

Elliott has won two races, and it was team boss Rick Hendrick who just this week used victory totals ( Hendrick driver Alex Bowman four wins Hamlin two for Gibbs ) when asked for response to Hamlin calling Bowman “a hack.”

This year, Hendrick Motorsports has won 16 of 35 races, nine from Larson in his NASCAR comeback. Taylor Decker trending towards playing against SteelersĮast Lansing football players subjected to obscenities at South Lyon High School Travel trouble: US Olympians face uncertain road to BeijingĬollege football coaching carousel spinning faster than ever NFL Halfway Awards: Can winners sustain success? 9 team got hot late in the playoff stretch and won three of the last five races, including the Phoenix finale under a format that rewards late-season success. But who comes out as the top dog at Hendrick, winner of 16 races this year and NASCAR’s winningest team, is one of the more intriguing layers of the first sold-out finale since the race moved to Phoenix last year.Įlliott last season not only advanced to his first championship race, but he then won the whole thing to earn Hendrick its first championship since Jimmie Johnson’s record-tying seventh in 2016. Yes, Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr.
