Brooklyn, Michigan – Denny Hamlin succeeds in a fairly juggled act.
Hamlin survived the competition at the Michigan International Speedway for his third victory for the Nascar Cup season of the season and 57th in his career, juggling his driver’s roles, waiting father and co -owner of a racing team that pursues Nascar.
“The tackle box is full,” said Hamlin on Sunday. “There is all kinds of things happen.”
Hamlin, in Toyota n ° 11, went down to pass William Byron on the 197 of 200 laps and moved away from the peloton to earn more than a second Chris Buescher.
“I just worked on the guys one by one, giving them different looks,” he said.
Ty Gibbs Finished third, accompanied by the best season, followed by Bubba Wallace And Kyle Larson.
Hamlin, 44, was ready to leave his team to join his fiancée, Jordan Fish, who should give birth to their third child, a boy. If she was in work in the 50th round or earlier in Michigan, he was ready to leave the track.
Hamlin said he would jump for next week to Mexico’s race if necessary to attend birth.
To add something else to the Hamlin plate, he is also a 23X Racing co -owner with Michael Jordanwhich is involved in a trial against Nascar.
He has led for Joe Gibbs Racing, who had not won in Michigan for a decade.
“I think it is the most underestimated song we are going,” said Hamlin, who won three times on the oval of 2 miles.
Hamlin has become JGR’s most winning driver, exceeding Kyle Busch“S 56 victories and the 10th pilot in Nascar’s story to win after his 700th departure.
“It feels good because I’m going to hate him when I’m not at the level where I’m now,” he said. “I will certainly retire very quickly after that.”
The Hamlin team set it up with enough fuel to win while many drivers, including Byron, lacked gas at the end of the race.
“It really stings,” said Byron, the chief of the points, who was a 28th 28th of the season. “We just burned more (fuel) and we can’t do much about it.”
Hamlin, on the other hand, was not empty until his holiday exhaustion was interrupted.
Pole Chase Briscoe was in front until Byron passes it on the 12th round. Buescher took the front on Tour 36 and stayed forward to win his first step this season.
Ryan Blaney And Chase Elliott Taking over with your head before an accident involving Alex Bowman took out the red flag on Tour 67.
Byron resumed the lead after a restart on Tour 78 as part of his solid departure and spent again at the front to win the second stage.
Carson Hocevar took the leads of the 152 turn and was informed shortly after that it did not have enough fuel to finish, but it became theoretical because a flat tire forced it to enter the stands with 18 laps to do.
Hocevar has blurred in 29th, a week after being second to a better career in Nashville, where he created an buzz with an aggressive decision that brought Ricky Stenhouse Jr. out of the race.
Difficult time for Bowman
Bowman struck a wall with the front of his chevrolet n ° 48 as part of a multi-carriage accident in his last reverse.
“It hurts a lot,” he said after a medical assessment. “It was probably at the top of the painting on the tubes I took.”
Bowman, who drives for Hendrick Motorsports, came to Michigan 12th in points and will leave the classification lower in the ranking. He finished 27th or worse in seven of his last nine departures and did not finish for the third time during the difficult section.
Reddick rallies
Racing champion Tyler Reddick Qualified 12th, but started last in the field of 36 cars due to unprecedented settings and rallied to finish 13th.
The next
Nascar moves to Mexico City for his first international paid race in modern history on June 15.
