Daytona 500; Fast Track Suits Hamlin; Driver Aims to Improve On Stellar First Season
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 11, 2007
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Daytona Beach, Fla. - One year ago tonight, the kid from Virginia went from "Denny Who?" to NASCAR phenomenon in the course of 72 laps.
Although Denny Hamlin had made a solid seven starts for Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of 2005 and had even won a pole, almost no one - save the Hamlin family and friends - would have picked him in the Budweiser Shootout. The no-points, big-bucks special event is the sort of race typically won by the cagey veterans and men named Dale: Earnhardt, Jarrett and Earnhardt Jr.See the full content of this document
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Daytona 500; Fast Track Suits Hamlin; Driver Aims to Improve On Stellar First Season
But not that night.
The 25-year-old Hamlin raced with patience and poise and then drove straight to victory lane, enjoying an impressive start to a season that only grew mor...See the full content of this document
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