Denny Hamlin

James Dennis Alan "Denny" Hamlin (born November 18, 1980)^[1]^[2] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing, and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 18 Toyota Camry for JGR.

Hamlin was born in Tampa, Florida, but lived in Chesterfield, Virginia for most of his childhood. He began racing go-karts at the age of seven. Afterward, he worked his way up to Late Models by 2004 and signed a development contract with Joe Gibbs Racing. After running briefly in the Craftsman Truck Series, Hamlin drove a full season in the Busch Series in 2005, while running a few Nextel Cup races. After having strong race finishes, Hamlin was given a full-time ride with JGR.

Racing career

Beginnings

Hamlin began his racing career in 1988, at the age of 7 years old, racing go-karts. By 1997 at 15, he won the WKA manufacturers cup. At the age of 16, he was racing Ministocks. In his first stock car race, at Langley Speedway, Hamlin won the pole position, and won the race. He then progressed to the Grand Stock division in 1998, and moved on to Late Model Stock Cars in 2000. In 2002, he won ten Late Model races, and surpassed that in 2003 with 25 wins, and 30 poles, out of 36 races. In 2004, while competing full-time in Late Model Stock Cars, Hamlin was signed to a driver development contract with Joe Gibbs Racing.

NASCAR career

Denny Hamlin's No. 11 FedEx Chevy being inspected at the November 12, 2006 Checker Auto 500

2004–2006

In 2004, Hamlin competed in five NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) races with EJP Racing, and had a tenth-place finish in his NASCAR debut at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He later ran his first career ARCA RE/MAX Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, finishing third in the No. 10 Pontiac owned by Andy Hillenburg. His final start of the year came at Darlington Raceway, when he made his Busch Series debut. He started twenty-seventh (rain-out) but finished eighth in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Driven Performance Oil Chevrolet.

Hamlin ran the full season in 2005 after he replaced Mike Bliss in the No. 20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet in the Busch Series. He ended up finishing 5th in the final championship points standings as a rookie in that series, with 11 top 10's and earnings of $1,064,110.00. Hamlin also ran his first Nextel Cup Series races in 2005, making his Cup debut at Kansas Speedway as driver of the No. 11 FedEx Chevrolet for the 2006 season, after Jason Leffler was released, and made seven starts in the Cup series in 2005. He finished the Cup season with three top 10 finishes in those seven starts and one pole at Phoenix International Raceway. His performance in 2005 was impressive, as Leffler had performed embarrassingly in the same car earlier in the season.

In 2006, Hamlin ran his first full season in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and during the year he drove in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series full-time. In Hamlin's first restrictor plate race as a Nextel Cup driver, he beat all the previous year's (2005 season) pole winners in the 70-lap 2006 Budweiser Shootout. Hamlin became the first Rookie of the Year candidate to take home the Shootout victory. Hamlin achieved his first career Busch Series victory at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (March 5). On June 11, Hamlin scored his first career Cup Series win at the Pocono 500, where he also won his second career pole. He achieved his second career win on July 23, in the Pennsylvania 500 also at Pocono Raceway becoming only the 2nd rookie in Nextel Cup history to sweep both races at a track during the same season (Jimmie Johnson did so at Dover International Speedway in his rookie season in 2002), both from the pole position. In the Cup Series, Hamlin won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award and finished third in the final Cup standings, scoring the highest points finish for a rookie in the modern era of NASCAR, and the highest since James Hylton in 1966.^[3] Hamlin thus became the first ever rookie to make the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, which he finished third in points.^[4]^[5]

2007–2008

2008 Nationwide car

Hamlin practicing for the 2007 Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Hamlin started the 2007 Cup season by finishing 28th in the Daytona 500. He won his third career Cup race at the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Following that race, Hamlin finished 43rd in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway after being involved in a wreck early on in the event. This the first ever 43rd-place finish in his career. Hamlin clinched a spot in the Chase for the Cup and was seeded sixth, 50 points behind the leader, but finished 12th overall in the final standings. In the Nationwide Series, Hamlin scored three victories including Darlington, Michigan, and Dover in the No. 20 Rockwell Automation Chevy.

In 2008, Hamlin had a near identical season as before, but moved up to eighth in points, and won early in the season at Martinsville Speedway. He led 381 out of 410 laps in the 2008 Crown Royal Presents the Dan Lowry 400, the most dominant effort of a driver since 2000, but cut a tire and finished 24th. He won four races in the Nationwide Series, driving both the No. 18 and No. 20 entries for Gibbs, as well as the No. 32 Dollar General/Hass avocados car for Braun Racing.

2009

He continued driving the No. 11 car in Sprint Cup in 2009, as well as sharing the No. 20 car for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Nationwide Series. Hamlin won his fifth Cup career race at Pocono Raceway on August 3, 2009. Hamlin boldly stated at the final restart "I'm going to win this race." He followed through on the statement, moving from sixth to first and snapping a 50 race win-less streak. The win was Hamlin's third at Pocono. It was especially emotional for the No. 11 team as Hamlin had lost his grandmother, Thelma Clark, that Friday.

Hamlin once again dominated the race at Richmond International Raceway and finally won at his home track. On October 25, 2009, Hamlin held off Jimmie Johnson to win the TUMS Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin guaranteed that he would win this race after he came in second in the spring race.

Hamlin then went on to win the Ford 400 at the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, capping off his 2009 season 5th in the overall standings with 4 wins, 15 top 5's and 20 top 10's. Hamlin took the lead after starting the race in 38th position and he led a total of 70 laps to capture his 4th win of the 2009 season.

