Denny Hamlin Battles Bristol for 3rd Win

Racin’ with Russ—Denny Hamlin walked away Saturday night with his third checkers of the season after taking the lead from Carl Edwards late in the race, essentially locking him into this year’s Chase.Track owner Bruton Smith spent a million dollars to revamp the current Bristol Motor Speedway in an effort to put the excitement and butts back in what were empty seats.I’d say that his efforts were not in vain as Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup race action and crowd could attest.The race fans said that the races were boring since the big repaving in 2007, and the thousands of baron seats and a bad economy backed that concept up.Smith felt that changing the upper lanes banking would force the cars to run the bottom of...

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