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Denny Hamlin (11) performs a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas.
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Denny Hamlin won at Las Vegas to put a tough offseason behind him. Hamlin raced to his 61st NASCAR Cup Series victory, fighting back from an early speeding penalty to a dominant win for Joe Gibbs Racing. The victory ends a long hangover after he lost the championship at Phoenix last year. Hamlin also is coming off a turbulent stretch in which he won a federal lawsuit against NASCAR, and then his father died in a house fire. The win was the fourth through five races this season for Toyota. JGR drivers Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs finished fourth and fifth.
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