2010

Hamlin in victory lane after winning the 2010 Air Guard 400

Hamlin entered the 2010 season with great expectations. Many believed he would be a favorite to unseat Jimmie Johnson as Sprint Cup Champion.

On January 22, 2010, Hamlin tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while playing basketball. The decision was made to postpone his surgery until after the season.

Hamlin announced on March 27, 2010, to have surgery on his left knee the following Monday. The decision was made to prevent further damage to his knee.^[6]

On March 29, 2010, Hamlin won the rain-postponed race at Martinsville Speedway in wild fashion. He beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Joey Logano, and Jeff Gordon to the finish line. Two days later, Hamlin had knee surgery to repair the torn ligament in his left knee.

On April 19, 2010, three weeks after his surgery, Hamlin worked his way from a 28th starting spot to restart 2nd with 13 laps to go at Texas Motor Speedway. Hamlin was later able to pass Jeff Burton on the outside and hold off Jimmie Johnson to get his 10th career win and his second win in three races.

Less than three weeks later on May 8, Hamlin visited victory lane for the third time in 2010 at Darlington Raceway. He swept the weekend by winning both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide series events. He became the first driver to do so at Darlington since Mark Martin in 1993. He won the Nationwide Series Royal Purple 200 presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts driving the No. 20 for Joe Gibbs Racing on Friday night. He started on the pole and led the most laps to win the race. Hamlin started 8th in Saturday night's Showtime Southern 500 and went on to lead 108 laps and take the checkered flag. A few races later, Hamlin dominated at The Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Presented By Target at Pocono Raceway, leading the most laps on his way to gathering his 12th career win, his 4th win of the season, and his fourth win at Pocono. A week later, Hamlin set a career-high fifth win of the season, when he won at Michigan International Speedway after starting 7th.

Later in the 2010 season, Hamlin finished 43rd in the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This dropped him five spots in the Chase standings, placing him in 10th overall. Despite the drop in the standings, the top 10 drivers in the Chase were locked in after Atlanta, guaranteeing Hamlin a spot in the 2010 Chase for the Sprint Cup. A driver error in the first Chase race on part of Carl Edwards caused Hamlin to spin with 85 to go. With cars ahead running out of fuel, Hamlin barely lost to Clint Bowyer. In the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway Hamlin drove a great race. Dover has always been rough to Hamlin and though he did not lead a lap he went on to finish the race in 9th and retained the points lead by 35 points over Jimmie Johnson. The following week at Kansas Speedway, Hamlin encountered a rough driving car and finished 12th, a finish that was not good enough to keep the points lead, and fell into a deficit of 8 points to Jimmie Johnson, who finished 2nd. Then the following week at California he finished in the top 10 but still lost points to the 48 car of Jimmie Johnson. At Charlotte Motor Speedway, Hamlin led a lap (his first lead in the Chase) and finished in 4th, one spot behind points leader Jimmie Johnson, and lost another 5 points. But the triumph came at the .526-mile (paper clip-shaped) Martinsville Speedway; Hamlin came through with his series-leading seventh victory of the season. Hamlin won the pole and led the first 11 laps but encountered tire issues; he dropped back to 17th and finally worked himself up consistently to 5th until lap 471 with 29 laps to go, he took the lead from Kevin Harvick and held off a hard-charging Mark Martin to lead the final 29 laps and take his 3rd straight victory at Martinsville and his 4th at the historic track. He closed the lead to 6 points behind points leader and 5th-place finisher Jimmie Johnson. Next up was the Amp Energy Juice 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway. Hamlin started 17th, but fell back and lost the draft. He went a lap down, but when a caution came out, he got the Lucky Dog and was back on the lead lap. He then worked his way up to a 9th-place finish, two spots behind points leader Jimmie Johnson. This put Hamlin another 8 points behind in the standings, totaling to 14. Hamlin won the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and then led the standings by 33 over Johnson with two races to go. Next was Phoenix International speedway. Hamlin started 14th but got up to the front right away and was leading for almost the whole race. With 14 laps to go, Hamlin had to pit because he was short on fuel. He finished 12th. After the race, Hamlin was furious and threw a water bottle in frustration. With one race to go, Hamlin led Johnson by 15 points and was 46 points ahead of Kevin Harvick. On the last race he lost the lead to Johnson and ended up 39 points behind him.

2011

FedEx Paint scheme

In 2011 Hamlin almost won the Budweiser Shootout, but the victory was taken away from him by Kurt Busch because at the last second, Hamlin crossed the yellow line, on turn four to the finish line, in his attempt to pass Ryan Newman. Denny struggled in the first 8 races where his only top 10 was a seventh at Las Vegas. However, when the series got to Richmond, Denny turned on the heat by winning both his charity event and the Nationwide race but would finish 2nd to teammate Kyle Busch. He would go on to finish outside of the top 10 once at dover finishing in the top 20 and rebounded with finishes of 10th and 3rd at Charlotte and Kansas respectively. After his 3rd-place finish at Kansas, he would climb to 11th in points – 1 point out of the coveted 10th as the series goes to his favorite track, Pocono, where he would have tied himself for the most all-time wins at the track, if he had placed first. After a disappointing 19th-place finish, he moved on to Michigan, a track at which he posted a 1st and 2nd-place finish in 2010. Before the first practice at Michigan, oil pans unapproved by NASCAR were confiscated from the three JGR teams, including Hamlin. After showing signs of sheer mediocrity during each practice and qualifying, Hamlin qualified 10th in the field. He showed signs of improvement at the very start of the race, Hamlin quickly slid back in the field and was in the 10th to 15th place range until beginning to improve with about 70 laps to go, deeming the adjustment on his loose race car "a magic adjustment" On lap 158, with 42 laps to go, a penalty caused by an accident between Juan Pablo Montoya and Andy Lally allowed Hamlin to move to the front of the field by short pitting. Another caution on lap 192 moved the 11 car up to the first position. After a restart, Hamlin surged to ahead of the group, with Matt Kenseth right behind him in the closing three laps. After desperately trying to move past Hamlin, Kenseth made a final attempt coming out of turn four on the final lap, causing him to almost hit the wall because of a loose racecar. This win vaulted Hamlin from 12th in the standings, where he would have been replaced in the chase by Jeff Gordon if each stayed in their current position, to 9th, where he is guaranteed a spot in the chase. At the end of the season Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Mike Ford would not return as Hamlin's crew chief in 2012.^[7]

