“Certainly Wasn’t the Right Call”- Denny Hamlin Admits Blind Faith in ‘Martinsville History’ Cost Him Everything

Martinsville taught Denny Hamlin everything he knew about tire wear. It just cost him a shot at Kyle Larson. The Joe Gibbs Racing veteran started from pole and trusted the short track’s familiar pattern, then spent the afternoon scrambling for track position while the laps ticked away. Looking back, Hamlin admits the lesson he learned is the one that turned a promising day into a missed opportunity. “I think that it was the conservative call, definitely not the aggressive call, and it certainly wasn’t the right call in retrospect of where my lap times went as that run went on…