NASCAR, Denny Hamlin and championship
Digest more
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 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.
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 suffered what was arguably the biggest heartbreak of his two-decade career at the Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. It cost him the championship he so desperately craved, and leading up to the moment it slipped away,
NASCAR fans, start your engines! It’s championship time! Our Championship 4 — Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin, William Byron and Kyle Larson — take on their final challenge at Phoenix Raceway this Sunday. Of the four, only Larson is a former champion, while Hamlin has been on the title hunt the longest.