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Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin hangs on for third in late-race shuffle
By SceneDaily Staff
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin finished third in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
David Griffin
NASCAR Scene
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Denny Hamlin had a choice in the final laps as he, Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch and ex-JGR teammate Tony Stewart ran 1-2-3.
Should he help push Busch to a possible victory or go with Stewart, who had the strongest car throughout Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway?
“It obviously put me to a decision to help my current teammate or former teammate, so I'm going to help my current teammate,” Hamlin said after finishing third in the Coke Zero 400. “I felt like the best opportunity for our team to win was to stick with the 18 [of Busch] even though I was going to give up the bottom and I knew I was going to give up position to the 48 [of Jimmie Johnson].”
Hamlin did give up position to Johnson, but it wasn’t exactly how he expected. Instead of lining up two-by-two coming to the line, Busch wrecked after contact with Stewart.
“Usually when you lead in the last lap your percentile for winning usually is pretty good,” Hamlin said. “But I'll tell you, those two cars behind [Busch] really got a good suck-up on them coming to the checkered, and it's just like Talladega. When you've got new tires and guys are one blocking and one being aggressive, you're going to have contact, and that's what happened.”
As for the move midway through the race when Hamlin’s tires appeared to go below the yellow line while he passed Kurt Busch – NASCAR did not penalize Hamlin for the move – Hamlin said he would have rather been assessed a penalty than risk a wreck.
“I had a pretty big run going and the 2 [of Busch] saw me coming and went to block,” he said. “…I felt like if they were going to black flag me I would have been OK with that versus causing a wreck.
“But … my left side tires stayed on the yellow line. I'm not sure that they went below it. I think they saw it as more of an evasive move than a move to pass. I think that's probably what their judgment was.”
Hamlin remained sixth in the point standings but now has a comfortable 201-point buffer between himself and 13th-place Mark Martin.
Mentioned Drivers: Denny Hamlin
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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9 responses to "Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin hangs on for third in late-race shuffle". Post a Comment.
JGRFan4Life said:
Jul 4, 2009 at 11:47 PMDenny needs to get into Victory Lane soon.
Report as AbuseThis season has to be tough for them even though they're running well and in the Chase right now. They've had a number of races where they could have won, and every time, they come up just short.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporttodd625 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:22 PMI am a Tony Stewart fan first but was glad to see Denny have a good run and I would like to see him win as long as it's not at Tony's expense.
Report as AbuseI felt bad for Joey getting into that big crash at the end. I was hoping to see him have a good finish. That #20 Home Depot Car will always have a close place to my heart.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportminkee2 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:30 PMEven though I'm not a Denny fan, I really think he had a great car and did a really good job of driving. I wouldn't have minded seeing him win the race, even in front of Jimmie & Tony. He really deserves a win!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportKenL88 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 1:19 PMDenny your a good guy but really you had a good car and I get being loyal to a teammate. But gee hasn't KB left you behind enough pushed you to the wayside for his wins. How much will you take even your younger teammate didn't take it a couple of weeks ago in Nationwide. And KB goes running off. Poor Joey right after race has your boss right at his side telling him what to say to media. Is it because you live next door to the boss. Be a man start driving for yourself.KB could care less where you finish.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 2:35 PMIn all honesty, as a Hamlin fan since '06 when he started, it's hard for me to see Denny always come so close to winning and not to. Although it's good he's well inside the top 12 in points; it kinda ticks me off that Kyle has three wins, rookie Joey has a win; and Denny (who has had several good chances at winning this year) has none.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportpj88 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 4:32 PMA good run for a pretty good guy.I didn't always think so,but lately he's been changing my mind with the things that he does off track.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJGR_P1 said:
Jul 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM#4 Kenl88 Who pays you to hate on Kyle? I would like to contact them to nominate you for employee of the Month. Hating on Kyle is not helping JR win any races. BTW Joe Gibbs will not release kyle to sign JR. JR had his chance to sign with JGR a couple of years ago & JR blew that. Plus JGR can field another team if JR wants to come bad enough I am sure something could be arrainged but JGR is about winning championships and JR would probably be released after 2 or 3 years. Besides JGR already has Matt DiBenedetto coming down the pipe. Matt has won 2 races in four starts in the NCWE series. I am thinking he will get the first crack at the 4th team in a couple of years. so you dont have to beg JGR to sit kyle down or release kyle cause it is not going to happen man.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkeith308 said:
Jul 6, 2009 at 11:45 AMWhy wasn't Denny penalized like everyone else when he passed below the yellow line. All the announcers said he would then they were told to shut up by Nascar. If you drive a Toyota it is ok to go below the yellow line, just ask Johnny Benson in his Toyota truck. How much was paid to Nascar? Two drivers paid the price in other brand cars but the Toyota' were not. Nascar, now you know why the stands are getting emptier at every race. Kept this up and you will only have a hand full of Toyota fans watching your races.
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Jul 7, 2009 at 3:07 PMI Agree with Keith 308 about nascar allowing Denny Hamlin to pass below the yellow line. Nascar does not enforce it's own rules.
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