Kyle Busch Bests Denny Hamlin in Richmond
Race winner Kyle Busch gave Joe Gibbs Racing its fifth straight win at Richmond.
Race winner Kyle Busch gave Joe Gibbs Racing its fifth straight win at Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va. – A week removed from an event that saw four of six yellow flags at Nashville fly for invisible debris, the opposite happened at Richmond Friday.
This was supposed to be the year Denny Hamlin went toe-to-toe with Jimmie Johnson for the Sprint Cup title.
All of Joe Gibbs Racing’s drivers have been strong at Richmond in the past, but no one has been stronger as of late than Kyle Busch.
When you look a little deeper into recent NASCAR history, it’s Denny Hamlin who ekes out the title of “Short-Track King.”
Denny Hamlin is the latest driver to suffer under what I know as the “Jimmie Johnson curse.”
FICTION: NASCAR will have another first-time winner during this stretch.
What do Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, and Tony Stewart all have in common? They also have fewer top-five finishes in 2011 than Paul Menard.
Ford is back to the front and Toyota is back to the rear.
Did You Notice? This week’s 2010 NASCAR Chase driver on life support happens to be Jeff Burton?