What looked like a certain win by Martin Truex Jr. turned into an unexpected NASCAR Cup victory for Denny Hamlin in overtime Sunday night at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.
Truex Jr. had dominated what ended up being a very uneventful race – leading 228 of the 407 laps – and appeared to have his first win of the 2024 season well in hand when Kyle Larson got spun out with one lap remaining and sent the race into overtime. All of the lead lap cars elected to pit for new tires under the caution and Hamlin beat Truex off pit road to lead the way on the restart.
With one lap to go, Wallace got into the back of Larson, who spun down the track and into the frontstretch wall to bring out the caution and send the race into overtime. All the lead lap cars pit with Hamlin the first off pit road and he led the way over Truex and Logano when the race resumed. CLA DRIVER # MANUFACTURER LAPS TIME INTERVAL PITS POINTS 1 D. HamlinJOE GIBBS RACING 11 Toyota 407 3:14'42.116 10 46 2 J. LoganoTEAM PENSKE 22 Ford 407 +0.269 3:14'42.385 0.269 11 49 3 K.
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