Hamlin says back will be fine:

#11-Denny Hamlin said Thursday his back is feeling fine and he doesn ‘t expect any issues this weekend at New Hampshire. Hamlin missed practice last week at Daytona and sat out the Nationwide Series race while receiving treatment for back spasms. He said he’s had torn and bulging disks for some time, and may someday need surgery on his back. ‘It’s a lot better. I worked on doing some rehab with the back, I ‘ve had this episode happen once or twice in the last four years,’ he said. ‘It’s taken about a week to get over it. Really it was last Monday that set it off. Right at the start of this week the spasms started subsiding. It is feeling a lot better.’(Associated Press)(7-13-2012)