With Surgery Out of the Way, What Is Denny Hamlin’s Next Step?

The grimacing look on Denny Hamlin’s face told the whole story when he gingerly climbed out of his No. 11 FedEx-sponsored Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after winning the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 on Monday at Martinsville Speedway. If it was hard to see just how much pain Hamlin was in, than take a look back at Tiger Woods after his 2008 U.S. Open victory where he was also feeling the same pain, which was also on the same knee as Hamlin. Hamlin, like Woods, had torn the ACL in his left knee, with the exception that Woods had his operated on four months prior before re-injuring it, thinking that four months would be enough time to recover from the surgery. Sports injuries, whether they occur at home or on the field, are usually alwa...

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