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Encyclopedia > Denny Hamlin
James Dennis Hamlin Jr.
Born: November 18, 1980 (1980-11-18) (age 27)
Birthplace: Flag of the United States Chesterfield, Virginia
Awards: 2006 Raybestos Rookie of the Year
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics
Car #, Team #11 - Joe Gibbs Racing
2007 NEXTEL Cup Position: 12th
Best Cup Position: 3rd - 2006 (Nextel Cup)
First Race: 2005 Banquet 400 (Kansas)
First Win: 2006 Pocono 500 (Pocono)
Last Win: 2007 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 (Loudon)
Wins Top Tens Poles
3 40 5
NASCAR Busch Series Statistics
Car #, Team #20 - Joe Gibbs Racing
2007 NBS Position: 13th
Best NBS Position: 4th - 2006
First Race: 2004 Bi-Lo 200 (Darlington)
First Win: 2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Last Win: 2007 RoadLoans.com 200 (Dover)
Wins Top Tens Poles
3 43 9
All stats current as of October 7, 2007.

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Career

Racing prior to NASCAR

Denny Hamlin began his racing career in 1988, at the age of 7 years old, racing go-karts. By 1997, at the age of 16, Denny was racing stock cars. In his first stock car race, at Langley Speedway, Hamlin won the pole position, and won the race. Denny progressed to the Grand Stock division in 1998, and moved on to Late Model Stock Cars in 2000. In 2002, Denny won 10 Late Model races, and surpassed that in 2003 with 25 wins, and 30 poles, out of 36 races. In 2004, while competing full time in Late Model Stock Cars for Dean Motorsports, Hamlin caught the eye of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), who signed him to a driver development program. This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... For Langley Speedway, former Busch Series track in Virginia, see Langley Speedway (Virginia). ... The Dodge Weekly Series is a semi-professional and amateur racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It is commonly seen as the lowest level of competitive racing sanctioned by NASCAR, and is thus the entry point for a number of aspiring drivers. ... Joe Gibbs Racing (also known as JGR) is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned by Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. ...


NASCAR career

Denny Hamlin's #11 FedEx Chevy being inspected at the November 12, 2006 Checker Auto 500
Denny Hamlin's #11 FedEx Chevy being inspected at the November 12, 2006 Checker Auto 500

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2004

In 2004, Hamlin competed in five NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) races, and one NASCAR Busch Series race at Darlington Speedway. After starting 27th because of a rained out qualifying session, Hamlin patiently and methodically worked his way towards an 8th place finish, as well as a future at Joe Gibbs Racing. Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Most recent champion(s) Kevin Harvick The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations... Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. ...


2005

In 2005, Hamlin ran the full season after he replaced Mike Bliss in the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet running in the Busch Series. He ended up finishing 5th in the final championship points standings as a rookie in that series, with 11 top 10's and earnings of $1,064,110.00. Hamlin also ran his first Nextel Cup Series races in 2005, making his Cup debut at Kansas Speedway as driver of the #11 FedEx Chevrolet for the 2006 season, after struggling driver Jason Leffler was released. Hamlin went on to make seven starts in in the Cup series in 2005. He finished the Cup season with three Top 10 finishes in those seven starts and one pole at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Bliss (born April 5, 1965, in Milwaukie, Oregon) is a NASCAR driver. ... Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ... Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, in the U.S. state of Kansas. ... Federal Express redirects here. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ... The 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season started at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, February 12 with the Bud Shootout and will end on Sunday, November 19 with the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ... Jason Leffler (born September 16, 1975) is a NASCAR driver from Long Beach, California. ... Phoenix International Raceway is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, AZ. It opened in 1964, but wasnt used by NASCAR until 1988, with the first race won by the late Alan Kulwicki. ...


