Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin locked down his third NASCAR Cup
Series® race win of the season with an impressive performance in the
closing
laps of the Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.
Hamlin
led the final 72 laps of the race, but had to hold off a hard-charging
challenger in the final circuits. Hamlin’s rear-view mirror was filled
with the
second-place car as the laps clicked away towards the
checkered flag, but Hamlin was able to negotiate late-race traffic the
best to cross the finish line first
by just 0.256-seconds. Hamlin’s
third win of 2024 was also his 54th career NASCAR Cup Series® win, which
tied NASCAR® legend Lee Petty for 12th on
the all-time wins list.