2012

Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Darian Grubb will be Mike Ford's replacement as Hamlin's crew chief for the 2012 season. Grubb previously served as crew chief for Tony Stewart, where he helped Stewart to his third Sprint Cup title in 2011.

Hamlin scored his first win of the year in the second event on the schedule, at Phoenix International Raceway.^[8] On April 22, Hamlin out-dueled Martin Truex Jr. to score his second win in the eighth race of the year, at Kansas Speedway. At the Crown Royal Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard, Hamlin scored his eleventh pole. He won his third race of the year at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 26 in the Irwin Tools Night Race. A week later, he became the first driver of the year to have back-to-back wins, winning the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, again out-dueling Truex. Two weeks later, he dominated and won the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after starting 32nd, deep in the field. This was Joe Gibbs Racing's 100th win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series.

2013

Front/side view of Hamlin's car

Hamlin started the season on a low note, crashing his cars in both the Sprint Unlimited and the Budweiser Duel. The crash in the Duel put him into a backup car for the Daytona 500. Hamlin started 35th, led 33 laps, and finished 14th. He improved the following week, with a third-place finish at Phoenix, then a 15th-place finish at Las Vegas. He led the most laps at Bristol, but ran out of gas. Controversy unfolded after Hamlin spun his ex-teammate Joey Logano battling for position. This resulted in Hamlin and Logano exchanging words in the garage after the race.

At Fontana, Hamlin won his first pole for 2013. On the final restart Hamlin restarted in 12th place and with 12 laps left Hamlin reached third place before passing Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch for the top 2 spots with Joey Logano. His rivalry with Logano continued as the two fought side-by-side for the win in the last two laps. Heading into turn 3 on the white flag lap, neither driver wanted to lift and bumped each other. Logano attempted to block Hamlin and was sent up into the outside wall, while Hamlin came off the banking and smashed head-on into an inside retaining wall. Hamlin's teammate Kyle Busch passed them to win the race.

Although Hamlin climbed out of the car right after the crash, he immediately collapsed and lay on the track. He was airlifted to the hospital as a precaution. When lying in the hospital Hamlin interpreted Logano's post race words about their battle as Logano saying that he held a grudge against Hamlin and retaliated against Hamlin. It was announced the next day that Hamlin had suffered a massive L1 compression fracture, or a collapsed vertebra.^[9] Dr. Petty, Hamlin's JGR doctor reported on Tuesday that Hamlin's back would heal in six weeks and Hamlin would need time off. Two of Michael Waltrip Racing's Part-time drivers stepped in to replace Hamlin, with Mark Martin filling in at Martinsville and Brian Vickers filling in for four races. He made his return at Talladega in the Aaron's 499, and told reporters that since he was not ready to run a full race, he would switch with Brian Vickers during the first caution and pit stop by a special exit on the roof attached to the car.

Like planned, during a caution, Hamlin switched out with Vickers on lap 23. Under NASCAR rules, since Hamlin started the race, he would receive credit for any results.^[10] Vickers got caught up in a 14 car wreck on lap 43, relegating the car to a 34th-place finish.

At Darlington, Hamlin drove his first full race since his injury. He qualified sixth. In the waning laps, he held off Jeff Gordon to finish second to teammate Matt Kenseth.

At Charlotte, for the Coca-Cola 600, Hamlin clinched a pole position with a record speed of 195.624 miles per hour (314.826 km/h), breaking the previous speed of 193.708 miles per hour (311.743 km/h) set by Greg Biffle.^[11] During the race, Hamlin led six laps and finished in the fourth position.

At Dover, Hamlin started on the pole for the second week in a row. He led 41 laps before he cut a tire on lap 378 and hit the wall, causing him to finish 34th.

At Pocono Hamlin started in 17th and finished in 8th place. He had shown some recovery.

At Michigan, Sonoma and Kentucky, Hamlin did not fare well. Finishing in 30th, 23rd and 35th place. He only got up to 25th in the points standings and 150 points behind 20th place. Without any wins, his chances of making a Wildcard bid for the Chase were nixed.

At Daytona, Hamlin started 24th and led 20 laps, before he got into a wreck off of turn 4 with Juan Pablo Montoya and Martin Truex Jr.. Hamlin stayed on the track, a lap down, and got the free pass with the next caution. However, on lap 148, Hamlin hit the tri-oval wall head on and then his car was struck by A. J. Allmendinger and went airborne.^[12]

He wrecked at Pocono on Lap 15 after losing control of his car in the third turn and solidified his chances of missing the Chase for the first time in his career (He ran 7 races in 2005 but his first appearance was at a Chase race). At Michigan, he was officially eliminated from the Chase even if he won the next four races because he was too far back in the points.

