Denny Hamlin’s championship hopes have faded once again. The No. 11 Toyota Camry has been on a stretch of bad runs with mechanical gremlins. Hamlin had to deal with a clutch issue at Kansas, and then in Martinsville, the engine concerns forced him out of the race. While those issues didn’t spoil his march to Phoenix, today’s issues just made his path more challenging.

Starting the race weekend, the JGR driver complained of having issues with the clutch on the No. 11 Progressive Camry. The #11 team tried what they could in the short span of time and got the car back running. Hamlin getting the pole was a positive sight, and everyone thought the issues had been resolved. But after the green flag dropped in Phoenix, the #11 team radio buzzed with a similar complaint.

“Clutch Pedal is long,”

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