For the fifth race this season, #11-Denny Hamlin will wear a helmet designed especially for him by a patient from a local Children’s hospital. Alexis Hakalmazian, a 15-year old Keller student and patient at the Cook Children’s Medical Facility, designed the helmet named “Healing Hands Coming Together in Search of a Cure,” for Hamlin to wear for all Nextel Cup activity this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. “The opportunity to wear helmets designed by patients like Alexis means a lot to me and I know this whole team takes a lot of pride in racing out there for them,” said Hamlin. “A lot of these kids can’t make it to a race so we try to give them the next best thing and represent them at the track. Hopefully they feel like part of our team. Plus, these helmets always seem to bring me luck in races so I owe them a big thank you.”(Joe Gibbs Racing PR)(11-2-2006)