At Richmond Denny Hamlin got an apology from Joey Logano for their Auto Club incident with Logano after months of denial admitting it was on purpose but Hamlin did not buy the apology, thinking that Logano was just doing it to ask Hamlin to not interfere with his own title hopes. Despite this Hamlin and Logano said they settled their differences by December.

Though Hamlin struggled to a 23rd-place points finish, the season was not entirely unkind to him, as he won the season finale at Homestead after a fierce battle with Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. over the last 30 laps.

2014

Hamlin started the 2014 season strong by winning the pole and leading all three segments of the Sprint Unlimited, eventually winning the race.^[13] Hamlin then went on to win the second of the Budweiser Duels.^[14] In the Daytona 500, Hamlin started third and led for 16 laps, and was the fan favorite to win the race and sweep all three Sprint Cup events in Speedweeks, but was unable to overtake Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the last two laps and ended up finishing second.

At Auto Club, Hamlin came down with a sinus infection that affected his vision just hours before the race began. A half-hour before the green flag, Joe Gibbs Racing managed to place Sam Hornish, Jr. to take over Hamlin's car for the race. Hornish drove the car to a 17th-place finish.^[15] The infection was announced a few days later as a piece of metal that had been lodged in Hamlin's eye. At Talladega, Hamlin won the race as the caution flag waved during the last lap.^[16]

At the Brickyard 400, Hamlin finished 3rd. However his 11 car failed post-race inspection. NASCAR impounded the 11 car and investigated various pieces on it. 2 days later NASCAR suspended crew chief Darian Grubb for six rasces, fined Grubb $125,000, docked Hamlin 75 driver points and Joe Gibbs 75 owner points, suspended 11 car chief Wesley Sherrill and put the 11 team members on probation until December 31, 2014. Initially Joe Gibbs and the team decided to appeal the penalties but they changed their minds. On the penalty Denny said "We'll just simply move forward and not let this affect our performances." Despite the penalties handed to Hamlin's crew, Denny Hamlin is locked into in the 2014 Chase due to his win at Talladega Superspeedway.

Hamlin's spot in the 2014 Chase was sealed up after the 2014 Michigan race with his Talladega win. At Bristol, Hamlin appeared to have a perfect car to win but after leading many laps Hamlin wrecked after contact from Kevin Harvick while racing for the lead. Hamlin replied by angrily throwing his HANS device at Harvick's car during a caution period. Some fans wondered if NASCAR should have penalized Hamlin for exiting his car before the safety workers came out (a rule made by NASCAR in the wake of the big tragedy in which Tony Stewart's car ran over and killed Sprint-Car driver Kevin Ward Jr.) but NASCAR did not penalize Hamlin, stating that safety workers first had told Hamlin to get out of the car by radio & then gave Hamlin permission to toss his HANS device at Harvick's car. Harvick later apologized for causing the crash via Twitter while Hamlin said his acceptance of Harvick's apology would only depend on how clean Harvick would compete with him in the future. Despite he and his team's shortcomings throughout the regular season, Hamlin managed to put together a consistent Chase. His results earned him a spot within the final four title contenders heading to the final round, and he was leading the race and the title with twenty laps to go, but a caution came out and Darian Grubb, his crew chief, decided to opt out of stopping for fresh tires and fuel, which would turn out to be a costly decision. He finished 7th in the race, and 3rd in the championship.

2015

Hamlin led with 11 laps remaining in the 2015 Daytona 500.

Hamlin at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 300

Hamlin started the season by having to go to the rear in the Budweiser Duels after being penalized during Daytona 500 qualifying. In the Daytona 500 he came very close for the second year in a row to winning the race. He finished 4th and had one of the best cars of Speedweeks. However, at Atlanta, Hamlin finished 38th after being involved in an wreck with 42 laps to go. In Las Vegas, he rebounded from his wreck the previous week and finished 5th. However, at Phoenix, Hamlin did not run well all day leading to a 24th-place finish. At California, Hamlin had one of the best cars of the race, leading 56 laps, second to Kurt Busch's 61 laps. A bad pit stop and bad ensuing restart pushed Hamlin down to 13th, but he rebounded to 3rd place with 20 laps to go. Hamlin's chances of winning the race ended when he and his crew were penalized for an uncontrolled tire on their pit stop with 20 laps to go making him go to the tail end of the longest line. He restarted 29th and finished the race 28th.

At Martinsville Speedway, Hamlin stayed up in the top ten nearly all race long. Late in the race he got penalized for an uncontrolled tire, sending him to the tail end of the field in 31st place. Despite this he formed a tremendous comeback, coming back into the top ten 50 laps later. After a good restart with less than 30 laps to go, Denny Hamlin sealed up his victory, but not before holding off a challenge by rival Brad Keselowski. Hamlin edged Keselowski at the stripe by 0.3 seconds (1 car-length), for his 5th Martinsville victory, leading 91 laps in total. Hamlin, who had feuded with Keselowski during the 2014 Bank of America 500, commended Keselowski for not wrecking him to win the race.

At the spring Bristol race, Hamlin was replaced by Erik Jones after 22 laps due to suffering from neck spasms.^[17]

In May, Hamlin won the Sprint All-Star Race after beating Keselowski off pit road during final pit stops. This was not only Hamlin's first All-Star win, but also the first JGR and Toyota All-Star wins.

