Denny Hamlin News

Hamlin’s #11 Crew Takes Pit Crew Challenge Win in Bristol:

Hamlin’s #11 Crew Takes Pit Crew Challenge Win in Bristol:

March 28, 2007
Denny Hamlin's over-the-wall crew captured the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge in Sunday's Food City 500 Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The #11 FedEx Chevry, owned by Joe Gibbs Racing, spent the least amount of time on pit road (190.763 seconds

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

March 25, 2007
after Bristol [5 of 36 races]: #24-Jeff Gordon 791 #31-Jeff Burton 788 -3 #48-Jimmie Johnson 716 -75 #17-Matt Kenseth 697 -94 #29-Kevin Harvick 647 -144 #5-Kyle Busch 639 -152 #01-Mark Martin 629 -162 [missed 1 race] #07-Clint Bowyer 621 -170 #11-Denny Hamlin 606 -

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

March 18, 2007
after Atlanta [4 of 36 races]: #01-Mark Martin 629 #24-Jeff Gordon 621 -8 #31-Jeff Burton 618 -11 #48-Jimmie Johnson 601 -28 #17-Matt Kenseth 567 -62 #20-Tony Stewart 507 -122 #29-Kevin Harvick 482 -147 #11-Denny Hamlin 480 -149 #07-Clint Bowyer 471 -158 #40-David

ESPNs NASCAR Countdown: ESPN On ABC Atlanta Motor Speedway Highlights:

ESPNs NASCAR Countdown: ESPN On ABC Atlanta Motor Speedway Highlights:

March 15, 2007
ESPNs NASCAR Countdown will preview the Busch Series Atlanta action Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC with host Brent Musburger and co-host Chris Fowler, Brad Daugherty, Tim Brewer and reporter Shannon Spake. Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree will also contribute

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

Unofficial Driver Points Top-12 Standing

March 11, 2007
after Las Vegas [3 of 36 races]: #6-Mark Martin 495 #24-Jeff Gordon 489 -6 #31-Jeff Burton 453 -42 #48-Jimmie Johnson 406 -89 #17-Matt Kenseth 397 -98 #29-Kevin Harvick 389 -106 #5-Kyle Busch 382 -113 #11-Denny Hamlin 374 -121 #18-J.J. Yeley 365 -130 #19-Elliott Sadler

Hamlin to honor the Marines in the Coke 600:

Hamlin to honor the Marines in the Coke 600:

March 7, 2007
#11-Denny Hamlin is scheduled to run the U.S. Marine Corp/FedEx Freight scheme on the #11 Chevy in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in a special celebration of America's military personnel. The #11 Chevy will have a black base with red accents. Featured on

Hamlin Could Run Full Busch Season:

Hamlin Could Run Full Busch Season:

March 5, 2007
#20-Denny Hamlin made a promise to crew chief David Rogers that might result in Hamlin running more Busch Series races. Hamlin did not plan to run the full season, but that could change. "I'm pretty much stuck on not running the full season," said Hamlin, who drove

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 evening:

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 evening:

February 28, 2007
The first day [of two] of testing at Bristol Motor Speedway ended Wednesday night after three sessions with #48A-Jimmie Johnson fastest at 122.007mph followed by #4A-Ward Burton, #9B-Kasey Kahne, #11B-Denny Hamlin and #29A-Kevin Harvick. Slowest was #15A-Menard at

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 afternoon:

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 afternoon:

February 28, 2007
The first day [of two] of testing at Bristol Motor Speedway continued in the afternoon, the fastest was once again #11B-Denny Hamlin with a speed of 121.605mph followed by #66A-Jeff Green, #9B-Kasey Kahne, #5A-Kyle Busch and #9A-Kasey Kahne. Slowest was #6A-Ragan at

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 AM:

Bristol COT Testing Day 1 AM:

February 28, 2007
The first day [of two] of testing at Bristol Motor Speedway had 61 cars with 51 drivers/teams testing. #11B-Denny Hamlin was fastest in the morning session with a speed of 122.170mph [the track record is 128.074mph held bt Ryan Newman set in March 2003] followed by

Nine Cup drivers NOT taking the weekend off:

Nine Cup drivers NOT taking the weekend off:

February 27, 2007
Nine Nextel Cup Drivers will participate in the Busch Series event at Mexico City. The Busch Series returns to the road course in Mexico City for the third consecutive season on Sunday, and nine Nextel Cup drivers plan to participate. Defending winner Denny Hamlin,

Sirius NASCAR Radio Daytona 500 coverage:

Sirius NASCAR Radio Daytona 500 coverage:

February 17, 2007
On Sunday, February 18, SIRIUS will air the Daytona 500 live nationwide on SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, channel 128, carrying the broadcast of Motor Racing Network (MRN). On 10 additional channels, SIRIUS will combine the race broadcast with the driver-to-crew chatter of 10

Old Spice Back with Stewart; Will Run #33 for KHI in 8 Races:

Old Spice Back with Stewart; Will Run #33 for KHI in 8 Races:

February 12, 2007
Old Spice is employing the services of Tony Stewart both on and off the track during the upcoming NASCAR season. Stewart will be back behind the wheel of the #33 Old Spice Chevy for eight NASCAR Busch Series races this season. Success for Stewart -- as well as his

Stewart wins Bud Shootout:

Stewart wins Bud Shootout:

February 10, 2007
#20-Tony Stewart won his third Budweiser Shootout, passing #5-Kyle Busch [who led the most laps, 39 of 70] with eight laps to go and held off a hard charging #38-David Gilliland [finished 2nd]. #2-Kurt Busch was 3rd, followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson and #29-Kevin Harvick

Johnson named Inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year:

Johnson named Inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year:

February 10, 2007
Nextel Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson was named the inaugural SPEED Performer of the Year, edging out MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden and F1 title winner Fernando Alonso for the top award on last night's SPEED Performance Awards television special presented by BFGoodrich