toyota won the daytona 500 in 2016.
toyota won the daytona 500 in 2016.
what kind of car won the daytona 500 in 2016?
toyota
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 finish in history, and bringing owner joe gibbs his 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, driving car number 18 to the win, the 15th xfinity series race of his career in his first xfinity start of the season. in the cup race, 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 on 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.
denny hamlin
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