Denny Hamlin has dominated Richmond on several occasions—without winning.
On Saturday night he finally got the payoff. Leading 298 of 400 laps in the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Hamlin got his first win at his home track, a victory Hamlin characterized “like a Daytona 500 win for anyone else.”
While Hamlin captured the victory, his JGR teammate, Kyle Busch, fell just eight points short of Brian Vickers for the final spot in the Chase.
Kurt Busch ran second, followed by Jeff Gordon. Pole-sitter Mark Martin also secured a place in the Chase with a fourth-place result. NASCAR
“Today everything just came together,” Hamlin said. “We had good pit stops and didn’t make any mistakes, so we just kind of paced ourselves at the beginning.” Kansas City Star
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 2 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 5 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 6 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 7 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 8 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 9 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 10 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 12 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 14 20 Joey Logano * Toyota 15 99 Carl Edwards Ford 16 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 17 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 18 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 19 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 20 0 David Reutimann Toyota 21 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 22 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 23 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 24 7 David Gilliland Toyota 25 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 26 12 David Stremme Dodge 27 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 28 98 Paul Menard Ford 29 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 30 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 31 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 32 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 33 6 David Ragan Ford 34 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 35 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 36 82 Scott Speed * Toyota 37 113 Max Papis * Toyota 38 9 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 39 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 40 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 41 36 Michael McDowell Toyota 42 171 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 43 66 Dave Blaney Toyota
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