Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota, poses with the Coors Light Pole Award after qualifying for the pole for the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota, and Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 ARRIS Toyota, lead the field to the green flag for the running of the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Robert Laberge/Getty Images
Denny Hamlin, driver of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Sarah Crabill/Getty Images
Daniel Suarez, driver of the #18 ARRIS Toyota, poses with the XFINITY Dash 4 Cash check after winning the Dash 4 Cash with a third place finish in the NASCAR XFINITY Series VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 2015 Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images
You could call polesitter Denny Hamlin’s victory in Saturday’s VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway ‘dominating,’ but the NASCAR XFINITY Series event wasn’t without its share of drama—courtesy of a fuel shortage and Hamlin’s own Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Daniel Suarez.
Hamlin Led 117 of 147 laps at the 1.366-mile speedway, but he didn’t make the winning pass until lap 145, when he surged past Suarez, who was stretching fuel after foregoing a final pit stop in hopes of stealing the victory. Continue reading →
