DARLINGTON九游会J9, S.C. (AP) Denny Hamlin did his job so his pit crew could do its most stellar stop at the perfect time.
Hamlin came into the pits after a final caution in third place and told himself to hit every mark, then let his guys take over.
And thats what the Joe Gibbs Racing group did, pulling off a perfect winning moment that sent Hamlin out with the lead. He took over on the final restart and held off William Byron to win the Goodyear 400 on Sunday.
It was Hamlins 56th career NASCAR win, his fifth at Darlington Raceway and his second straight this season
When you think about 56 wins, thats a huge deal, said Gibbs, Hamlins longtime car owner.
Hamlin said he hung on throughout as Byron and others looked like they might pull out victory. Instead, Hamlin waited out his time and then pounced as he broke away during the green-white-checkered finish.
I can still do it, I can do it at a high level and look forward to winning a lot of races this year, Hamlin said.
Hamlin won for a second straight week after his success at Martinsville .
Hamlin chose the outside lane for a final restart and shot out to the lead and pulled away from series points leader Byron and NASCAR wins leader Christopher Bell.
Hamlin looked like hed have a strong finish, but not a winning one as Ryan Blaney passed Tyler Reddick for the lead with three laps left. But moments later, Kyle Larson spun out forcing a final caution and the extra laps.
It was then time for Hamlins Joe Gibbs Racing pit crew to shine as it got him out quickly and in the lead.
Byron, who led the first 243 laps, was second with Hamlins JGR teammate Bell in third.
There are two people I really love right now, my pit crew and Kyle Larson, Hamlin said to a round of boos from those in the stands.
Reddick was fourth and Blaney was fifth. The rest of the top 10 finishers were Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch.
Hamlin credited the past two victories to his pit crew.
The pit crew just did an amazing job, he said. They won it last week, they won it this week. Its all about them.
Blaney had thought he was clear to his first-ever Darlington victory after getting by Reddick late. When he saw the caution flag for Larsons spin, he said he thought, Oh, no! I thought we had the race won.
So did Byron, who sought was to become the first NASCAR driver in nearly 25 years to lead every lap on the way to victory. He got shuffled down the standings during the last round of green-flag pit stops and could not recover.
It was looking like it was going to be a perfect race and we were going to lead every lap, he said.
But once we lost control, it was too late to get back up there, Byron said.
Bad day
Kyle Larson, who won the Southern 500 here in 2023, had high hopes for a second Darlington win. But he slid into the inside wall coming off the second turn on lap three and went right to garage where his team worked the next couple of hours to get him back on track. Larson returned on lap 164 after falling 161 laps off the pace. Larson finished next to last in 37th.
Biffles ride
Greg Biffle, the last NASCAR driver to win consecutive Cup Series victories at Darlington in 2006 and 2007, drove the pace car for the Goodyear 400 on Sunday. Biffle has had an eventful few months, flying rescue missions with his helicopter into areas of the Southeast affected by devastating Hurricane Helene in September.
Biffle was planning a weeklong trip to the Bahamas when his phone started going off about people stranded in parts of Western North Carolina.
I went to the hangar and the power was out, Biffle said. We got the hangar down open with the tug and got the helicopter out. Once I got in the air, I realized what had taken place.
Biffle then flew the next 11 days from sunup to sundown.
It was incredible, Biffle said. It was pretty tough going for the first week.
Biffle won the Myers Brothers Humanitarian Award for his work.
Up next
The series goes to Bristol on April 13 before taking its traditional Easter break.