After qualifying for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Hamlin won the first race of the Chase at Chicagoland Speedway, which locked him in for the second round of the Chase.

At Talladega in the next round, at the end of the race his car crashed and caught fire because of being caught up in "The Big One", which eliminated him from the Chase for not having enough points to advance.

2016

With new crew chief Mike Wheeler replacing Dave Rogers, Hamlin won the Sprint Unlimited. In the Daytona 500, Hamlin made a pass on Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth for the lead on the final lap. Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. were side-by-side for the win as they crossed the start-finish line, but Hamlin – who led a race-high 95 laps – prevailed by 0.011 seconds over Truex, making it the closest Daytona 500 in history.^[18] bringing Joe Gibbs Racing its first Daytona 500 victory since 1993. After his huge Daytona 500 win he struggled a bit, the next week at Atlanta he wasn't as strong finishing 16th. The next week at Las Vegas he would finish outside of the top 10 again finishing 19th. The next week at Phoenix he would rebound with a strong 3rd-place finish. The next week at Auto Club he would have another strong 3rd-place finish. The next week at Martinsville he was running well till he wrecked after jumping the curb and slamming into the wall and he would finish 39th. The next week at Texas he would finish 12th. The next week at Bristol he would wreck again finishing 20th. The next week at Richmond he would get a solid top 10 finish finishing 6th. The next week at Talladega he would be involved in a wreck yet again finishing 31st. The next week at Kansas he would be involved in back to back wrecks finishing 37th. The next week at Dover was involved in a wreck 3 weeks in a row after there was a botched restart when Jimmie Johnson missed a shift, but would bounce back to finish 7th. At The next weekend in Charlotte Hamlin ran double duty winning the 15th Xfinity Series race of his career in his first start of the season. he would run great all race long and would finish with a solid 4th-place finish, while his Toyota teammate Martin Truex Jr. would dominate the race and win. The next week at Pocono he would finish get a solid top 15 finishing 14th. The next week at Michigan, he cut his left-rear tire at the start-finish line, resulting in a disappointing 33rd. The next week at Sonoma, Hamlin would lead the most laps but Tony Stewart would get the lead later after staying out and on the final lap Hamlin would pass Stewart but in the final corner Hamlin would wheel hop and hit the wall giving Stewart back the lead and Stewart would go onto to win and get his first win since 2013. The next week coming back to Daytona, Hamlin would finish 17th. The next week at Kentucky, it would come down to fuel and Hamlin would finish 15th. The next week at New Hampshire, he would finish 9th. The next week at Indy, he would finish 4th. The next week at Pocono, he would finish 7th. The next week at Watkins Glen, Hamlin would run well and get the lead later in the race and after a couple of red flags, he would go on to win getting his 2nd win of the season since the Daytona 500. The next week at Bristol he would finish 3rd after a couple of big wrecks at the end. The next week at Michigan, he would finish 9th. Hamlin would pick up his third win of the season at Richmond in September.

Personal life

Engine of Hamlin's Toyota

Hamlin and his girlfriend Jordan Fish have a daughter together, Taylor James Hamlin, born on January 20, 2013.^[19]

