20 Denny Hamlin
Sprint Cup Series - Joe Gibbs Racing | Camping World Series - Billy Ballew MotorsportsPOLES
2
WINS
0
RANK
69
POINTS
569
BEHIND
-4918
Denny Hamlin won three races for Joe Gibbs Racing last year, and Hamlin will again run a limited schedule in the Nationwide Series. For 2008, Hamlin will also race with Braun Racing in the series.
Career Highlights
- Finished fifth in the points in first full-time season
- One of record three Raybestos Rookies to earn $1 million in same season (2005)
- First NASCAR national series start was at IRP in 2004 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- Earned his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series career pole at Phoenix in 2005
- Nearly 50 victories in NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series before age 24
Driver Details
- Ht: 72 Wt: 170
- Born: 11/11/1980
- Hometown: Chesterfield, Virginia
Related Links
| 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 6 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 569 | 117,425 |
Year-by-Year Nationwide Series Recap
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2007 Added three more victories to his series total and finished teammate Aric Almirola's won at Milwaukee. … Hamlin won at Darlington for the second year in a row. … Also went to victory lane at Michigan and Dover. … Scored 16 top-10 finishes in 22 starts. … Won five poles.
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2006 Finished fourth in the series, with two victories and 23 top-10 finishes in 35 starts. … Won his first series race at Mexico City, and followed that with a win at Darlington. … Won six poles.
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2005 Finished fifth in series points in first full-time season. ... Posted career-best finish of third at New Hampshire, leading 67 laps (career-high) after qualifying sixth. ... Had two outside poles at Milwaukee and Phoenix in November. ... Earned one top-five finish and 11 top 10s. ... Third in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings. ... One of a record three rookies to finish in the top 10 in the final championship standings and earn $1 million in the same season, joining Carl Edwards and Reed Sorenson. ... Also one of three drivers to finish in the top 10 after starting the season 33rd or worse. ... Fourth in laps completed with 6,437 (96.7 percent). ... Led seven races. ... Competed for Joe Gibbs Racing.
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2004 Finished 103rd in series points. ... Made first career series start, Nov. 13 at Darlington, where he started 23rd and finished eighth, his first career top 10. ... One of five drivers to collect their first Busch Series top-10 finish in 2004; JGR teammate J.J. Yeley was among them.
