Denny Hamlin’s bid for a sweep at Richmond is off to a good start. Hamlin won the pole for Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race when he topped qualifying Saturday in his No. 11 Toyota. It was Hamlin’s third pole of the year.
Hamlin won the pole for Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race, topping qualifying Saturday in his No. 11 Toyota. It was Hamlin’s third pole of the year, although he went on to finish out of the top 10 after his first two at Phoenix and Nashville.
“I probably put a little more pressure on myself to perform at this race track, just simply because I know what it takes to win here and what I need out of the car,” Hamlin said. “I feel like I have good techniques that help equal the success in the past, but we have gone through so many car changes, tire changes — things like that, but the basics still ring true in the end. I love winning here. To have five is certainly exciting. I feel like each one has been a little different.
Qualifying doesn’t always mean much at Richmond. The track ranks second all-time to Daytona in wins from outside the top 20. “I would love the Option tire — the soft tire — just to be the tire,” Hamlin said. “If we are experimenting this to see if we can run those tires in a race as the only tire, I think that is certainly a viable option.”
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