In 2016, Hamlin was a Fox NASCAR guest analyst for the Xfinity Series race at Talladega.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2005	Joe Gibbs Racing	11	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN 32	CLT 8	MAR 8	ATL 19	TEX 7	PHO 13	HOM 33	41st	806
2006				DAY 30	CAL 12	LVS 10	ATL 31	BRI 14	MAR 37	TEX 4	PHO 34	TAL 22	RCH 2	DAR 10	CLT 9	DOV 11	POC 1	MCH 12	SON 12	DAY 17	CHI 14	NHA 6	POC 1	IND 10	GLN 10	MCH 9	BRI 6	CAL 6	RCH 15	NHA 4	DOV 9	KAN 18	TAL 21	CLT 28	MAR 2	ATL 8	TEX 10	PHO 3	HOM 3	3rd	6407
2007				DAY 28	CAL 11	LVS 3	ATL 19	BRI 14	MAR 3	TEX 9	PHO 3	TAL 21	RCH 3	DAR 2	CLT 9	DOV 4	POC 6	MCH 14	SON 10	NHA 1	DAY 43	CHI 17	IND 22	POC 3	GLN 2	MCH 5	BRI 43	CAL 19	RCH 6	NHA 15	DOV 38	KAN 29	TAL 4	CLT 20	MAR 6	ATL 24	TEX 29	PHO 16	HOM 3	12th	6143
2008			Toyota	DAY 17	CAL 41	LVS 9	ATL 15	BRI 6	MAR 1	TEX 5	PHO 3	TAL 3	RCH 24	DAR 7	CLT 24	DOV 43	POC 3	MCH 14	SON 27	NHA 8	DAY 26	CHI 40	IND 3	POC 23	GLN 8	MCH 39	BRI 3	CAL 3	RCH 3	NHA 9	DOV 38	KAN 11	TAL 39	CLT 16	MAR 5	ATL 3	TEX 17	PHO 5	HOM 13	8th	6214
2009				DAY 26	CAL 6	LVS 22	ATL 13	BRI 2	MAR 2	TEX 12	PHO 6	TAL 22	RCH 14	DAR 13	CLT 11	DOV 36	POC 38	MCH 3	SON 5	NHA 15	DAY 3	CHI 5	IND 34	POC 1	GLN 10	MCH 10	BRI 5	ATL 6	RCH 1	NHA 2	DOV 22	KAN 5	CAL 37	CLT 42	MAR 1	TAL 38	TEX 2	PHO 3	HOM 1	5th	6335
2010				DAY 17	CAL 29	LVS 19	ATL 21	BRI 19	MAR 1	PHO 30	TEX 1	TAL 4	RCH 11	DAR 1	DOV 4	CLT 18	POC 1	MCH 1	SON 34	NHA 14	DAY 24	CHI 8	IND 15	POC 5	GLN 37	MCH 2	BRI 34	ATL 43	RCH 1	NHA 2	DOV 9	KAN 12	CAL 8	CLT 4	MAR 1	TAL 9	TEX 1	PHO 12	HOM 14	2nd	6583
2011				DAY 21	PHO 11	LVS 7	BRI 33	CAL 39	MAR 12	TEX 15	TAL 23	RCH 2	DAR 6	DOV 16	CLT 10	KAN 3	POC 19	MCH 1	SON 37	DAY 13	KEN 11	NHA 3	IND 27	POC 15	GLN 36	MCH 35	BRI 7	ATL 8	RCH 9	CHI 31	NHA 29	DOV 18	KAN 16	CLT 9	TAL 8	MAR 5	TEX 20	PHO 12	HOM 9	9th	2284
2012				DAY 4	PHO 1	LVS 20	BRI 20	CAL 11	MAR 6	TEX 12	KAN 1	RCH 4	TAL 23	DAR 2	CLT 2	DOV 18	POC 5	MCH 34	SON 35	KEN 3	DAY 25	NHA 2	IND 6	POC 29	GLN 34	MCH 11	BRI 1	ATL 1*	RCH 18*	CHI 16	NHA 1*	DOV 8	TAL 14	CLT 2	KAN 13	MAR 33	TEX 20	PHO 2	HOM 24	6th	2329
2013				DAY 14	PHO 3	LVS 15	BRI 23	CAL 25	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL 34	DAR 2	CLT 4	DOV 34	POC 8	MCH 30	SON 23	KEN 35	DAY 36	NHA 21	IND 18	POC 43	GLN 19	MCH 20	BRI 28	ATL 38	RCH 21	CHI 33	NHA 12	DOV 20	KAN 23	CLT 9	TAL 38	MAR 7	TEX 7	PHO 28	HOM 1	23rd	753
2014				DAY 2	PHO 19	LVS 12	BRI 6	CAL INQ^†	MAR 19	TEX 13	DAR 19	RCH 22	TAL 1	KAN 18	CLT 22	DOV 5	POC 4	MCH 29	SON 26	KEN 42	DAY 6	NHA 8	IND 3	POC 9	GLN 24	MCH 7	BRI 40	ATL 3	RCH 21	CHI 6	NHA 37	DOV 12	KAN 7	CLT 9	TAL 18	MAR 8	TEX 10	PHO 5	HOM 7	3rd	5037
2015				DAY 4	ATL 38	LVS 5	PHO 23	CAL 28	MAR 1	TEX 11	BRI 26	RCH 22	TAL 9	KAN 41	CLT 8	DOV 21	POC 10	MCH 11	SON 18	DAY 3	KEN 3	NHA 14	IND 5	POC 22	GLN 27	MCH 5	BRI 3	DAR 3	RCH 6	CHI 1	NHA 2	DOV 18	CLT 4	KAN 2	TAL 37	MAR 3	TEX 38	PHO 8	HOM 10	9th	2327
2016				DAY 1*	ATL 16	LVS 19	PHO 3	CAL 3	MAR 39	TEX 12	BRI 20	RCH 6	TAL 31	KAN 37	DOV 7	CLT 4	POC 14	MCH 33	SON 2*	DAY 17	KEN 15	NHA 9	IND 4	POC 7	GLN 1	BRI 3	MCH 9	DAR 4	RCH 1	CHI 6	NHA 15	DOV 9	CLT 30	KAN 15	TAL 3	MAR 3	TEX 9	PHO 7	HOM 9	6th	2320
^† - Qualified but replaced by Sam Hornish Jr.

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2006	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	17	30
2007		Chevrolet	9	28
2008		Toyota	4	17
2009			10	26
2010			25	17
2011			18	21
2012			31	4
2013			35	14
2014			4	2
2015			42	4
2016			11	1*

