NASCAR CUP SERIES: FOOD CITY 500

April 13, 2025

Denny Hamlin

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Denny Hamlin does come just short for getting that third straight win. Mike just gave a stat that you and Kyle Larson have finished one-two seven times. This is the first time he's come out on top, though. I know you wanted that third straight, but a good day nonetheless.

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, we really did, but you've got to give that team their due and Kyle his due. Just a dominant performance. You know, looked like pretty flawless day for him, so it looked pretty easy.

It was all I had to try to keep up there. You know, glad we were able to give him a little bit of run with our Progressive Toyota, but this weekend we're all thinking about John Edwards, his family, Al Pearce, Shigeaki Hattori. We've lost a lot of great people in our sport over this past week. So our thoughts are with them.

Yeah, wish we could have got one more spot, but I just wanted to keep them honest there at the end. That's all I try to do, but he just was too much to handle.

Q. This 11 car, a lot of speed every week right now. A lot of momentum going into the off week. How nice is that to go into the one off week you guys get this year knowing how strong it's been?

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, no doubt. It's been a great run here over the last month. We've been really good. Just got to continue this momentum, and it all starts tomorrow. You go back to work, and you figure out how you can get just a little bit better.