But Hamlin had just three top 10s over the last two months of the season and finished the year sixth in the final standings — 71 points behind champion Brad Keselowski. Hamlin would more than likely just as soon forget the season … although he closed the year with a victory in the season-ending Ford EcoBoost at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver injured his back in a last-lap crash at Auto Club Speedway in late March that forced him to miss four races.
Hamlin suffered through a mid-season slump that carried into the fall, during which he finished 12th or worse in 16 consecutive races. Hamlin then rallied with top 10s in four of his final six starts, including the victory in South Florida — extending his string of consecutive years with at least one win to eight.
Hamlin ran that to nine years in a row in , winning the spring race at Talladega Superspeedway which secured his spot in the revamped playoffs. He entered the race title series as the No. Hamlin finished seventh in the season-ending Ford EcoBoost and was third in the final standings, six points behind champion Kevin Harvick. He totaled 18 top 10s in his 35 starts, missing the race at Auto Club Speedway with what was originally reported as a sinus infection.
It later was discovered that Hamlin had a small piece of metal in his eye that affected his vision. Sam Hornish Jr. He slipped to ninth in the playoff standings then rebounded to sixth in — when he posted three wins and claimed one pole, securing the No.
He was eliminated from title contention in the semifinal round after a seventh-place finish at Phoenix. He also won two poles en route to a sixth-place finish in the final standings. Hamlin, who recorded 10 top fives and 17 top 10s and made the playoffs for the 12th time, came close to extending his win streak during the year, most notably in two of the biggest races — the Daytona and Brickyard He did post three top fives in the final seven races, including two second-place finishes at Dover and Martinsville.
At the age of 16, Denny started racing in mini stocks and managed to win on his debut. He drove in only a couple of races and did really well, especially in his single Busch appearance at Darlington where he finished 8th. During his career, Hamlin rarely entered Truck Series events before he completely retired from the series in He drove in only 16 races during nine years and scored two wins, both at Martinsville.
He focused at Busch Series in , driving a full season and finishing 5th overall. He also debuted in the Cup, driving in the last seven races of the season and scoring three Top 10s. It was Chevrolet until , while since Hamlin is behind the wheel of a Toyota.
In his first full-time season in the Cup, Denny won two races, both at Pocono, but also notched 18 Top 10 finishes to finish 3rd in the standings, behind Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth. He became the only rookie to qualify for Chase for the Cup and also was voted Rookie of the Year. The same year, he was also great in the Busch Series. At the end of the campaign, he was 4th, which is a pretty good result and he should definitely be satisfied with his accomplishment.
Denny Hamlin celebrates the win with his girlfriend Kristin Buntain. He managed to win three races and eventually finished 13th in the final standings. Racing in the Cup was his main duty and he was hungry for success. He won only one race, at New Hampshire , but had many Top 5 and Top 10 places to finish 12th overall. The following year was pretty much the same as the previous one: Hamlin again had only one race win, this time at Martinsville, and again had plenty of Top 5 finishes to take the 8th place in the standings.
Interestingly, Hamlin raced in only 10 Nationwide Series events and won four of them, adding another four finishes in Top 5. In the first half of the season he was in solid form, scoring many Top 5s, but in the second half of the year his form improved rapidly.
Denny won four races, at Pocono, Martinsville, Richmond, and Homestead, and took the 5th place in the final standings. Denny started to drive a Toyota in He began racing go-karts at age 7, and by his mids, he graduated to Late Models. 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 points behind 20th place.
Without any wins, his chances of making a Wildcard bid for the Chase were nixed. 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. 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 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. Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in United States. Denny Hamlin celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year. In the Daytona 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 a 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. 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.
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