denny hamlin has 38 nascar cup series wins.
denny hamlin has 38 nascar cup series wins.
how many nascar cup series wins does denny hamlin have?
38
the race was scheduled to begin at 3:17 p.m. eastern time, but the cars didn't begin rolling off pit road until 3:19 p.m. the race started eight minutes late at 3:25 p.m. with jeff gordon leading the field to the green. with 22 entries in the field, chevrolet clinched their 38th manufacturers championship and twelfth consecutive. "winning the manufacturers' championship is one of the goals we set at the beginning of every season," jim campbell, u.s. vice president, performance vehicles and motorsports, said. "this championship is the result of great teamwork by the owners, drivers, crew chiefs, crews and technical partners. special thanks to the chevrolet powertrain team, along with the engine shops at hendrick motorsports and earnhardt-childress racing for delivering the right combination of power, fuel economy, and reliability throughout the entire season. congratulations to everyone who has made this special achievement possible for chevrolet." the first caution of the race flew on lap eleven for a cable coming off the catch fence near the start/finish line. blake koch stayed out to lead a lap before pitting. kurt busch beat gordon off pit road to assume the lead. the race restarted on lap 15. kevin harvick pushed gordon to the lead and then slingshotted around him to take the lead himself. jeff gordon took the lead back on lap 26. the second caution of the race flew on lap 58 after brett moffitt had smoke billowing from his car. the race restarted on lap 64 and denny hamlin shot to the lead. gordon took the lead back from hamlin on lap 66. the third caution of the race flew on lap 86 after brett moffitt slammed the wall in turn 2. the race restarted on lap 91. the fourth caution of the race flew on lap 116 after alex bowman scraped the wall in turn 2. kyle busch was running fifth when he broke the rear-end axle when his car was dropped off the jack. the race restarted on lap 121. gordon and harvick swapped the lead back and forth the next three laps until kevin muscled his way to the lead on lap 124. the fifth caution of the race flew on lap 155 after a. j. allmendinger slapped the wall in turn 3. jeff gordon retook the lead after beating off denny hamlin and kevin harvick off pit road. the race restarted on lap 161. the sixth caution of the race flew on lap 162 after greg biffle slammed the wall in turn 3. the race restarted on lap 166 and denny hamlin retook the lead. tony stewart, who was running 28th a lap down, took his car to the garage with 82 laps to go. this ended his streak of 15 consecutive seasons of winning at least one race. the seventh caution of the race flew with 74 laps to go when marcos ambrose, making his final nascar start, slammed the wall in turn 3. the race restarted with 69 laps to go. the eighth caution of the race flew with 61 laps to go after trevor bayne, in his final race with the wood brothers, blew a tire on the backstretch. the race restarted with 55 laps to go and denny hamlin took back the lead. debris on the backstretch brought out the ninth caution of the race with 47 laps to go. jeff gordon beat hamlin off pit road to retake the lead. the race restarted with 42 laps to go. the tenth caution of the race flew with 32 laps to go after a. j. allmendinger slammed the wall rear first in turn 1. the race restarted with 25 laps to go. debris in turn 2 brought out the eleventh caution with 20 laps to go. the race restarted with 15 laps to go and denny hamlin took back the lead. with 13 laps to go, j. j. yeley and blake koch wrecked hard in turn 3. that brought out the twelfth caution. the race restarted with nine laps to go. kevin harvick took the lead with eight laps to go. debris in turn 1 brought out the 13th caution of the race with six laps to go. the race restarted with three laps to go and kevin harvick took both the victory and the championship. “i was just holding the pedal down and hoping for the best,’’ harvick said. "this new format has been so stressful. i’m going to go sleep for a week."’ “we didn't have quite enough,” newman said. “that's disappointing, but like i said, it was an awesome team effort, and i think, again, this is a great racetrack to have a race like this, and i thought there was some amazing passing, and we don't get that at every racetrack.” jeff gordon's tenth-place finish moved him past mark martin for the second-most top ten finishes in nascar history.
2014 ford ecoboost 400
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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