Denny Hamlin News

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after LMS, Chase race 5 of 10; Season race 31 of 36]:

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after LMS, Chase race 5 of 10; Season race 31 of 36]:

October 17, 2009
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 5923, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5833, -90, 17th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5788, -135, 4th 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5768, -155, 13th 5) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win],

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

October 17, 2009
the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Lowe's, race 31 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1). #14-Tony Stewart, 4544 2). #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4427, -117 3). #24-Jeff Gordon 4405, -139 4). #5-Mark Martin, 4084, -460 5). #2-Kurt Busch, 4058, -486 6). #11-

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 17, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing at start of race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, won the race 2) #5-Mark Martin, 17th 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 35th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 13th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 10th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 39th/

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour practice at LMS:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour practice at LMS:

October 16, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 1st/fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 25th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 12th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 14th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 36th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 32nd 9) #11-Denny Hamlin

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 15, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, starts 1st on the pole 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 18th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 15th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 23rd 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 28th 9) #11-Denny

LMS Rookie Notes/Facts:

LMS Rookie Notes/Facts:

October 14, 2009
#20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 11 Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Logano posted a 14th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the 21st time this season. Logano leads #82-Scott Speed by 23 points (219-196) in the Raybestos

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

October 12, 2009
* Joey Logano won the Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway. It was Logano's sixth Nationwide win in his 38th start and his first at California in his third start there. * Logano won his fifth race of 2009, ranking second among all drivers to Kyle Busch with six. * Logano

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

October 12, 2009
* Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. It marked the third straight victory by Johnson in the fall race at California. He scored his fourth Cup win in 14 races at California, the most by any driver. * A Chase driver won the 21st straight Chase race

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Auuto Club, Chase race 4 of 10; Season race 30 of 36]:

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Auuto Club, Chase race 4 of 10; Season race 30 of 36]:

October 11, 2009
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 5728, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5716, -12, 4th 3) #42-Juan Montoya 5670, -58, 3rd 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5644 -84, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5623 -105

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

October 11, 2009
the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Auto Club, race 30 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1 #14-Tony Stewart,4420 2 #24-Jeff Gordon 4240, -180 3 #48-Jimmie Johnson 4232, -188 4 #11-Denny Hamlin 3980, -440 5 #5-Mark Martin 3967, -453 6 #42-Juan Montoya

Busch still sick; replaced by Gilliland during race:

Busch still sick; replaced by Gilliland during race:

October 11, 2009
#18-Kyle Busch is still sick today, apparently from the flu. Denny Hamlin will standy by in case he needs to step out of the car during the Nationwide race this afternoon. David Gilliland will stand by on Sunday for the Cup race.(10-10-2009) UPDATE: Busch will reportedly

Busch still sick: UPDATE:

Busch still sick: UPDATE:

October 10, 2009
#18-Kyle Busch is still sick today, apparently from the flu. Denny Hamlin will standy by in case he needs to step out of the car during the Nationwide race this afternoon. David Gilliland will stand by on Sunday for the Cup race.(10-10-2009) UPDATE: Kyle Busch will

Hamlin on pole at Auto Club:

Hamlin on pole at Auto Club:

October 9, 2009
#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway with a lap of 183.870mph for his 1st pole of the season and 7th career pole. #00-Reutimann was 2nd fastest followed by #16-Biffle, #48-Johnson, #42-Montoya, #1-Truex, Jr., #20-Logano

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Auto Club Speedway:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Auto Club Speedway:

October 9, 2009
1) #5-Mark Martin, starts 10th 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 4th 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 5th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 21st 5) #2-Kurt Busch, 25th 6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 1st 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 11th 8) #16-Greg Biffle, 3rd 9) #39-Ryan Newman, 37th 10) #99-Carl Edwards, 12th 11

Qualifying Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

Qualifying Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

October 9, 2009
Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Pepsi 500 with a lap of 39.158 seconds, 183.870 mph. This is his seventh pole in 145 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Hamlin's last pole came at Richmond International Raceway on May 3, 2008. This is his first pole