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南卡罗来纳州达灵顿（好意思联社）——丹尼·哈姆林（Denny Hamlin）完成了他的任务，以便他的维修团队能在最好时机完成他们最出色的职责。
在临了一次劝诫后，哈姆林以第三名的收获参加维修站，并对我方说一定要每一个象征齐作念到位，然后让他的队友接办。
这恰是Joe Gibbs Racing团队所作念的，他们创造了一个齐全的告成技艺，让哈姆林朝上出场。在临了重新启动时，他采纳了比赛，并交接了威廉·伯恩的挑战，在周日赢得了古德伊尔400赛的告成。
这是哈姆林的做事生计中第56场NASCAR告成，他在达灵顿赛车场赢得的第5场告成，亦然本赛季的第二场连胜。
当你意想56场告成时，这如实是个大事件。
哈姆林（Hamlin）示意，在他死后，拜伦（Byron）和其他东谈主似乎可能赢得比赛。联系词，哈姆林坚握到临了，在比赛齐备时以绿色、白色和菱形旗的蓦地冲出，得胜夺得告成。
哈姆林示意：“我仍然好像作念到，我不错在高水准上作念到，并期待本年赢得许多比赛。”
在马汀斯维尔取得得胜后，哈姆林聚积第二周赢得告成。
哈姆林在最终重启时聘任了外侧车谈，并飞速冲到朝上位置，与系列积分领头羊伯恩和纳斯卡告成领头羊克里斯托弗·贝尔拉开距离。
哈姆林（Hamlin）看起来会有一个强盛的闭幕，但并非告成之举，因为瑞恩·布兰尼（Ryan Blaney）在临了三圈中卓绝了泰勒·雷迪克（Tyler Reddick）取得朝上。但片时之后，凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson）的纰谬迫使比赛临了技艺审慎行事，并加多了非凡的圈数。
此时，哈姆林的Joe Gibbs Racing维修团队大放异彩，飞速让他重回朝上位置。
拜伦在头243圈中领头，但最终以第二名完赛，而哈姆林的JGR车队队友贝尔则位列第三。
我咫尺真确深爱的是两个东谈主，我的维修团队和凯尔·拉尔森。
雷迪克位列第四，布莱尼位列第五。其余前十名选手阔别为克里斯·布尤瑟、罗斯·查斯坦、蔡斯·埃利奥特、泰·吉布斯和凯尔·布什。
汉姆林将昔时两场告成的功劳归功于他的维修团队。
他说：“维修团队刚刚阐扬惊东谈主，他们上周就赢了，这周又赢了。一切齐靠他们。”
布莱尼（Blaney）原来觉得在晚些时辰卓绝雷迪克（Reddick）后，他就能赢得我方在达灵顿（Darlington）的首场告成。联系词，当他看到拉森（Larson）的失控而亮起的警示旗时，他说他心想，“哦，不！我觉得咱们赢了比赛。”
拜伦也试图成为近25年来首位在每一圈齐领跑的NASCAR车手，最终在临了一轮绿色旗帜靠岸时被卓绝，未能归附名次。
看起来这将会是一场齐全的比赛，而咱们将在每一圈齐朝上。
但一朝咱们失去了放胆，再想重新站起来就为时已晚，拜伦说。
倒霉的一天
凯尔·拉森(Kyle Larson)在2023年赢得了这里的南边500英里大赛(Southern 500)，对在达灵顿(Darlington)再次告成抱有极高的守望。联系词，他在第三圈第二弯谈冲入内墙，随后径直参加维修站，他的团队在接下来的几个小时里竭力于职责，让他重新回到赛谈上。拉森在过时161圈之后在第164圈重返赛谈。拉森最终以第37名的收获排在倒数第二。
Biffle的骑行之旅
格雷格·比弗尔（Greg Biffle）是临了一位在2006年和2007年聚积在达灵顿（Darlington）赢得NASCAR杯系列赛告成的赛车手，他于周日驾驶领航车参加了固特异400（Goodyear 400）比赛。比弗尔最近几个月阅历了许多事情，他驾驶直升机进行补救任务，飞往受9月撤消性飓风海伦（Helene）影响的好意思国东南部地区。
Biffle原谈论去巴哈马度假一周，但他的手机蓦地响了起来，是对于北卡罗来纳州西部部分地区被困东谈主员的情况。
Biffle说：“我去了机库，发现停电了。咱们用拖车把机库门掀开，把直升机拖了出来。当我飞到空中时，我才相识到发生了什么。”
比夫尔接着聚积遨游了接下来的11天，从日出到日落。
Biffle说：“那真的太不行想议了，第一周过得终点忙活。”
Biffle因其职责而赢得了Myers Brothers东谈主谈方针奖。
接下来
该系列将于4月13日赶赴布里斯托尔，然后运行其传统的回生节假期。
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