Hamlin admitted he didn’t feel much emotion Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway, but the post-race scene told the tale.
Denny Hamlin will begin his NASCAR Cup Series championship quest from the pole Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. William Byron and Kyle Larson, two of the three other Cup Series title contenders, qualified second and third.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch looks ahead to this weekend's Phoenix finale, back on his debut there 25 years ago, returning to IROC and more.
Final practice for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season happened to be one of the most eventful, including for the title contenders.Ty Gibbs was fastest at 131.868mph (27.300s) with Ryan Blaney second at 131.406mph, Austin Cindric third at 131.377mph, Ryan Preece fourth at 131.353mph and Denny Hamlin (P) fifth at...
One of the best NASCAR Cup Series drivers without a championship is ready to shed that title Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
It’s the final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, and a champion will be crowned Sunday afternoon at Phoenix Raceway. Will it be Chase Briscoe, William Byron, Denny Hamlin or Kyle Larson lifting the trophy? Kelly Crandall joins the RACER Debrief to run the rule over the Championship 4...
Chase Elliott led practice for the NASCAR Cup Series elimination race at Martinsville Speedway, which he goes into needing to win to advance.Elliott (P) put down a lap of 95.796mph (19.767s). The Hendrick Motorsports driver does have one prior win at Martinsville Speedway – the 2020 elimination race.Denny Hamlin (P)...
Gayle and Hamlin won for the sixth time Sunday in Las Vegas. It is the most wins Hamlin has had in a season since 2020.
The build-up to his 60th career win in the NASCAR Cup Series led Denny Hamlin to admit that Sunday was the most emotional he had ever been in his career.
Chase Briscoe felt like the slow driver on the highway who gets his doors blown off with the way Hamlin drove by him for the win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.It was an unfair fight between the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates. Briscoe was on two tires when Hamlin, on four...
Denny Hamlin scored an emotional victory and claimed a significant career milestone with a dramatic win in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ South Point 400 Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Hamlin passed two cars in the final 10 laps, ultimately taking the lead from his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase...
Denny Hamlin led a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the Round of 8 began.Hamlin won the pole at 184.849mph (29.213s). It's his first pole at Las Vegas in 28 starts and the 47th of his Cup Series career. He won...
Denny Hamlin doesn’t fault Ross Chastain for making the move that wiped them both out on the final lap of Sunday’s race at the Charlotte Roval, but he does wish he knew what was going on.Hamlin was spun in the frontstretch chicane by Chastain coming to the checkered flag. The...
Denny Hamlin wanted to have a face-to-face conversation with Bubba Wallace after the events of last weekend, which is why it took six days for it to happen.“It takes time,” Hamlin said Saturday at the Charlotte Roval, where the two met. “I got a lot of stuff going on, so...
Bubba Wallace cleared the air with Denny Hamlin on Saturday at the Charlotte Roval, but it didn’t completely erase the pain of not winning last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race.“It was definitely a somber week, for sure, and I hate that it got to this point,” Wallace said. “But Denny...