{"id":34325,"date":"2025-09-14T05:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hamlin-dominates-at-gateway-and-advances-to-nascar-playoffs-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T05:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:23:10","slug":"hamlin-dominates-at-gateway-and-advances-to-nascar-playoffs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/hamlin-dominates-at-gateway-and-advances-to-nascar-playoffs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamlin Dominates at Gateway and Advances to NASCAR Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"MADISON, Ill. – Denny Hamlin once again demonstrated his focus and took the victory at World Wide Technology Raceway, securing his advance in the NASCAR Cup playoffs.\n\nDespite the personal and professional challenges he faced, including his father’s illness and a recent legal defeat for his 23XI Racing team, Hamlin remained steadfast and achieved an almost perfect weekend.\n\nHamlin, who started from the pole position and led the most laps, a total of 75 out of 240, expressed his winning mentality: “I just keep grinding. The only thing I can do is keep learning the game, keep getting better, and every week is an opportunity to be a little bit better.”\n\nWith this victory, the 59th of his career, Hamlin advanced to the second round of the playoffs, joining his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Chase Briscoe, who took second place.\n\nChase Elliott finished in third place, followed by Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano, thus completing the top five with playoff drivers on this 1.25-mile circuit.\n\nThe strategy of the No. 11 Toyota team led Hamlin to the pits for his final stop with 44 laps remaining, and after a yellow flag, he regained the lead.\n\nHamlin overtook Brad Keselowski on the restart, securing Toyota’s 200th victory in NASCAR’s premier series.\n\nJoe Gibbs Racing’s driver celebrated with a long burnout<\/em> on the main straight, drawing boos from the crowd, which seemed to delight Hamlin.\n\n

“They can boo me, but they can get on the bandwagon or get run over by it,” Hamlin said. “I want all the noise and all the heat.”<\/p>Denny Hamlin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nHamlin, known for his versatility, is also a podcast co-host and co-owner of 23XI Racing, the three-car team he shares with NBA legend Michael Jordan.\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 a father of three, manages to balance so many responsibilities.\n\n

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Denny Hamlin celebra tras cruzar la l\u00ednea de meta en Gateway y avanzar en los playoffs de NASCAR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe final prize would be a Cup championship, and Hamlin took another step toward that goal by securing a spot in the next round.\n\nAfter Gateway, Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Dillon, Alex Bowman, and Josh Berry are outside the top 12.\n\nKyle Larson, after finishing in 12th place at Gateway, could secure his spot in the next round by just participating in Bristol.\n\nBubba Wallace, who finished eighth and led 73 laps, is also in a favorable position to advance.\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\nElliott, in the incident, apologized after the race.\n\nOn Sunday, NASCAR announced the passing of Bill Davis, whose teams won 40 races in the Cup, Xfinity, and Truck series from 1993 to 2008.\n\nDavis earned his five Cup victories with driver Ward Burton, including the 2001 Southern 500 and the 2002 Daytona 500.\n\nDavis, originally from Arkansas and 74 years old, also had cars for Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte before they won Cup championships with other teams.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MADISON, Ill. – Denny Hamlin once again demonstrated his focus and took the victory at World Wide Technology Raceway, securing his advance in the NASCAR Cup playoffs. Despite the personal and professional challenges he faced, including his father’s illness and a recent legal defeat for his 23XI Racing team, Hamlin remained steadfast and achieved an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[180,8391,182,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-34325","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\/34325","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=34325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}