Crucial pit road mishap dooms Denny Hamlin in Coca-Cola 600

Pit street was a serious key in each of Denny Hamlin’s wins within the 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season at Martinsville and Darlington. In Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600, nonetheless, it was the No. 11 workforce’s downfall. 

On Hamlin’s final scheduled pit cease, a problem with the second gas can ended up with Hamlin having considerably much less gas than these round him. Hamlin, who was operating second, was compelled to pit from the highest 5 within the closing laps and finally completed sixteenth. 

“You may’t change the consequence, it’s important to stay with it,” Hamlin informed Prime Video. “They’re the professionals. I am not a pit man. We had a terrific automobile, enjoyable battling up entrance. It was a heck of a battle, would’ve liked to have seen it by, however we did not get sufficient gasoline in it and needed to come again in.” 

Hamlin battled with William Byron and Carson Hocevar for the race lead late in Stage 3, however Byron held Hamlin off for the stage win. Earlier than Hamlin needed to make his last pit cease in Stage 4, eventual race winner Ross Chastain obtained round Hamlin earlier than chasing down Byron for the victory. 

Hamlin led 53 laps on the night time and earned a complete of twenty-two stage factors earlier than a disappointing fourth and last stage.