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Not even a pair of pit road penalties could keep Denny Hamlin from winning his second race of the season.  Hamlin was assessed penalties for speeding and an uncontrolled tire but recovered to lead 45 of the 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.  It's Hamlin's third win at Texas and the 33rd of his career.

With 10 laps left 21 cars were involved in a massive crash that took out some of the top contenders including Martin Truex, Jr., Aric Almirola, Ryan Blaney and Matt DiBenedetto who led 49 laps.

Logano said all he was thinking about was Miami and the championship.

Austin Dillon passed Aric Almirola on the last lap to win just his second career Cup race.

Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott were the winners of Thursday night's Twin Can-Am Duel 150-mile qualifying races. That means that Blaney and Elliott will line up in the second row for Sunday's Daytona 500 behind pole winner Alex Bowman and Denny Hamlin.

40 drivers are entered into next week's race. Four Fords, four Chevys and four Toyotas all reached the second round of qualifying.

For a time it looked like Denny Hamlin's chances of winning Sunday night's Southern 500 evaporated when he missed pit road for his final stop for gas and tires.  But his big mistake set himself up for a huge comeback.

Denny Hamlin won his first race of the year by holding off Kyle Larson over the final laps at New Hampshire Speedway on Sunday.  Hamlin led 54 of 301 laps for his third career win at New Hampshire and he did it in a back-up car after crashing his primary car in a Friday practice session.

Denny Hamlin won Saturday night's regular-season finale at Richmond International Raceway for his third win of the season and it also set the grid for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship beginning next week including three rookies...

Denny Hamlin took the lead when Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch overshot the first turn on a restart with 10 laps left and held on the rest of the way to win Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen, his first road course win and second victory of the season.  Martin Truex, Jr. challenged Hamlin on the final lap and was setting himself up for a pass until Keselowski tapped him from behind and sent

An incredible finish to the Daytona 500.  Denny Hamlin moved from fourth to pass Matt Kenseth on the final lap and edged Martin Truex, Jr. at the finish line by one/one hundredth of a second in the closest finish in the 58-year history of the race.  The margin of victory was just four inches giving Hamlin his first Daytona 500 win, the first for Toyota and the first for Joe Gibbs Racing since Dale

Denny Hamlin was the winner in the opening race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday.  Hamlin gambled on staying on the track with old tires, and it paid off when he took the lead on a restart with five laps left and he held off teammate Carl Edwards to grab the victory.