At 42, Denny Hamlin is looking like the favorite to win his first Cup Series championship — and he's embracing the role of the heel.
11s agoFive thoughts after Saturday night’s Round 1 elimination race of the NASCAR playoffs at Bristol Motor Speedway …As they looked down at the purple-suited figure on the floor of the massive arena, tens of thousands of people yelled as loud as they could.Did victorious gladiators troll the crowd in ancient Rome? We’re guessing not, but the modern-day version at the “Last Great Colosseum” gleefully did so on Saturday night.
What about me would make you think that I care about your opinion of me? Your opinion of me is not the opinion I have of myself. “We’re executing at a super high level,” Gabehart said. “We have all the pieces put together to do it. Why not us?”Here are some alternate storylines we’d be talking about today had a few things unfolded differently.Even after crashing and finishing 34th, Logano only missed advancing to the next round by four points.
“It’s just something you try, and we probably tried it a couple of years too long,” said Harvick, who will broadcast the spring Bristol race from the Fox Sports booth next season. “I’m always gonna vote for something that’s not dirt.”
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