Denny Hamlin posts career-first third straight win at Pocono
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LONG POND, Pa.—Quite simply, Pocono Raceway’s best was best once again.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin hoisted his record eighth NASCAR Cup Series trophy at the iconic 2.5-mile Pocono track in Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA – his No. 11 JGR Toyota holding off the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota of Tyler Reddick by 1.678-seconds in a dramatic fuel-saving dance to the checkered flag.
The victory marks the first-time in his 21-year fulltime career Hamlin’s won three consecutive races – at Nashville, Michigan and now Pocono. It’s sure been a productive summer for the 45-year-old Virginian who now has 64 series wins – placing him ninth on the sport’s all-time list, breaking a tie with his former teammate, the late two-time series champion Kyle Busch.
“Just so special here,” said a smiling Hamlin of his effort at the iconic Tricky Triangle.
“Just so happy for this whole Joe Gibbs Racing team,” he continued. “This is a team effort. They’ve given me fast cars. The pit crew is flawless right now, we’ve just got it all going.
“I’d say it’s certainly the best we’ve been,” Hamlin said of his team’s current confidence level. “We come to the race track every week knowing that we’ve got a great shot to win. The team is doing an amazing job knowing exactly what I need in the car every week and that’s why we’re winning.”
Now with only 10 races left to set the 16-driver Chase field, Hamlin’s win streak has decisively cut Reddick’s once three-digit lead atop the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings. Reddick is now only 19 points ahead of Hamlin – who along with NBA legend Michael Jordan co-owns Reddick’s team. It’s the smallest margin atop the standings on the year for the five-race winner Reddick.
“It’s a bummer,” conceded Reddick, who rallied from fifth to second place in the closing laps, after concerns of a tire going down on a late race restart.
“We definitely lost time in a couple spots there. Some of it is everyone’s racing hard for track position and some of it is just bad luck, I guess, just where you catch cars.
“We knew qualifying was going to be tricky coming into this and just weren’t able to get stage points – scoring the points we did, just didn’t get the job done.”
Hamlin’s JGR teammate Christopher Bell who gambled with a fuel-saving strategy in the closing laps, was passed by Hamlin with five laps remaining and then ran out of gas just as the field took the white flag. He finished 26th despite his valiant effort on the day, nursing a broken left wrist he suffered in an accident last week at Michigan.
“We were mired back in the 20s so I think it was an amazing call,” Bell said of the gamble, calling the calculated risk “worth it.”
Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron finished third in the No. 24 Chevrolet, followed by Legacy Motor Club’s John Hunter Nemechek – claiming his first top-five finish of the season. His race best 42 laps out front in the No. 42 Toyota Sunday were more laps than he led in either the entire 2024 or 2025 seasons.
Hendrick’s Kyle Larson finished fifth and led laps early. Legacy’s Erik Jones was sixth – his second consecutive top-10 – followed by Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s Chris Buescher, Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain, JGR’s Ty Gibbs and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney.
Henrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott finished 11th – just missing out on a fifth consecutive Pocono top-10. Hamlin won stage one and Front Row Motorsports’ Todd Gilliland claimed the stage two win – his first career stage victory.
With the regular season winding down, points positions to determine which 16 drivers will race for the championship are close. Trackhouse Racing’s Shane Van Gisbergen is 14th, 10 points to the clear of 17th place Brad Keselowski. Jones and Austin Cindric are ranked 15th and 16th – both only four points to the good. Team Penske’s Joey Logano is behind Keselowski, 21 points out of 16th place.
The NASCAR Cup Series will headline a triple-header weekend in Southern California with next Sunday’s inaugural Anduril 250 (4 p.m. ET on Prime Video, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at the Qualcomm Circuit on Naval Base Coronado.
