Denny Hamlin News

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race – Poles:

NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race – Poles:

May 21, 2016
-Terry Labonte won the first pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race in 1985. -17 different drivers have won the pole for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race; led by Bill Elliott with four. Kyle Busch (second most all-time) leads all active drivers in NASCAR Sprint Cup

Toyota drivers have shot at video game cover at All-Star Race:

Toyota drivers have shot at video game cover at All-Star Race:

May 21, 2016
Toyota- backed drivers will be racing for something more than the $1 million prize in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race. The highest-finishing driver among them gets to be on the cover of the new NASCAR Heat Evolutionvideo game being released by Dusenberry

All-Star Origins: JGR’s Dominance Began Last May:

All-Star Origins: JGR’s Dominance Began Last May:

May 20, 2016
Since #11-Denny Hamlin won the 2015 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Joe Gibbs Racing has been the most dominant team in NASCAR, capturing the checkered flag in 19 of the 36 points races (52.7%). #18-Kyle Busch leads the four-driver contingent with eight wins, followed

Fans can choose Hamlin’s Sonoma scheme:

Fans can choose Hamlin’s Sonoma scheme:

May 18, 2016
FedEx Racing is letting fans decide on Denny Hamlin's special #11 FedEx Cares Toyota paint scheme for the upcoming race at Sonoma Raceway in June. From May 16 - May 22, fans can vote for their favorite scheme by tweeting @FedEx with the corresponding hashtag or at

Top 10 All-Star Driver Ratings:

Top 10 All-Star Driver Ratings:

May 17, 2016
#18-Kyle Busch 104.3 #48-Jimmie Johnson 100.1 #41-Kurt Busch 87.6 #20-Matt Kenseth 87.4 #4-Kevin Harvick 84.9 #5-Kasey Kahne 83.5 #19-Carl Edwards 80.7 #22-Joey Logano 78.6 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 77.2 #11-Denny Hamlin 74.2 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2015

Kansas Driver Notes & Facts:

Kansas Driver Notes & Facts:

May 5, 2016
-124 drivers have competed in at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas; 95 in more than one. -Five drivers have started all 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Kansas Speedway - Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Ryan Newman. -Joey

Sprint Cup Drivers Council To Donate Stewart’s Fine To Autism Delaware:

Sprint Cup Drivers Council To Donate Stewart’s Fine To Autism Delaware:

April 27, 2016
The Sprint Cup Drivers Council will donate the $35,000 it raised last week to pay Tony Stewart's fine to Autism Delaware. Artie Kempner, coordinating director, NASCAR on FOX, and his wife, Marcy, founded Autism Delaware in 1998. It has raised more than $5 million and

Stewart can still make the Chase with relief driver:

Stewart can still make the Chase with relief driver:

April 27, 2016
#14- Tony Stewart doesn't plan on finishing the race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, but NASCAR rules could make him a big winner. Stewart, who missed the first eight races with a broken back and returned to racing last weekend at Richmond, plans to get out of his

Stewart says lug nut rule is a safety issue UPDATES:

Stewart says lug nut rule is a safety issue UPDATES:

April 21, 2016
#14- Tony Stewart is 'beyond mad' with NASCAR over the sanctioning body's lack of lug nut enforcement on pit road, the driver/team owner said Wednesday. NASCAR stopped requiring teams to put all five lug nuts on its wheels at the start of last season, part of a new

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Richmond:

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Richmond:

April 19, 2016
#18-Kyle Busch 110.4 (4 wins) #4-Kevin Harvick 110.1 (3) #11-Denny Hamlin 108.8 (2) #15-Clint Bowyer 98.6 (2) #41-Kurt Busch 94.2 (2) #2-Brad Keselowski 93.9 (1) #31-Ryan Newman 91.1 (1) #48-Jimmie Johnson 90.1 (3) #20-Matt Kenseth 89.0 (2) #19-Carl Edwards 88.3 (1

Goodyear to examine tires:

Goodyear to examine tires:

April 18, 2016
#19-Carl Edwards avoided the tire issues that plagued his teammates and took off on the final restart to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol. 'I just kept getting tighter in the long run, not sure why that was,' said #18-Kyle Busch, who had two other tire

Bristol Pole Notes & Facts:

Bristol Pole Notes & Facts:

April 15, 2016
-Fred Lorenzen won the inaugural Coors Light pole with a speed of 79.225 mph in a Ford. -48 different drivers have poles at Bristol, led by Mark Martin and Cale Yarborough with nine each. Denny Hamlin and Ryan Newman lead all active drivers with three each. -10 different

Harvick and Kyle Busch dominating laps led:

Harvick and Kyle Busch dominating laps led:

April 7, 2016
Two drivers have combined to lead over half the 1,815 laps so far in the Sprint Cup Series. #18-Kyle Busch is tops at 486 laps led - one more than #4-Kevin Harvick. After Busch and Harvick, only three drivers have led more than 100 laps this season: #48-Jimmie Johnson

Most mentioned drivers of 2016

Most mentioned drivers of 2016

April 7, 2016
According to Joyce Julius, a company that tracks media mentions for sport sponsors, #4-Kevin Harvick has been the most-mentioned NASCAR driver on TV this year while #18-Kyle Busch has received the most interview time

Cautions down sharply this season:

Cautions down sharply this season:

April 6, 2016
Did You Notice? '¦ No Sprint Cup race has had more than eight caution flags all season? The 51 laps we ran under yellow at Martinsville were the fewest for that track since 1996; overall, the number of slowdowns have dropped significantly for the first six events.