Hamlin was poised to win at the road course in Sonoma, California, in June but was passed by Stewart on the final corner. The victory was Hamlin’s second of the season and the 28th of his career, and though Hamlin was in a mood to celebrate, there were plenty of hurt feelings behind him.
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Martin Truex Jr. came closest, getting his Toyota to within a few feet of Hamlin’s similar auto entering the last turn of the last lap. Before today’s race, he had never led a lap at Watkins Glen before. The win Sunday at Watkins Glen ticked that box.
Logano’s laps led total was the most laps led by a driver atTheGlenin anXFINITY Series race. Some drivers still trying to make the Chase got hurt in the pits, while others were able to gain a couple of points in the standings.
Hamlin tool the lead with nine laps to go thanks to a insane scene with leaders Kyle Busch and Keselowski.
Denny Hamlin prevailed in a four-lap dash to the checkered flag to win a wreck-fest at newly paved Watkins Glen International on Sunday.
Logano finished second in the Cheez-It 355k at Watkins Glen International Sunday afternoon.
He started on the front row with Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski, who was in contention until a broken track bar mount sent him to the pits with six laps to go. “The vehicle had really good long-run speed, it just didn’t take off that good”. “I think we ran our fastest lap with about two laps to go in the race”. “When you have multiple cars with speed like we do, when one makes a mistake, there’s another one there to pick up the pieces”.
Keselowski lost the lead on the restart when both he and Busch overdrove the first turn, a 90-degree downhill right-hander, and Hamlin sneaked past to take the lead before another caution flew.
The race was red flagged for a multi-car accident on lap 18 triggered when Ryan Seig made contact with Todd Bodine.
Joey Logano won the race, and Elliott Sadler kept the point lead. More information will be released in the coming weeks.
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Pole-sitter Carl Edwards led the first 25 laps but fell off the pace, running into multiple issues Sunday including a pit road penalty, trouble fuelling his vehicle on pit road and a wreck on Lap 56 that took out six-time champion Jimmie Johnson. The track announced its second straight grandstand sellout.