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 16
Race Results for the Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA - Sunday, June 14, 2026
Pocono Raceway - Long Pond, PA - 2.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 160 Laps - 400. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 6/14/2026 @ 04:26 PM Eastern
Stage 1 Stage 2
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Pos Pos Status Tms Laps
1 1 11 Denny Hamlin King's Hawaiian Shake 'Em Bites Toyota 160 1 9 67 Running 4 28
2 16 45 Tyler Reddick SupplyHouse Toyota 160 35 Running 2 24
3 9 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 160 7 38 Running
4 8 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 160 3 41 Running 3 42
5 2 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 160 2 41 Running 1 24
6 7 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 160 8 4 41 Running 1 1
7 6 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford 160 5 37 Running
8 24 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Lime Chevrolet 160 6 34 Running
9 4 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 160 3 36 Running
10 10 12 Ryan Blaney Wabash Ford 160 27 Running 1 3
11 23 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 160 10 27 Running 1 9
12 5 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 160 4 2 41 Running 1 4
13 3 7 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance/Roamly Chevrolet 160 6 8 32 Running
14 17 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Ideal Door Garage Doors Ford 160 23 Running 1 1
15 21 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Pylon Aviation Chevrolet 160 5 28 Running
16 25 35 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota 160 21 Running
17 13 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 160 20 Running
18 14 33 Austin Hill(i) zone Jalapeno Lime Chevrolet 160 10 0 Running
19 29 34 Todd Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 160 1 28 Running 1 6
20 26 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 160 7 21 Running
21 38 23 Bubba Wallace SHADYRAYS Toyota 160 16 Running
22 19 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet 160 15 Running
23 28 88 Connor Zilisch # Roto-Rooter Chevrolet 160 14 Running
24 15 41 Cole Custer Haas/Autodesk Chevrolet 160 13 Running
25 32 3 Austin Dillon BetMGM x Survivor Triple Challenge Chevrolet 160 12 Running
26 22 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 160 11 Running 1 18
27 12 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 160 10 Running
28 35 60 Ryan Preece Trimble Ford 159 9 Running
29 34 78 * Daniel Dye(i) Champion Container Chevrolet 159 0 Running
30 33 51 Cody Ware Rocket Doctor Chevrolet 159 7 Running
31 31 97 Shane Van Gisbergen SuperFile Chevrolet 158 6 Running
32 27 10 Ty Dillon Patriot Mobile Chevrolet 158 5 Running
33 20 21 Josh Berry Capgemini Ford 157 4 Running
34 11 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 156 9 5 Running
35 30 4 Noah Gragson MillerTech/KOA Ford 107 2 Handling
36 36 62 * Casey Mears The Gracie Foundation Chevrolet 105 1 Accident
37 18 38 Zane Smith Long John Silver's Ford 66 1 Handling
38 37 6 Brad Keselowski Castrol Ford 46 1 Accident
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 56 Mins, 36 Secs. Average Speed: 135.9 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.678 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 5, 54, 19, 17, 7, 24, 43, 22, 33
Stage 2 Top 10: 34, 19, 42, 43, 47, 1, 77, 7, 11, 9
Race Comments: Denny Hamlin has won the Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA at Pocono Raceway, his 64th victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: No. 6, 23, 60 (Unapproved Adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 5 for 23 laps; Laps: 32-36 (Stage 1 Conclusion [62]); 42-44 (#38 Incident Turn 1 [None]); 48-52 (#4, 6, 20, 21, 22, 23, 33, 88, 97 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 97-101 (Stage 2 Conclusion [62]); 106-110 (Debris Turn 2 [88]).
Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers; K. Larson 1-24; D. Hamlin 25-33; J. Nemechek 34-36; T. Reddick 37-47; J. Nemechek 48-77; E. Jones 78; C. Elliott 79-87; D. Hamlin 88-90; A. Cindric 91; T. Gilliland 92-97; C. Briscoe 98-101; J. Nemechek 102-110; D. Hamlin 111-121; T. Reddick 122-134; R. Blaney 135-137; C. Bell 138-155; D. Hamlin 156-160.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: June 21, 2026 - San Diego Street Course
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CURRENT NASCAR CUP SERIES STANDINGS
Through June 14, 2026
UNOFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL
1. Tyler Reddick 45 16 0 704 0 0 5 1
2. Denny Hamlin 11 16 0 685 -19 19 4 5
3. Ryan Blaney 12 16 0 539 -165 146 1 1
4. Chase Elliott 9 16 0 509 -195 30 2 2
5. Ty Gibbs 54 16 0 506 -198 3 1 1
6. Kyle Larson 5 16 0 494 -210 12 0 4
7. Chris Buescher 17 16 1 461 -243 33 0 0
8. Daniel Suarez 7 16 1 450 -254 11 1 1
9. Carson Hocevar 77 16 -2 449 -255 1 1 0
10. Christopher Bell 20 16 0 421 -283 28 0 3
11. William Byron 24 16 1 415 -289 6 0 1
12. Chase Briscoe 19 16 1 411 -293 4 0 0
13. Bubba Wallace 23 16 -2 394 -310 17 0 2
14. Shane Van Gisbergen 97 16 0 361 -343 33 1 1
15. Erik Jones 43 16 3 355 -349 6 0 1
16. Austin Cindric 2 16 0 355 -349 0 0 1
17. Brad Keselowski 6 16 -2 351 -353 4 0 2
18. Joey Logano 22 16 -1 334 -370 17 0 0
19. Ryan Preece 60 16 0 322 -382 12 0 1
20. Michael McDowell 71 16 0 306 -398 16 0 0
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