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.
What’s the difference that’s made Denny Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing team crumble in just a few short months?
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.
If the drivers are only going to actually race for the final 10 to 20 laps anyway, maybe Fontana should try a 200-mile race distance next year?
FACT: Kevin Harvick has established himself as Jimmie Johnson’s biggest threat to win the Sprint Cup.
This week, here’s a sneak peek at what they all were thinking following the Auto Club 400 out in Fontana, Calif.
It was Carl Edwards who was able to celebrate after Tony Stewart let victory slip from his grasp in Las Vegas.
Before the race in Phoenix, Jeff Gordon went 66 races without a win. I’m betting he won’t go another 66 races before reaching victory lane.
Very few people would have thought about Phoenix if you asked them where to see the Big One in a Cup race, but there it was all over the backstretch on Sunday.
Not since Jamie McMurray won his second race at Charlotte has someone won in their Cup career as quickly as Trevor Bayne did in taking the Daytona 500.