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts
2004	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR 8	HOM		103rd	142
2005		20		DAY 33	CAL 18	MXC 15	LVS 12	ATL 16	NSH 9	BRI 9	TEX 14	PHO 11	TAL 28	DAR 7	RCH 13	CLT 20	DOV 24	NSH 7	KEN 15	MLW 6	DAY 14	CHI 15	NHA 3	PPR 14	GTY 11	IRP 6	GLN 33	MCH 8	BRI 13	CAL 20	RCH 34	DOV 6	KAN 12	CLT 30	MEM 7	TEX 19	PHO 9	HOM 37	5th	4143
2006				DAY 14	CAL 10	MXC 1*	LVS 6	ATL 38	BRI 4	TEX 10	NSH 3*	PHO 39	TAL 30	RCH 10	DAR 1	CLT 29	DOV 7	NSH 4	KEN 3	MLW 2	DAY 30	CHI 14	NHA 3	MAR 3	GTY 3*	IRP 8	GLN 12	MCH 6	BRI 22	CAL 15	RCH 6	DOV 40	KAN 33	CLT 8	MEM 6	TEX 8	PHO 3	HOM 4	4th	4667
2007				DAY 9	CAL 8	MXC 2	LVS 12	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX 2	PHO 4	TAL	RCH 41	DAR 1	CLT 34	DOV 2	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 5	DAY	CHI 7	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 14	MCH 1	BRI	CAL 3	RCH 7	DOV 1	KAN 6	CLT 5	MEM	TEX 3	PHO 28	HOM 13	13th	3224
2008	Braun Racing	32	Toyota	DAY 8	CAL	LVS	ATL		NSH 7	TEX			TAL 37								NHA 2		CHI 2	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 34	MCH	BRI 36	CAL		DOV 6				TEX 14		HOM 7	19th	2758
	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota					BRI 26			PHO 3	MXC		RCH 1		CLT 2						DAY 1
		18													DAR DNQ		DOV 1*	NSH	KEN	MLW											RCH 4		KAN 1*	CLT	MEM		PHO 2
2009		18		DAY	CAL	LVS 21	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW			BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH 17	DOV 27	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO 12		60th	729
2009		11																							GLN 34	MCH 32												HOM 5	60th	729
2010		20		DAY	CAL 2	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR 1*	DOV 12	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH 6	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	61st	652
2011		20		DAY	PHO	LVS 7	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH 1*	DAR 2	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT					93rd	0¹
2011		18																																	TEX 2	PHO	HOM 5		93rd	0¹
2012		18		DAY 32	PHO 9	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX 4	RCH 2	TAL	DAR 2	IOW	CLT 2	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN 33	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND 4	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL 12	RCH 4	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT 5	KAN	TEX 5	PHO	HOM			108th	0¹
2013		20		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX 2	PHO	HOM			101st	0¹
2014		20		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 32	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			116th	0¹
2015		54		DAY	ATL	LVS 4	PHO	CAL 18	TEX 7	BRI 31				CLT 2	DOV																								83rd	0¹
2015		20									RCH 1*	TAL	IOW			MCH 10	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA 1*	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 3*	ROA	DAR 1*	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV 2	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			83rd	0¹
2016		18		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT 1*	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR 2	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			89th	0¹

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
2004	EJP Racing	03	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP 10	NSH	BRI	RCH 16	NHA 11	LVS 23	CAL	TEX 18	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM	37th	582
2006	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	46	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 8	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	71st	142
2007	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 19	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	88th	106
2008		15	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR 21	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL 3	TEX	PHO	HOM	54th	270
2009		51		DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	CHI	IOW	GTW	NHA	LVS	MAR 6	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	74th	155
2010		15		DAY	ATL	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC 9	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	85th	143
2011	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Toyota	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR 1*	TEX	HOM 2	84th	0¹
2012		18		DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC 5	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL								79th	0¹
2012		51																				MAR 1	TEX	PHO	HOM				79th	0¹
2013		51		DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR 6	TEX	PHO	HOM				93rd	0¹

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARSC	Pts
2004	Fast Track Racing Enterprises	10	Pontiac	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN	KEN	GTW	POC	LER	NSH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL 3		107th	215
2005	Joe Gibbs Racing	2	Pontiac	DAY	NSH 36	SLM	KEN	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	169th	50

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

↑ "Rockwell Automation Racing Driver Denny Hamlin". Rockwell Automation. Retrieved June 23, 2011. Born in Tampa, Florida, Hamlin spent a majority of his childhood in Chesterfield, Virginia. Making his first start in a go-kart at age 7, Hamlin won his first race and has been winning ever since. He quickly moved through the local tracks of Richmond, Virginia and conquered the Mini Stocks, Grand Stocks and Late Model Stock Cars before being noticed by Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin currently lives in Cornelius, NC and, when he is not racing, enjoys online gaming, golf and spending time with friends.
↑ Profile - Denny Hamlin.com
↑ Caraviello, David (January 20, 2014). "TOP 10 ROOKIE CAMPAIGNS AT NASCAR'S HIGHEST LEVEL". NASCAR. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
↑ Hamlin first ROTY contender to make The Chase
↑ First Turn: Best Rookie Seasons - No. 1: Denny Hamlin
↑ Denny Hamlin to have surgery for torn ACL
↑ "Ford out as crew chief for Hamlin, No. 11". NASCAR.com. December 6, 2011.
↑ "Hamlin wins Phoenix Sprint Cup race". FOX Sports. March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
↑ Bruce, Kenny (March 25, 2013). "Hamlin suffers L1 compression fracture". NASCAR. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
↑ Bruce, Kenny (May 5, 2013). "Hamlin's early Talladega exit goes according to plan". NASCAR. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
↑ Reed, Steve (May 23, 2013). "Hamlin takes Coca-Cola 600 pole with record lap". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
↑ "Hamlin spins, causing multicar crash". NASCAR. July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
↑ Hembree, Mike (February 15, 2014). "Denny Hamlin wins Sprint Unlimited on wild night". USA Today. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
↑ Spencer, Reid (February 20, 2014). "KENSETH, HAMLIN PREVAIL IN THRILLING DUEL FINISHES". NASCAR. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Denny Hamlin.

