Hamlin's emotion at Pocono

It was not without some emotion that Denny Hamlin crossed the finish line of the Pennsylvania 500 on Monday. The pilot Toyota of Joe Gibbs Racing has just lost his grandmother. Leader for 91 laps of the race postponed on Monday due to rain, the driver managed to return to victory after 50 races without. “ I told myself that I was going to fight for nothing other than victory ", did he declare. " In every corner I was at 120 percent. Not everything has gone well this year, so it's good to see things turn out in our favor. »

Second with 10 laps to go, Hamlin passed Clint Bowyer on the 191st of 200 laps at Pocono Raceway and was able to resist the return of Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. The latter finished just 0,869 sec behind the winner. Bowyer took third place. Sam Hornish Junior and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top 5.