NASCAR CUP SERIES: FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400 SALUTE TO FIRST RESPONDERS

September 11, 2021

Denny Hamlin

Pit Road TV Interview

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Q. The win last week at Darlington, runner up today at Richmond for Denny Hamlin. Led a race high 197 laps, but just needed a couple extra ones at the end there to close the gap on the 19.

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, just a couple more. But our pit stops were a little slow there and we lost about two or three seconds, maybe four on pit road those two stops, and about a second and a half behind. We were coming, just we got off track with our car right there in the middle stages of the race, but overall Chris and the team made great adjustments there at the end on the FedEx Camry, just needed a couple more laps, that's all.

Q. I don't way to say you went through a lull in the summer because that's probably not the right word, but I think this first and a second place is kind of what we expected more consistently from you guys just based on how you raced at the beginning of the year. Do you feel like you guys are back on track where you want to be?

DENNY HAMLIN: Well, it's go time now. Ultimately it's the time where you've got to bring your best. All JGR team had fast cars for all of us today, and we just -- I really wish we would have got two in a row, but regardless, still a great day for our team.