Official website
Denny Hamlin driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Denny Hamlin at Joe Gibbs Racing

Achievements
Preceded by Joey Logano	Daytona 500 Winner 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mark Martin	Bojangles' Southern 500 winner 2010	Succeeded by Regan Smith
Preceded by Jimmie Johnson Kevin Harvick Matt Kenseth	Sprint Unlimited winner 2006 2014 2016	Succeeded by Tony Stewart Matt Kenseth Incumbent
Preceded by Jamie McMurray	NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race winner 2015	Succeeded by Joey Logano
Awards
Preceded by Kyle Busch	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Juan Pablo Montoya

Links to related articles

Joe Gibbs Racing

Management

Drivers

Sprint Cup Series	(11) Denny Hamlin (18) Kyle Busch (19) Carl Edwards (20) Matt Kenseth

Xfinity Series	(18) Kyle Busch / Denny Hamlin / Matt Tifft / Bobby Labonte / Sam Hornish Jr. / David Ragan / Dakoda Armstrong / Owen Kelly / Drew Herring (19) Daniel Suárez (20) Erik Jones

JGRMX	Justin Brayton

Crew chiefs

Sprint Cup Series	(11) Mike Wheeler (18) Adam Stevens (19) Dave Rogers (20) Jason Ratcliff

Xfinity Series	(18) Chris Gayle (19) Scott Graves (20) Chris Gabehart

Past drivers

Partnerships and affiliations

Kyle Busch Motorsports

Owners

Kyle Busch

Drivers

Truck Series	(4) Christopher Bell (9) William Byron (18) Cody Coughlin / Harrison Burton / Kyle Busch / Noah Gragson (51) Daniel Suárez / Cody Coughlin / Erik Jones

Former drivers

The Clash at Daytona winners

Multiple

Six-time	Dale Earnhardt

Three-time	Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett Kevin Harvick Denny Hamlin

Two-time	Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jeff Gordon Ken Schrader Neil Bonnett

One-time

Daytona 500 winners

Multiple

Seven-time	Richard Petty

Four-time	Cale Yarborough

Three-time	Bobby Allison Dale Jarrett Jeff Gordon

Two-time	Bill Elliott Sterling Marlin Michael Waltrip Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson Dale Earnhardt Jr.

One-time

NASCAR Triple Threats (Race Wins In All Three Major Series)

1. Ken Schrader (04-15-1995)
2. Terry Labonte (09-07-1995)
3. Mark Martin (09-28-1996)
4. Bobby Hamilton (04-10-2000)
5. Kevin Harvick (11-08-2002)
6. Greg Biffle (07-05-2003)
7. Jimmy Spencer (09-13-2003)
8. Jamie McMurray (10-23-2004)
9. Tony Stewart (02-19-2005)
10. Steve Park (02-25-2005)
11. Carl Edwards (03-20-2005)
12. Bobby Labonte (04-09-2005)
13. Kasey Kahne (05-14-2005)
14. Kyle Busch (09-04-2005)
15. Ricky Craven (10-22-2005)
16. Kurt Busch (04-08-2006)
17. Johnny Benson, Jr. (06-17-2006)
18. Clint Bowyer (09-16-2007)
19. Ryan Newman (10-25-2008)
20. David Reutimann (05-25-2009)
21. Elliott Sadler (07-31-2010)
22. Michael Waltrip (02-18-2011)
23. Denny Hamlin (10-29-2011)
24. Aric Almirola (07-06-2014)
25. Brad Keselowski (08-21-2014)
26. Joey Logano (03-28-2015)
27. Kyle Larson (08-28-2016)

NASCAR Rookies of the Year

Sprint Cup	1954: Pitt 1957: Rush 1958: Rollins 1959: R. Petty 1960: D. Pearson 1961: Wilson 1962: Cox 1963: Wade 1964: Cooper 1965: McQuagg 1966: Hylton 1967: Do. Allison 1968: P. Hamilton 1969: Brooks 1970: Dennis 1971: Ballard 1972: L. Smith 1973: Pond 1974: Ross 1975: B. Hill 1976: Manning 1977: Rudd 1978: Thomas 1979: Earnhardt 1980: Ridley 1981: R. Bouchard 1982: G. Bodine 1983: Marlin 1984: R. Wallace 1985: Schrader 1986: Kulwicki 1987: Da. Allison 1988: K. Bouchard 1989: Trickle 1990: Moroso 1991: B. Hamilton 1992: Hensley 1993: Gordon 1994: J. Burton 1995: Craven 1996: Benson 1997: Skinner 1998: Irwin 1999: Stewart 2000: Kenseth 2001: Harvick 2002: Newman 2003: McMurray 2004: Kahne 2005: Ky. Busch 2006: Hamlin 2007: Montoya 2008: R. Smith 2009: Logano 2010: Conway 2011: Lally 2012: Leicht 2013: Stenhouse Jr. 2014: K. Larson 2015: B. Moffitt 2016: C. Elliott

Xfinity Series	1989: K. Wallace 1990: Nemechek 1991: J. Gordon 1992: Craven 1993: H. Sadler 1994: Benson 1995: Fuller 1996: G. Allen Jr. 1997: Park 1998: Santerre 1999: Raines 2000: Harvick 2001: Biffle 2002: Riggs 2003: Stremme 2004: Ky. Busch 2005: C. Edwards 2006: O'Quinn Jr. 2007: Ragan 2008: Cassill 2009: Allgaier 2010: Stenhouse Jr. 2011: T. Hill 2012: A. Dillon 2013: K. Larson 2014: C. Elliott 2015: D. Suárez 2016: E. Jones

Camping World Truck	1996: Reffner 1997: Irwin 1998: Biffle 1999: Stefanik 2000: Ku. Busch 2001: Kvapil 2002: Gaughan 2003: C. Edwards 2004: Reutimann 2005: Kluever 2006: Darnell 2007: W. Allen 2008: Braun 2009: Jo. Sauter 2010: A. Dillon 2011: Coulter 2012: T. Dillon 2013: R. Blaney 2014: B. Kennedy 2015: E. Jones 2016: W. Byron

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