He had the race well under control until a caution with nine laps remaining set up a final restart. Hamlin, who had been terrible on restarts the entire race, punched his steering wheel in anger when the yellow flag waved. Hamlin finally got a decent restart, pulled into the lead, and Gibbs teammate Kyle Busch passed Blaney to put a buffer between the two. “This race team worked so hard to be here and deserved to be here,” Hamlin said. AdvertisementOf the title contenders, only Hamlin has never won a championship.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 10, 2019 22:55 UTC