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Born: 18 November 1980
Hometown: Chesterfield, Virginia, USA

A NASCAR driver. Qualified for the Chase for the Nextel Cup his rookie season in 2006.

Biography

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Denny Hamlin page on 26 March 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

James Dennis Alan "Denny" Hamlin is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving a Toyota Supra, both for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has won over 30 NASCAR Cup Series races, including the Daytona 500 in 2016, 2019, and 2020. In 2020, he became the fourth person to win the race in back to back seasons, joining Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Sterling Marlin.

Hamlin was born in Tampa, Florida, but lived in Chesterfield, Virginia, for most of his childhood. He began racing go-karts at the age of seven. Afterward, he worked his way up to Late Models by 2004 and signed a development contract with Joe Gibbs Racing. After running briefly in the Craftsman Truck Series, Hamlin drove a full season in the Busch Series in 2005, while running a few Nextel Cup races. After having strong race finishes, Hamlin was given a full-time ride with JGR.

His strongest season was in 2010, where he was leading the Championship by 15 points heading into the final race at Homestead. Despite having an incredible season, winning the most races of any driver in that year (8), he would lose the Championship by 39 points to Jimmie Johnson. With the exception of the 2013 season, in which a collision with Joey Logano damaged his lower back and kept him out for a large part of the early season, Hamlin has competed in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in every season he has competed full-time (12 seasons as of 2018), including his rookie season in 2006 when he finished third in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup standings, capping off one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in modern NASCAR history.

Since his appearance in the Cup Series, Hamlin has been one of the most consistent drivers in the sport, winning at least one race from the 2006 to 2017 Cup seasons and again from 2019 to 2020. The 2019 season also saw him reach the playoffs' Championship Round with a six-win season, the most since 2010. These title near-misses have firmly established Hamlin as one of the best drivers in history to have never won a NASCAR Cup Championship.

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	Photographer/Source: Tequila Mike Event: 2009 Coca-Cola 600 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic View photo of 2009 Coca-Cola 600 - Denny Hamlin (cropped) - 337KB View photo of 2009 Coca-Cola 600 - Denny Hamlin (original) - 1.4MB
	Photographer: United States Army MWR Event: 2012 Daytona 500 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 View photo of Denny Hamlin at the 2012 Daytona 500 - 124KB
	Photographer: Brian Neudorff Event: 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Denny Hamlin - 4.7MB
	Photographer: Brian Neudorff Event: 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Denny Hamlin - 4.7MB
	Photographer: Brian Neudorff Event: 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Denny Hamlin - 4.5MB
	Photographer: Brian Neudorff Event: 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic View photo of 2012 Kobalt Tools 400 - Denny Hamlin - 4.8MB
	Subject: Denny Hamlin's ampm Toyota Camry Photographer: TaurusEmerald (Wikimedia Commons) Event: 2025 South Point 400 License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International View image of Denny Hamlin's ampm Toyota Camry at the 2025 South Point 400 · 1.4MB

