Denny Hamlin fended off a late charge from Kyle Larson on Sunday afternoon at Dover Motor Speedway to claim his third NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season. Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led 136 of 400 laps at Sunday’s Wurth 400, making him the best driver of all time. Delaware’s second win at the one-mile oval was the 54th of his Cup Series career, tying him with Hall of Famer Lee Petty for 12th on the series wins list.
Larson finished second, and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports car took the checkered flag by just 0.256 seconds. Martin Truex Jr. was third, Kyle Busch was fourth and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five. Truex and Larson shared the stage win. An accident on the restart with 72 laps remaining sent Christopher Bell, William Byron and Bubba Wallace off the track as they ran out of space at the exit of Turn 2. As a result, Byron suffered its first loss of the season, but Bell and Wallace suffered their second consecutive loss.
Craftsman Truck Series regular Corey Heim finished 25th, three laps behind, in his Cup Series debut in the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota, replacing the injured Erik Jones. The next Cup Series race is the AdventHealth 400 next Sunday, May 5th. 3pm ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Kansas Speedway.
