Denny Hamlin, awaiting son's birth, wins at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Denny Hamlin outlasted the contention astatine Michigan International Speedway, winning his 3rd NASCAR Cup Series contention this play and the 57th of his vocation connected Sunday.

Hamlin, successful the No. 11 Toyota, went debased to walk William Byron connected the 197th of 200 laps and pulled distant from the pack.

The 44-year-old was prepared to permission his squad to articulation his fiancée, Jordan Fish, who is owed to springiness commencement to their 3rd child, a boy.

Hamlin said helium would skip adjacent week's contention successful Mexico City if indispensable to witnesser the birth. He's besides co-owner of 23XI Racing with Michael Jordan, which is progressive successful a suit against NASCAR.

Chris Buescher finished second, followed by Ty Gibbs, Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson.

Pole-sitter Chase Briscoe was retired beforehand until Byron passed him connected thigh 12. Buescher pulled up connected thigh 36 and stayed up beforehand to triumph his archetypal signifier this season.

Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott took turns with the pb earlier a clang involving Alex Bowman brought retired the reddish emblem connected thigh 67.

Byron took the pb again aft a restart connected thigh 78 arsenic portion of his beardown commencement and surged to the beforehand again to triumph the 2nd stage.

Carson Hocevar took the pb connected thigh 152 and was informed soon thereafter that helium didn't person capable substance to finish, but that became moot due to the fact that a level tyre forced him into the pits with 18 laps to go.

Rough times for Bowman

Bowman deed a partition with the beforehand extremity of his No. 48 Chevrolet arsenic portion of a multi-car clang successful his latest setback.

"That wounded a lot," helium said aft passing a aesculapian evaluation.

Bowman, who drives for Hendrick Motorsports, came to Michigan 12th successful points and volition permission little successful the standings. He has finished 27th oregon worse successful 7 of his past 9 starts and didn't decorativeness for a 3rd clip during the pugnacious stretch.

Reddick rallies Defending contention champion Tyler Reddick qualified 12th, but started past successful the 36-car tract due to the fact that of unapproved adjustments and rallied to decorativeness 13th.

Up next

NASCAR shifts to Mexico City for its archetypal points-paying planetary contention successful modern past connected June 15.