NASCAR CUP SERIES: SHRINERS CHILDREN'S 500

March 9, 2025

Denny Hamlin

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Closest finish in the history of Phoenix. Describe the frustration. Best run of the year.

DENNY HAMLIN: Yeah, great job out of this Sport Clips team. Got better and better as it went. Pit crew did a phenomenal job to keep us in the game when we had a bad stop in the middle. They made up for it at the end.

First time we were able to get some clean air all day. Obviously our car was really fast. Really kind of wanted it to stay green there 'cause I thought in the long runs is really where we were going to be able to excel, especially on these tires.

But we got a good restart. The 5 really gave me a great push on the frontstretch on the restart, down the backstretch.

I had kind of position on the 20. I knew he was going to ship it in there. He had to use me. He could. Obviously we just kind of ran out of racetrack there.

Great finish. Great job by the whole Joe Gibbs team to give us some fast cars.