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NASCAR star Denny Hamlin suffered a scary incident on the field on Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Hamlin’s No. 11 vehicle developed a motor problem between turns 1 and 2 on the lap 75. The car then fired as he spun around. A lot of smoked wavy out of his engine as the emergency staff rushed to Hamlin to turn off the flames.
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NASCAR CUP SERIES -Driver Denny Hamlin is introduced before the start of the Würth 400 race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 4, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Preferred Pictures)
He finished only 15 laps and was withdrawn to 38. Position on Würth 400.
“Just blown up,” Hamlin told Fox Sports.
Hamlin said he was trying to prevent the engine from completely blowing to make his crew members look at it and find out what exactly went wrong.
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The Toyota driver has put together another solid season throughout the year’s first 10 races. He went into the race in Fort Worth in third place in the point level behind leader William Byron and Kyle Larson. He was only 52 points behind Byron.
But Sunday’s accident certainly won’t give him a chance to jump in front of neither driver in front of him. Chase Elliott was only 20 points behind Hamlin and Christopher Bell had a 30-point deficit from him.
Hamlin has two wins this season, five top-five finishes and six top-10 finishes.
Denny Hamlin appears during the qualification for the NASCAR FOOD CITY 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn., April 12, 2025. (Randy Sartin-Preferred Pictures)
He gets another trip next week when the season switches to Kansas Speedway.
