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Denny Hamlin Leads the Most Laps at Kansas but Misses Out on Victory
Denny Hamlin was the most dominant driver of the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, leading 131 total laps, but he was unable to score the victory late in the race. Hamlin began the race from second and quickly took the lead after four laps from Tyler Reddick. He went on to dominate the rest of the first stage and win it. In the second stage, Hamlin lost the lead to Kyle Larson and other positions to Chase Elliott and Reddick, but eventually regained them as the stage progressed by passing them on track. Hamlin couldn't overtake Larson, though, in the second stage, and he ended it in second, gaining nine further stage points. In the final stage, Denny Hamlin ran second behind Christopher Bell before cycling back to the lead through green flag pit stops. He was set to win the race until Cody Ware spun his car before Hamlin caught the white flag, forcing one more pit stop and restart. Although Hamlin tried to keep the lead, Larson got to the side of Hamlin and moved him up the track, causing Hamlin to fall out of contention for the win. The No. 11 Toyota driver went back up and finished in fourth place, earning another top-5 finish at Kansas. Hamlin now sits second in the regular-season standings, 105 points behind Reddick.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
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