Talladega Recap: Denny Hamlin avoided a last-lap wreck and piloted the No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota to a 14th place finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. With the result, Hamlin remains third in the Chase for the Sprint Cup points standings, 23 markers behind Brad Keselowski after four of 10 playoff races. The No. 17 of Matt Kenseth crossed the finish line ahead of the pack to claim the checkered flag. Jeff Gordon finished in second place, with Hamlin’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch finishing third.
David Ragan and Regan Smith rounded out the top five finishers. The FedEx team’s race strategy going into Talladega was to avoid the dangers of the middle of the pack and sit back and wait for a window of opportunity to move up the field. Hamlin started the day 23rd, but moved toward the back of the pack by the first caution flag of the day on lap 17. Biding his time at the back throughout the 188-lap event, Hamlin came to the pits to top-off ...
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