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
17 January 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Clint Bowyer Denny Hamlin Brent Sherman J.J. Yeley
14 March 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Clint Bowyer Denny Hamlin
27 July 2006	Denny Hamlin beat at Pocono Raceway	Alfred Johnson
12 September 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
12 November 2006	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Checker Auto Parts 500	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
16 November 2006	NASCAR Media Conference	Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Curtis Gray Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Jimmie Johnson Matt Kenseth Robin Pemberton
19 November 2006	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Ford 400	Denny Hamlin Martin Truex, Jr.
21 April 2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Subway Fresh Fit 500	Denny Hamlin
1 May 2007	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
1 July 2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 300	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
5 August 2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Pennsylvania 500	Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Denny Hamlin
12 August 2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Centurion Boats at the Glen	Denny Hamlin
5 September 2007	Joe Gibbs Racing Media Conference	Steve Addington Jim Aust Mark Cronquist Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin Jimmy Makar Tony Stewart
10 September 2007	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
9 October 2007	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
18 November 2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup Series: Ford 400	Kurt Busch Denny Hamlin Juan Pablo Montoya
28 January 2008	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
14 February 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Gatorade Duel 2	Denny Hamlin Mike Ford
30 March 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Goody's Cool Orange 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
12 April 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Subway Fresh Fit 500	Clint Bowyer Denny Hamlin
27 April 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Aaron's 499	Denny Hamlin Juan Pablo Montoya
29 April 2008	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
8 June 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pocono 500	Denny Hamlin Brian Vickers
27 July 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Allstate 400 at The Brickyard	Carl Edwards Denny Hamlin
23 August 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sharpie 500	Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin
31 August 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pepsi 500	Greg Biffle Denny Hamlin
7 September 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Chevy Rock & Roll 400	Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart
26 October 2008	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Pep Boys Auto 500	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
5 November 2008	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
17 January 2009	NASCAR Preseason Fan Festival	Alex Garcia Denny Hamlin
10 January 2009	NASCAR Sprint Sound & Speed Festival	Denny Hamlin Randy Houser Reed Sorenson David Stremme Michael Waltrip
22 March 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Food City 500	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
29 March 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500	Denny Hamlin
14 June 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: LifeLock 400	Denny Hamlin
4 July 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
28 July 2009	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
3 August 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
12 September 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Chevy Rock & Roll 400	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
12 September 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Chevy Rock & Roll 400	Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne
20 September 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sylvania 300	Denny Hamlin
25 October 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: TUMS Fast Relief 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
8 November 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Dickies 500	Denny Hamlin
15 November 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 presented by Pennzoil	Denny Hamlin
22 November 2009	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Ford 400	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
9 January 2010	NASCAR Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrust	Kyle Busch Danny Gokey Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart
29 March 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
19 April 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Samsung Mobile 500	Mike Ford Joe Gibbs Denny Hamlin
8 May 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Showtime Southern 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
6 June 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Gillete Fusion ProGlide 500	Mike Ford Joe Gibbs Denny Hamlin
13 June 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
15 August 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Carfax 400	Carl Edwards Denny Hamlin
11 September 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Air Guard 400	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
19 September 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sylvania 300	Denny Hamlin Jamie McMurray
26 September 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400	Denny Hamlin
19 October 2010	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
24 October 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: TUMS Fast Relief 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
7 November 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AAA Texas 500	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
14 November 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Kobalt Tools 500	Denny Hamlin
18 November 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Championship Contenders Conference	Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Jimmie Johnson
21 November 2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Ford 400	Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick
20 January 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Daytona Testing	Kurt Busch Denny Hamlin
30 April 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Crown Royal presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400	Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne
5 June 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: STP 400	Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Denny Hamlin
19 June 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400	Mike Ford J.D. Gibbs Denny Hamlin
17 July 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301	Denny Hamlin
10 September 2011	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Wonderful Pistachios 400	Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin
27 September 2011	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
18 November 2011	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Ford 200	Denny Hamlin
4 March 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Subway Fresh Fit 500	Joe Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
22 April 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: STP 400	J.D. Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
12 May 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Bojangles' Southern 500	Denny Hamlin
27 May 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Coca-Cola 600	Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin
27 June 2012	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
30 June 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Quaker State 400	Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne
15 July 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Lenox Industrial Tools 301	Denny Hamlin
28 July 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400	Denny Hamlin
25 August 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Irwin Tools Night Race	J.D. Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
2 September 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: AdvoCare 500	J.D. Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
8 September 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Federated Auto Parts 400	Greg Biffle Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Matt Kenseth Martin Truex, Jr.
23 September 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Sylvania 300	Joe Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
25 September 2012	NASCAR Media Conference	Denny Hamlin
13 October 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Bank of America 500	Denny Hamlin Jimmie Johnson
28 October 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Tums Fast Relief 500	Clint Bowyer Denny Hamlin Kasey Kahne Brad Keselowski
11 November 2012	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Advocare 500	Kyle Busch Denny Hamlin
3 March 2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Subway Fresh Fit 500	Denny Hamlin
11 May 2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Bojangles' Southern 500	Jeff Gordon Denny Hamlin
17 November 2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Ford EcoBoost 400	J.D. Gibbs Darian Grubb Denny Hamlin
21 February 2016	Denny Hamlin triunfa en las 500 Millas de Daytona 2016 en un final cerrado	Wikinoticias
21 February 2016	Hamlin Gives Toyota First-Ever Daytona 500 Win	Parke Brewer, VOA News
1 January 2026	Tail Lights: Denny Hamlin Due to some late breaking news, I'm taking one last look back at 2025 before putting the awful year behind and looking forward to 2026. There's still a lot to be added to the Library, and we had a few good moments, but I've had enough of it (and the people who made it awful) for now.	Commentary (text) Publisher: The Crittenden Automotive Library Byline: Bill Crittenden