Denny Hamlin gets 40th career Cup win at Homestead-Miami: The race statistics will show that Denny Hamlin led a dominating 138 of the 267-laps in Sunday’s Dixie Vodka 400 but the truth is he had to earn every fraction of a second that he paced the field. It was a thrilling chase for the checkered flag, lap-after-lap among the front-running cars. Hamlin ultimately took the lead for good – passing Chase Elliott with 29 laps remaining after a series of green flag pit stops swapped the two cars’ positions in front of the field. Elliott had pit a lap earlier than Hamlin and held a 1.5-second lead in the dozen or so laps after the green flag stops. But Hamlin was able to catch up with Elliott as they tried to get around the race’s early leader Joey Logano, who was running two laps down at the time.[Read More](6-14-2020)

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#11-Denny Hamlin won the Dixie Vodka 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The win is his 3rd of the year, 3rd win at Homestead and 40th career win.
#9-Chase Elliott finished 2nd followed by #12-Blaney, #8-Reddick, #10-Almirola, #18-Busch, #3-Dillon, #95-Bell, #24-Byron, and #2-Keselowski.
Hamlin started from the pole, won both stages, and lead 137 laps, taking the win by nearly one second.
There were 18 lead changes among 7 drivers and 6 cautions for 27 yellow flag laps.
The start of the race was delayed nearly an hour because of rain and lightning.  Once the race began, it was again stopped on lap 5 by lightning. That led to a delay of just over 2 hours due to continued lightning.
After 33 laps, the race was once again red-flagged for lightning before being run the rest of the way without any issues.
The average speed of the race was: 127.751mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Race Fast Facts – Homestead:
Denny Hamlin won the 22nd Annual Dixie Vodka 400, his 40th victory in 519 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2020.
This is his third victory and 11th top-10 finish in 17 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Chase Elliott (second) posted his third top-10 finish in six races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2020.
Ryan Blaney (third) posted his first top-10 finish in seven races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Tyler Reddick (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
(NASCAR)(6-14-2020)

Cup Series Playoff Standings after Homestead (race 12):
1) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 395 pts
2) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 463 [pts leader]
3) #22-Joey Logano [2 wins], 434
4) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 win], 412
5) #9-Chase Elliott [1 win], 455
6) #19-Martin Truex, Jr. [1 win], 410, -53
7) #88-Alex Bowman [1 win], 380
8) #12-Ryan Blaney, 411, -52
9) #18-Kyle Busch, 359, -104
10) #1-Kurt Busch, 338, -125
11) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 322, -141
12) #14-Clint Bowyer, 316, -147
13) #10-Aric Almirola, 303, -160
14) #21-Matt DiBenedetto, 301, -162
15) #24-William Byron, 291, -172
16) #3-Austin Dillon, 281, -182
Currently outside the playoffs:
17) #8-Tyler Reddick, 279, -184
18) #20-Erik Jones, 273, -190
19) #17-Chris Buescher, 233, -230
20) #43-Bubba Wallace, 231, -232
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Cars to the rear: #00-Houff (failed pre-race inspection two times), #77-McLeod (unapproved adjustments)

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Dixie Vodka 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway have been made.
Pits were chosen based on Martinsville race finishes.
Martinsville race winner #19-Truex chose pit stall 1.
Martinsville 2nd place finisher #12-Blaney took the 4th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on Pit Stall chart.(6-11-2020)

#11-Denny Hamlin will start from the pole for the Dixie Vodka 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
#22-Logano will start second, followed by #2-Keselowski, #18-Busch, #9-Elliott, #19-Truex Jr., #4-Harvick, #88-Bowman, #48-Johnson, and #1-Busch.
The lineup was set by random draw based on owner points.
See the complete Dixie Vodka 400 Starting Lineup.(6-11-2020)

The Entry List for the Dixie Vodka 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway is posted, 39 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #7-Sorenson, #27-Yeley, #51-Gase, #53-Smithley, #77-TBA. #78-McLeod was entered by has withdrawn.
Since 39 cars are entered, all drivers will make the race.
See the full entry list on the Entry List (pdf)

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Pit selection:

• Order based on finishing position from the June 10 race at Martinsville, followed by new entries in order of points.

Starting lineup:

• Positions 1-12: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 13-24: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 25-36: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 37-40: Open teams in order of owners points