denny hamlin has eight nascar wins.
denny hamlin has eight nascar wins.
how many nascar wins does denny hamlin have?
eight
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james dennis alan "denny" hamlin (born november 18, 1980) is an american professional stock car racing driver. he currently competes full-time in the monster energy nascar cup series, driving the no. 11 toyota camry for joe gibbs racing and part-time in the nascar xfinity series, driving the no. 18 toyota supra for jgr. he has won over 30 nascar cup series races, including the daytona 500 in 2016 and 2019.
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kyle busch gave toyota its first cup win in the kobalt tools 500 at atlanta motor speedway on march 9, 2008; he led a race-high 173 laps in his snickers-sponsored camry, owned by joe gibbs racing. at the end of the 2008 season, toyota had 10 victories and denny hamlin and kyle busch finished 8th and 10th respectively in the 2008 chase for the sprint cup. in 2009, toyota would continue its successful run with a further 10 victories, 4 each for star drivers denny hamlin and kyle busch along with surprise wins from mwr's david reutimann and red bull's brian vickers. by this time toyota had established itself as a regular winner in nascar's top series, but a championship still eluded them. coming off back to back 10 win seasons toyota was poised to challenge 4-time defending series champion jimmie johnson and the chevrolet juggernaut for the crown. after a torrid start by johnson with wins in 3 of the first 5 races, joe gibbs racing driver denny hamlin emerged as a real threat to the dominant hendrick motorsports team. hamlin would win a series high 8 races for toyota during the 2010 campaign and hold the points lead going into the final race of the season before an untimely incident would cost him the title 2011 would prove to be a slightly down year for toyota as flagship team joe gibbs racing struggled to find the speed they had shown the year before. the 2012 campaign was one of change for toyota as they merged engine programs with joe gibbs racing. to this point jgr had been building their toyota motors in-house under mark cronquist while toyota's trd facility in california supplied michael waltrip's outfit. the engine merger provided for more collaboration and shared resources among the top toyota teams with all engines being produced by trd in california. as a result, mwr emerged as a more consistent performer, winning 3 races with new addition clint bowyer and showing much better pace with all their cars. this boost in performance, coupled with a further 5 wins from jgr's hamlin, made for a successful debut season for the new engine partnership. in 2013, jgr signed veteran driver matt kenseth away from jack roush and ford to drive the iconic 20 car in what would prove to be a wildly successful pairing. kenseth, in his debut season with toyota, won a series high 7 races in 2013 and challenged for the championship deep into the chase before eventually falling short to jimmie johnson. 2013 would prove to be toyota's best in nascar, collecting 14 victories and challenging chevrolet's stranglehold on the manufacturer's championship. after the success of 2013, the 2014 campaign would prove to be a monumental struggle for toyota. after suffering a series of engine reliability problems, toyota was forced to back down the performance of their trd engines in the interest of preservation. the reliability problems disappeared, but as a result of the changes toyota drivers found themselves at a significant horsepower deficit to their chevrolet and ford rivals. kyle busch would win at auto club speedway in march and denny hamlin would add a restrictor plate win in april at talladega superspeedway which would prove to be toyota's final victory of the season. toyota would not win again for almost a year, until denny hamlin's win at martinsville speedway in the 6th race of the 2015 season would end the drought.
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