Frontstretch Fantasy Insider: Denny Hamlin Is the Man at Martinsville
Denny Hamlin has won three consecutive races around the tight half-mile oval.
Denny Hamlin has won three consecutive races around the tight half-mile oval.
3. A win comes with an automatic entry into the Chase. Why not? They’re practically giving playoff spots away at this point like a 70% off sale at Wal-Mart.
Frontstretch caught up with Front Row Motorsports GM Jerry Freeze at Bristol to discuss the direction of the team and what it has gotten from Ford in 2011.
What’s the difference that’s made Denny Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing team crumble in just a few short months?
Fontana looked like another Kyle Busch display of dominance Sunday, back-to-back sweeps seemingly a mere formality for about the first 350 miles.
You could make an argument that each of the emerging favorites to contend for this year’s 2011 NASCAR Cup title ran inside the top 10 for most of Sunday.
When the time is right the No. 3 will be back in the Cup Series and it most certainly will be piloted by Austin Dillon.
Putting aside his tendency to be a slow starter, more worrying for Denny Hamlin – and, indeed, all three Joe Gibbs drivers – is repeated issues with engines.
I’m not going to try to sugarcoat that one. California was kind of boring. OK, really boring.
There’s no reason for a red-hot Carl Edwards not to sit back and see “how it plays out” when it comes to contract terms.