Denny Hamlin will celebrate his 31st birthday behind the wheel of the #18 Dollar General Tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway Friday night. Hamlin – who also will pilot Joe Gibbs Racing’s #18 Camry in the Nationwide Series race Saturday, and #11 in Sprint Cup – will take a shot at becoming just the second driver to win in all three of NASCAR’s national series in the same weekend. Friday’s 134-lap race will be Hamlin’s first start in the trucks at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but he has experienced success while driving in NASCAR’s top two divisions. In six career Sprint Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile oval, he has one win and three top-three finishes, and in five Nationwide Series starts he has posted two top-five finishes. The race will be a reunion between Hamlin and Dollar General, the primary sponsor of the #18 Tundra for Friday’s race.(Kyle Busch Motorsports PR)(11-16-2011)
