The one two males who may beat a dominant Denny Hamlin at Martinsville Speedway in Sunday’s Cook dinner Out 400 at Martinsville Speedway have been Chase Elliott and Alan Gustafson.
Elliott held off Hamlin over the race’s closing inexperienced flag run after Gustafson made a stunning name to convey Elliott down pit street with 139 laps to go after Elliott reported that he was battling dealing with.
A pair of well-timed cautions saved Elliott up entrance after he had used his recent tires to drive to the lead, and regardless of Hamlin’s constant velocity, the latter was unable to get to the previous.
The victory is the twenty second of Elliott’s Cup Sequence profession and the primary for Hendrick Motorsports in 2026.
“Positively a staff effort, that was superior,” Elliot advised Fox Sports activities. “We took a raffle. We have been gonna two-stop that stage. I actually suppose it was going to work out for us both method.”
Hamlin led 292 of 400 laps to Elliott’s 84, however could not make his method via lapped site visitors as effectively within the closing laps and get shut sufficient to make use of the bumper.
“[Chase Elliott] did job to regulate the tempo there,” Hamlin stated. “Simply not a lot actually I may’ve carried out there. Really feel like we’ve it our all.”
Hamlin added that he thought he had a free wheel over the race’s closing run.
Notable outcomes
Hamlin, Joey Logano, Ty Gibbs and William Byron rounded out the highest 5, with Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Austin Cindric, Kyle Larson and Josh Berry finishing the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embody Shane van Gisbergen in eleventh, Brad Keselowski in thirteenth in his 600th begin, Carson Hocevar in seventeenth, Kyle Busch in twenty fourth and Bubba Wallace in thirty sixth.
Tyler Reddick, who completed fifteenth, leads the Cup Sequence standings by 82 factors over Blaney via seven races.
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