Denny Hamlin explained what happened when he made contact with Michael McDowell at Darlington Raceway, adding detail about the incident that damaged his No. 11 Toyota.
Hamlin entered the Cook Out Southern 500 as the NASCAR Cup Series points leader and had stayed near the front through the first two stages. A slow pit stop then dropped him into traffic. Soon after the final-stage restart, Hamlin and McDowell touched while coming out of Turn 4.
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Hamlin’s Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota hit the outside wall and suffered front and rear damage. He went a lap down before recovering to finish 18th. Christopher Bell won the race, while Hamlin kept the...
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