NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Ford 400 at Homestead - Race Results

Denny Hamlin led three times for a race-high 71 laps en route to winning the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Denny Hamlin led three times for a race-high 71 laps en route to winning the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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Denny Hamlin, who collected his eighth career victory, won from the 38th starting position in a No. 11 Toyota that improved as daylight turned to night, thanks to crew chief Mike Ford’s astute adjustments to the car. He managed to keep pace with Johnson at times during the Chase but fell out of contention with three DNFs.

“We’re going to be there, I promise you,” Hamlin said. “I promise you, the next couple years, we’re going to win the championship. But right now, there’s no one more deserving than Jimmie.” NASCAR

Three top-threes since then helped Hamlin finish fifth, but his fourth victory of the season offered a sign of where he and the Joe Gibbs Racing team need to be to stop Johnson from winning a fifth consecutive championship.

“It’s tough to play the numbers games and what-if, but all I know is we’ve been competitive enough to run with those guys,” Hamlin said after leading three times for 71 laps. USA Today


FIN	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE
1	11	Denny Hamlin 	Toyota
2	31	Jeff Burton 	Chevrolet
3	29	Kevin Harvick 	Chevrolet
4	2	Kurt Busch 	Dodge
5	48	Jimmie Johnson 	Chevrolet
6	24	Jeff Gordon 	Chevrolet
7	99	Carl Edwards 	Ford
8	18	Kyle Busch 	Toyota
9	1	Martin Truex Jr. 	Chevrolet
10	44	A.J. Allmendinger 	Ford
11	33	Clint Bowyer 	Chevrolet
12	5	Mark Martin 	Chevrolet
13	17	Matt Kenseth 	Ford
14	16	Greg Biffle 	Ford
15	0	David Reutimann 	Toyota
16	21	Bill Elliott 	Ford
17	9	Kasey Kahne 	Dodge
18	26	Jamie McMurray 	Ford
19	7	Casey Mears 	Chevrolet
20	83	Brian Vickers 	Toyota
21	77	Sam Hornish Jr. 	Dodge
22	14	Tony Stewart 	Chevrolet
23	39	Ryan Newman 	Chevrolet
24	20	Joey Logano *	Toyota
25	12	Brad Keselowski 	Dodge
26	98	Paul Menard 	Ford
27	82	Scott Speed *	Toyota
28	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 	Chevrolet
29	202	David Gilliland 	Toyota
30	55	Michael Waltrip 	Toyota
31	171	Bobby Labonte 	Chevrolet
32	78	Regan Smith 	Chevrolet
33	34	John Andretti 	Chevrolet
34	6	David Ragan 	Ford
35	47	Marcos Ambrose 	Toyota
36	96	Erik Darnell 	Ford
37	37	Travis Kvapil 	Chevrolet
38	42	Juan Montoya 	Chevrolet
39	7	Robby Gordon 	Toyota
40	43	Reed Sorenson 	Dodge
41	19	Elliott Sadler 	Dodge
42	8	Terry Labonte 	Toyota
43	36	Michael McDowell 	Toyota


 
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