Denny Hamlin stormed previous William Byron with 4 laps to go to snag the Cup Collection win Sunday at Richmond Raceway.
Hamlin had but to attain a top-10 end by way of the season’s first six races, however a technique name by crew chief Chris Gabehart introduced the No. 11 Toyota to pit street for contemporary tires at Lap 354, later than anybody else within the area.
Hamlin erased an unlimited deficit to race chief Byron, who final pitted at Lap 311 and had wiped out his tires. The ultimate 136 laps ran caution-free. The victory places Toyota again within the winner’s circle for the primary time since Bubba Wallace gained at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2021.
“Great strategy there,” Hamlin informed FOX Sports activities. “Drove as hard as I could. Just so proud of this whole FedEx Camry team, man, just never giving up.”
On an identical technique, Kevin Harvick charged to second and completed 0.552 seconds behind Hamlin for his first high 5 of the season. Finishing the highest 5 had been Byron, Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson. Rounding out the highest 10 had been Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch and Austin Dillon.
Stage 1 winner: Ryan Blaney
Stage 2 winner: Martin Truex Jr.
Subsequent race: The collection shifts to Martinsville Speedway on April 8 for the primary Saturday night time race of the season (7 p.m. ET, FS1).
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