Denny Hamlin falls short again in quest for NASCAR title: ‘I keep crapping out’

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After falling short once again of his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series title, Hamlin said, 'I’ve just been unlucky in the playoffs.'

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — There were no overt signs of frustration or anger as Denny Hamlin leaned against his car on Martinsville Speedway’s pit road in the immediate aftermath of a third-place finish in Sunday’s Cup Series playoff elimination race. This was in spite of delivering a result not good enough for him to avoid being one of four drivers eliminated. Advertisement He just stood there, looking forward, saying little.

Such as when a broken roof hatch led to a second-round elimination from the 2015 playoff, or in 2019 when a large piece of tape was not applied properly to the nose of his car during a pit stop in the championship final, causing his engine to overheat. “It just seems like I’ve just been unlucky in the playoffs,” Hamlin said. “I can’t remember too many years where it’s like, ‘Wow, we’re not good enough to be in the final four.’ There’s been a few years, but not that many.

 

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