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Denny Hamlin Plays the Ultimate Game of Defense to Win the 2019 Daytona 500 


Denny Hamlin during qualifying for the Daytona 500.
Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack (AP)

Because it almost never works out, most NASCAR drivers don’t want to be the leader going into the final lap in a race at Daytona International Speedway. But Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag in a two-lap overtime shootout in Sunday’s Daytona 500 and made it work, playing the ultimate game of defense to win the race.

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