Denny Hamlin Hoping Martinsville Speedway Can Take Him from Zero to Hero

Sunday at the Martinsville Speedway Denny Hamlin will be looking to make a statement, or maybe two. Hamlin heads to the half-mile paper clip, his home track, coming off two DNF finishes which have taken him out of championship contention for this season. What that means is that now he has nothing to lose if he is looking to resettle a score with an old rival. A rival that happens to be chasing his fourth championship and third straight win. In April, Hamlin was leading with 19 laps when Jimmie Johnson got to his inside heading into turn three. Johnson bounced it off the curb, and then bounced off Hamlin to take the lead and the win. Many expected Hamlin to be furious and to pay Johnson back as soon as possible, but instead he told the viewe...

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