{"id":33858,"date":"2025-09-13T05:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hamlin-dominates-gateway-and-advances-in-nascar-playoffs-59-victories\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T05:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:21:45","slug":"hamlin-dominates-gateway-and-advances-in-nascar-playoffs-59-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/hamlin-dominates-gateway-and-advances-in-nascar-playoffs-59-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamlin dominates Gateway and advances in NASCAR Playoffs, !59 victories!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Denny Hamlin Dominates at Gateway and Advances in NASCAR Playoffs<\/h2>\n\nNASCAR star driver Denny Hamlin showcased his focus and skill by securing a crucial victory at the World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday. This triumph ensured his advancement in the Cup Series playoffs.\n\nDespite facing personal and professional challenges, Hamlin remained calm and executed a near-perfect weekend, starting from the pole position and leading 75 of the 240 laps of the race.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI just outdo myself,\u201d Hamlin declared after his fifth win of the season. \u201cThe only thing I can do is keep learning from the game, keep trying to improve, and every week is an opportunity to be a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<cite>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWith his 59th career victory, Hamlin advanced to the second round of the playoffs, joining his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Chase Briscoe, who finished second.\n\nThe strategy of the No. 11 Toyota team brought Hamlin to the pits for his final stop with 44 laps remaining, and thanks to a yellow flag, he regained the lead. Hamlin overtook Brad Keselowski on the restart, securing Toyota&#8217;s 200th victory in NASCAR&#8217;s premier series.\n\nHamlin celebrated with a long <i>burnout<\/i>, provoking a mixed reaction from the crowd, to which he responded enthusiastically.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThey can boo me, but they can get on the train or get run over by it. I want all the noise and all the heat,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nHamlin, who also co-owns the 23XI Racing team with NBA legend Michael Jordan, and is also the host of a podcast, has managed to maintain exceptional performance on the track.\n\nIn Gateway, Hamlin became the seventh driver in NASCAR history with multiple wins after his 700th start.\n\nThe team owner, Joe Gibbs, marvels at how Hamlin, at 45 years old and father of three children, manages to balance so many responsibilities.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s in one meeting after another. The more he does, the better. He has a real determination to succeed,\u201d Gibbs commented.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Joe Gibbs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nHamlin&#8217;s next goal is the championship, and his victory at Gateway brings him closer to that goal. The next race will be at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the playoff field will be reduced from 16 to 12 drivers.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0907%2Fr1542460_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Denny Hamlin celebra despu\u00e9s de tomar la bandera a cuadros en Gateway para avanzar en los playoffs de NASCAR.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nAfter Gateway, Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Dillon, Alex Bowman, and Josh Berry are outside the top 12.\n\nKyle Larson, after his 12th place finish at Gateway, can secure his spot in the next round simply by competing in Bristol. Bubba Wallace, who finished eighth after leading 73 of the 240 laps and winning the second stage, is also in a favorable position.\n\nBerry will need a win in Bristol to advance to the next round, after debuting in the playoffs with two consecutive last places.\n\nThe incident he was involved in with Chase Elliott caused Berry to crash on lap 36.\n\nElliott apologized for the incident after the race.\n\nNASCAR announced the passing of Bill Davis, whose teams won 40 races in the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck series from 1993 to 2008.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denny Hamlin Dominates at Gateway and Advances in NASCAR Playoffs NASCAR star driver Denny Hamlin showcased his focus and skill by securing a crucial victory at the World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday. This triumph ensured his advancement in the Cup Series playoffs. Despite facing personal and professional challenges, Hamlin remained calm and executed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[180,8391,182,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-33858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-denny-hamlin","9":"tag-gateway","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-playoffs"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}