NASCAR CUP SERIES: BASS PRO SHOPS NIGHT RACE

September 19, 2026

Denny Hamlin

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Denny, a pretty calm day for you. Seemed to be around the top 15 all day long but you leave Bristol one point outside the lead in the Chase now. How important is it to maintain where you're at, keep fighting to keep that lead?

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, we just got to get to running a little bit better. Today I thought early on in the first stage, I really liked my car and I thought we had a car that would contend for a win.

And then got second stage, obviously when we took the stage points in Stage 1, that put us to the back. Once we lost track position, just wasn't quite as good. I think the track changed on us a little bit as well.

Then obviously we just got caught by that caution. That's unfortunate, and that's the way it is. But we move on.