NASCAR CUP SERIES: CHAMPIONSHIP RACE

November 8, 2026

Denny Hamlin

Pit Lane Interview

Q. How strong was that effort today by everybody on the 11?

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, it was really good. Really proud of the whole Progressive Toyota team. Lots of gains from Friday to the race tonight. Really happy with the effort we put forth there on the racetrack today.

Just going for it there at the end cost us some spots. Got in the wall. Definitely wanted to try to win. That was a fun race. Certainly picked up a little speed from where we were on the other mile-and-a-half last time.

Q. How would you sum up the year, especially with a chance to win here at the very end?

DENNY HAMLIN: We had a great year. Every way you can measure the year, it's been really, really good. Congrats to the 5 team. They deserve everything, the spoils of victory. They performed absolutely incredible during these last 10 races.

We are extremely happy with the 36 races that we put together. It's really tough to do in this sport. Certainly felt good to be competitive from the first race to the last.