After two decades of near misses, Denny Hamlin enters Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway with the weight of unfinished business on his shoulders. The Joe Gibbs Racing veteran, now in his 20th full-time season, has come agonizingly close to the sport’s ultimate prize several times, most notably in 2019 and 2020, only to watch the championship slip away in the closing laps.

But now, he’s almost there. Denny Hamlin has won the pole position at Phoenix. His path to redemption may finally run straight through the Arizona desert, one last chance to turn that legacy into legend.

Hamlin is one step closer to the title

Denny Hamlin fired the first shot of Championship weekend, scorching Phoenix for the pole in a lap that screamed intent. The Joe Gibbs Racing vet laid dow

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