Denny Hamlin said Tuesday that he needed time to process his defeat in Sunday's Cup Series championship race before getting back in a car.

The sting of defeat cuts deep in motorsports, and right now, nobody feels that pain more acutely than Denny Hamlin. Standing in the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge on Tuesday, where the NASCAR community gathered for its annual awards celebration.

Denny Hamlin has two years left on a NASCAR Cup Series contract extension he signed with Joe Gibbs Racing over the summer but the 'deep cut' of how he was denied his first championship on Sunday makes it hard for him to envision coming back.

Denny Hamlin says he’s doing as well as one would expect two days after losing the NASCAR Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway.“There is not a whole lot of second-guessing, I would say,” Hamlin said.

Jordan Fish says Denny Hamlin's father 'probably won't get to witness his son accomplish his dream' after Cup Series loss.

The NASCAR Cup Series Championship race will be aired on the radio by the Motor Racing Network. MRN has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

Denny Hamlin pondered the idea of whether or not he would step away from full-time NASCAR competition if he were to win the Cup Series championship on Sunday (Nov.

Denny Hamlin will begin Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix with the advantage of the pole position as he chases his first career title.