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2016 Season in Review: Denny Hamlin

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series DAYTONA 500

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 21: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 21, 2016 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Denny Hamlin

CREW CHIEF:

TEAM: Joe Gibbs Racing

POINTS: 6th

WINS: 3 (Daytona 500, Watkins Glen, Richmond II)

LAPS LED: 524

Top 5s: 12

TOP 10s: 22 (career best)

POLES: 1 (Richmond II)

WHAT WENT RIGHT: Won the Daytona 500 by .01 seconds, the closest margin in race history ... Won at Watkins Glen International for his first road course win ... Earned his third Richmond win ... Career-best average finish of 11.8 ... Has won at least one race in all 11 full-time Cup Series seasons ... Qualified for the Chase and advanced to the third round ... Enjoyed a nine-race stretch of top-10 finishes.

WHAT WENT WRONG: Missed a chance to win at Sonoma after being passed by Tony Stewart on the final turn ... Recorded four DNFs (Martinsville I, Kansas I, Michigan I and Charlotte II).

WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2016: His 12th full-time Cup Series season, all of which have been in the No. 11 for Joe Gibbs Racing.