2006

In 2006, Hamlin ran his first full season in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, and during the year he drove in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series. In Hamlin's first restrictor plate race as a NEXTEL Cup driver, he scored a huge upset by beating all the previous year's (2005 season) pole winners in the 70-lap 2006 Budweiser Shootout. Hamlin became the first Rookie of the Year candidate to take home the Shootout victory. Hamlin achieved his first career Busch Series victory at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (March 5). Denny scored a 2nd Busch Series win May 12, 2006 at Darlinton in the Diamond Hill Plywood 200. In May, during a break while testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Hamlin and several crew members were racing around their race trailer and timing themselves. During the horseplay, Hamlin severely injured his left hand between the pinkie and wrist, and had to get 19 stitches. Despite the injury, he still finished second at the Crown Royal 400 to Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. On June 11, Hamlin scored his first career Cup Series win at the Pocono 500, where he also won his second career pole. He achieved his second career win on July 23, in the Pennsylvania 500 also at Pocono Raceway becoming only the 2nd rookie in NASCAR Nextel Cup history to sweep both races at a track during the same season (Jimmie Johnson did so at Dover International Speedway in his rookie season in 2002), both from the pole position. During the 2006 Cup season, Hamlin won three poles (Pocono 500, Pennsylvania 500, and Chevy Rock and Roll 400). In the Cup Series, Hamlin won the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award and finished 3rd in the final cup standings, scoring the highest points finish ever for a rookie in the modern era of NASCAR. Hamlin thus became the first ever rookie to make the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... Most recent champion(s) Kevin Harvick The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations... The NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Budweiser Shootout is an annual NASCAR Nextel Cup Series exhibition event held at Daytona International Speedway in February, the weekend before the Daytona 500. ... The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is a 4. ... This article is about the day. ... The Diamond Hill Plywood 200 is a NASCAR Busch Series race that takes place at Darlington Raceway. ... Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord, North Carolina, north of Charlotte. ... The Crown Royal 400 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. ... Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pocono 500 is the first of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule, the other being the Pennsylvania 500. ... is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pennsylvania 500 is the second of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule, the other being the Pocono 500. ... Pocono Raceway is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond; it is the site of two annual NASCAR Nextel Cup races held just a few weeks apart in June and July. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... For other persons of the same name, see Jimmy Johnson. ... Dover International Speedway (nickname: The Monster Mile) is a NASCAR race track located near Dover, Delaware. ... The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Saturday February 10 and ended on Sunday November 17. ... The Pocono 500 is the first of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule, the other being the Pennsylvania 500. ... The Pennsylvania 500 is the second of two stock car races held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on the NASCAR Nextel Cup schedule, the other being the Pocono 500. ... The Chevy Rock and Roll 400 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. ... The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season. ... The 2006 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup is a ten-race series that commenced with the Sylvania 300 on September 17, 2006 at New Hampshire International Speedway and will conclude with the Ford 400 on November 19 of that same year at Homestead-Miami Speedway. ...


2007

Hamlin started the 2007 Cup season by finishing 28th in the Daytona 500. He won his 3rd career cup race at the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Hamlin clinched a spot in the Chase for the Cup and was seeded 6th, 50 points behind the leader. Denny has had some misfortunes during the Chase for the Cup, including Contact with Kyle Petty that left him with a disappointing finish. At the end of the season at the Ford 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway, he finished 12th in points, -580 behind the Champion Jimmie Johnson. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... The Lenox Industrial Tools 300 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race held at the New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. ... New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1. ... Kyle Eugene Petty (Born June 2, 1960 in Randleman, North Carolina) is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racing legends Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively. ... Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami. ... For other persons of the same name, see Jimmy Johnson. ...


In the Busch Series Hamlin scored victory three time including Darlington, Michigan, and Dover in the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevy. Most recent champion(s) Kevin Harvick The NASCAR Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs minor league circuit (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations... The Diamond Hill Plywood 200 is a NASCAR Busch Series race that takes place at Darlington Raceway. ... The Carfax 250 is a NASCAR Busch Series race that takes place at Michigan International Speedway, sponsored by vehicle history company Carfax. ... The RoadLoans. ...


Career NASCAR Teams

NEXTEL Cup

Busch Series Joe Gibbs Racing (also known as JGR) is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned by Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. ... Federal Express redirects here. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ...

Truck Series Joe Gibbs Racing (also known as JGR) is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned by Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ... Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is an industrial automation company. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ...

Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ... Morgan-Dollar Motorsports is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team. ... Econo Lodge is a motel chain based in the United States. ... Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ...

External links

  • Denny Hamlin's official website
  • Driver's statistics at racing-reference.info
  • Hamlin Career History at Joe Gibbs Racing site
Preceded by
Kyle Busch
NASCAR Raybestos Rookie of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Juan Pablo Montoya

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