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1 13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota
2 8 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevrolet
3 7 16 Greg Biffle 3MWraps.com Ford
4 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
5 28 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge
6 12 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Brown Toyota
7 25 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Filters Toyota
8 30 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet
9 1 55 Mark Martin Aaron’s Toyota
10 9 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota

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RACE RECAP | PHOENIX
10 Joey Logano
9 Mark Martin (pole sitter)
8 Jeff Gordon
7 Martin Truex Jr.
6 Kyle Busch
5 Brad Keselowski
4 Jimmie Johnson
3 Greg Biffle
2 Kevin Harvick

VICTORY LANE

1 Denny Hamlin takes home his 18th career win, first at Phoenix, with the help of his new crew chief Darian Grubb. Oh and by the way, is now the points leader.

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (December 9, 2011) – Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announces today that Darian Grubb has been named crew chief for its No. 11 FedEx Toyota NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team.
“Darian is a great addition to our organization and person to lead our No. 11 FedEx team,” said Joe Gibbs, owner of Joe Gibbs Racing. “Obviously he has proven the ability to guide a team to a championship and we are excited to have him working with Denny (Hamlin) toward achieving that goal here at Joe Gibbs Racing.”

Grubb is coming off an impressive championship run with driver Tony Stewart at Stewart-Haas Racing which included winning five of the 10 Chase races en route to capturing the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title. He spent the past three seasons as crew chief for Stewart on the No. 14 car after the driver left JGR to start his own race operation. Prior to joining Stewart-Haas Racing,

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(October 29, 2011)

MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Making excellent use of a fresh set of tires, Denny Hamlin drove through the field after a pit stop on Lap 134 and won Saturday’s Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in his only start this year.

Ron Hornaday Jr. ran second to make a small dent in the advantage on series points leader Austin Dillon, who finished third. Johnny Sauter ran fourth, followed by rookie Joey Coulter and Kevin Harvick.

The victory was Hamlin’s first in the series in 12 starts, adding the driver of the No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota to the list of drivers, now 23 in number, who have won at least one race in each of NASCAR’s top three series.

“It’s a big deal for me, more than what people probably think,” said Hamlin, who has run one truck race per year in 2009, 2010 and 2011. “When they think we go down to these different series—Nationwide and truck—and we’re just going down there to try to get wins, from my standpoint, it’s very, very tough.

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