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CUP: Hamlin Knows He’s Still in a Race for a Spot in the Chase
Written by: SceneDaily.com
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08/29/2008 - 01:09 AM
Fontana, Ca.
 
Denny Hamlin has made the Chase every year since his rookie season in 2006 when he finished 3rd in points. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) ยป More Photos

Coming off a third-place finish in last Saturday night’s Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin is in better position to make the Chase For The NASCAR Sprint than he had been before the weekend.

But coming into Sunday night's Pepsi 400 at Auto Club Speedway, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver isn’t taking a berth in the championship-determining field for granted.

Eleventh in the standings but just 45 points ahead of 12th-place Clint Bowyer and 57 ahead of 13th-place David Ragan, Hamlin could easily fall out of the 12-driver Chase group with a bad finish Sunday.

That would force Hamlin to come from behind to make NASCAR’s playoff in the final race of the regular season set for Sept. 6 at Richmond International Raceway.

Though Hamlin
has a history of success at that track – he led all but one of the first 382 laps there in May before a flat tire ruined his night – Hamlin isn’t guaranteed an equally strong run this time.

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