Denny Hamlin breaks tie with Kevin Harvick, 10th all-time on NASCAR wins list
LAS VEGAS – With his win in the Pennzoil 400 Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin officially moved to 10th all-time on the NASCAR wins list, breaking his tie with 2014 series champion Kevin Harvick.
Hamlin’s 134 laps led propelled him to his first win of the 2026 campaign and the 61st of his career.
“It was cool for them (his family) to get to experience my latest win,” Hamlin said to The Racing Experts about what he would remember most about the win.
Additionally, Hamlin said he would remember the drive through the field, overcoming the speeding penalty in Stage 1.
Harvick and Hamlin raced against each other in the Cup Series from 2005 to 2023.
Hamlin has the most victories among drivers who have never won a NASCAR Cup Series title. Ahead of Hamlin is his former Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch, who has 63 wins.
The next race for the NASCAR Cup Series is scheduled for Sunday, March 22, at Darlington Raceway.
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
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