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Denny Hamlin bounced back from the disappointment from running out of fuel in Chicago last week into a dominant win in New Hampshire.
Hamlin had come into the Chase with great momentum only to run out of fuel at the end of the race last week and fall from a ninth place run to a 16th place finish.
Only the team refused let that setback ruin morale. Hamlin's team came to New Hampshire with car which was fast out of the trailer. Despite a tire mistake in qualifying Hamlin was perfect the remainder of the weekend at the top of all charts.
Team owner Joe Gibbs said “the way Denny reacted that meant a lot to his team. Last week he was real relaxed afterwards. Darian (Grubb- the crew chief) just does a great job with team. Many times that can make the difference down the road they way they (the crew) were treated.” It was the team's 100th win in Sprint Cup.
After the race Hamlin said “these are lightning fast race cars. I told them I had a great shot to win it. You don't what to sound too cocky but I know what I'm capable of.”
“I think we could have won everything this weekend,” added Hamlin.
At the green flag Hamlin was 28th but he carved through the field like a hot knife through butter taking the lead on lap 94 and really only threatened on restarts after cautions. There were a total of four cautions.
“We had a goal of getting to the lead by lap 100 and we, obviously, did that,” Hamlin said after his fifth victory of the year.
For the second week in-a-row five-time champion, Jimmie Johnson finished runner-up. This week he took the points lead by one point over last week's winner, Brad Keselowski who finished sixth “we just had a decent day, not a bad day made something happen at the end. The 11 car (Hamlin was just phenomenal today.
Johnson admitted “we were next best car. We knew based on the Spring race we knew they were good here.” But looking towards a sixth title he added: I think, in two races, in all we left is seven points on the table. To beat our average here and go to Dover a place I love,” meant Johnson thinks Dover is his race to lose.
Jeff Gordon, who had a disastrous outing in Chicago due to crash due to a stuck throttle, finished third after winning the pole. “It's still going to take a miracle for us to win the championship. But we have to go and race every race. There's a lot of racing and a lot of different tracks that a lot can happen at. So this is step one and we'll go to the next one.”
Hamlin had come into the Chase with great momentum only to run out of fuel at the end of the race last week and fall from a ninth place run to a 16th place finish.
Only the team refused let that setback ruin morale. Hamlin's team came to New Hampshire with car which was fast out of the trailer. Despite a tire mistake in qualifying Hamlin was perfect the remainder of the weekend at the top of all charts.
Team owner Joe Gibbs said “the way Denny reacted that meant a lot to his team. Last week he was real relaxed afterwards. Darian (Grubb- the crew chief) just does a great job with team. Many times that can make the difference down the road they way they (the crew) were treated.” It was the team's 100th win in Sprint Cup.
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After the race Hamlin said “these are lightning fast race cars. I told them I had a great shot to win it. You don't what to sound too cocky but I know what I'm capable of.”
“I think we could have won everything this weekend,” added Hamlin.
At the green flag Hamlin was 28th but he carved through the field like a hot knife through butter taking the lead on lap 94 and really only threatened on restarts after cautions. There were a total of four cautions.
“We had a goal of getting to the lead by lap 100 and we, obviously, did that,” Hamlin said after his fifth victory of the year.
For the second week in-a-row five-time champion, Jimmie Johnson finished runner-up. This week he took the points lead by one point over last week's winner, Brad Keselowski who finished sixth “we just had a decent day, not a bad day made something happen at the end. The 11 car (Hamlin was just phenomenal today.
Johnson admitted “we were next best car. We knew based on the Spring race we knew they were good here.” But looking towards a sixth title he added: I think, in two races, in all we left is seven points on the table. To beat our average here and go to Dover a place I love,” meant Johnson thinks Dover is his race to lose.
Jeff Gordon, who had a disastrous outing in Chicago due to crash due to a stuck throttle, finished third after winning the pole. “It's still going to take a miracle for us to win the championship. But we have to go and race every race. There's a lot of racing and a lot of different tracks that a lot can happen at. So this is step one and we'll go to the next one.”