DENNY HAMLIN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Denny Hamlin Sprint All-Star Race Preview
All-Star Race Preview: Denny Hamlin will climb into the #11 FedEx Express Toyota in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the seventh start for Hamlin in the non-points exhibition event. One year ago, Hamlin started third and led 16 laps in the five segment, 90-lap race, but fell to 20th in the final 10-lap run won by Jimmie Johnson. Hamlin has...
JD Gibbs assesses Denny Hamlin's chances of making The Chase
Denny Hamlin missed four races after his wreck and resultant back injury. Season over right? No chance at making The Chase, right? Well, hold up.Denny Hamlin brought home the #11 Fed Ex Toyota Camry to an outstanding second place finish Saturday night. The win moved Hamlin to a respectable 26th in points, with the meat of the summer schedule ahead of him.Post race, JD Gibbs was asked...
Denny Hamlin Bojangles’ Southern 500 Race Recap
• Returning to the No. 11 Sport Clips Toyota for his first full race since being sidelined earlier this season following a late-race accident at Auto Club Speedway, Denny Hamlin proved he was ready to get back to racing by securing the sixth starting position for the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
• Battling a tight-handling Camry from the start of the...
Hamlin Plans On Running The Full Race At Darlington
Denny Hamlin was back last weekend at that the Talladega Superspeedway, but gave way to a relief driver. Now back at one of his favorite tracks, Hamlin vows he will go the distance, in one of the first big tests for him after fracturing vertebra in his back, and will take the challenge that the Darlington Raceway provides.
“It will be a challenge because this is one of the toughest...
Hamlin ready to drive whole race
Denny Hamlin won't be holding back this weekend at the Track too Tough to Tame.
After he suffered a fractured vertebra in a crash on March 24, Hamlin missed four races before starting at Talladega Superspeedway last Sunday with Brian Vickers stepping in for relief.
But Hamlin, who considers Darlington Raceway "one of the toughest, physically challenging races that we have...
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Hamlin plans to run entire race at Darlington
Denny Hamlin has no doubt he'll stay in the car for the entire Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Hamlin turned 23 laps last week at Talladega before turning the car over to relief driver Brian Vickers. It was Hamlin's first race since suffering a compression fracture in a vertebra in his lower back.
Hamlin has no plans to have a driver on standby Saturday night.
He got...
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Hamlin comfortable in Talladega run
Denny Hamlin returned to action at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, but his run was short-lived.
After missing the past four NASCAR Sprint Cup races because of a broken vertebra, Hamlin was cleared to race this weekend. He ran only the opening segment before being replaced by Brian Vickers in the car.
What did he think of his Talladega run?
"The speed of it is the biggest...
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Hamlin starts at Talladega, climbs out at caution
The goal at Talladega Superspeedway was to get Denny Hamlin a chance to turn some laps and collect some points.
He accomplished one of his two goals Sunday.
Hamlin successfully returned from a compression fracture in a vertebra in his lower back by turning 23 laps Sunday before getting out of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for replacement driver Brian Vickers. The swap was made during...
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Denny Hamlin to start Talladega race
Denny Hamlin will return to the No. 11 Toyota Camry of Joe Gibbs Racing this weekend at Talladega. It will be Hamlin’s first race back since suffering a compression fracture in his lower back at Auto Club Speedway on March 24.Hamlin
Hamlin tweeted on Tuesday that he was cleared “just to start,” the race at the biggest track on the circuit. The plan is for Hamlin to drop to...
Opinion: Hamlin Should Take Care of Hamlin
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After Denny Hamlin hurt his back in a last-lap wreck with Joey Logano at Auto Club Speedway, he vowed he would be back in a race car by Richmond, while his team of doctors said it would be more like Darlington. Determined, Hamlin had his team and those around him convinced he would be ready for Richmond, a full three weeks ahead of schedule...
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