Denny Hamlin captured his fifth win of the season in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 as the Round of 8 was set for the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoffs.
Hamlin was able to stay ahead of the field over two overtime finishes to score his second career Kansas Cup win. He led 153 of 277 laps on his way to the win and will be the third in points after the reset going to Martinsville next week, a track he’s won at five times.
Brad Keselowski suffered problems over the last two laps of the final overtime to slide back in the running order and was eliminated from the playoff picture. Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer and William Byron were also knocked out of the playoffs.
The Round of 8 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs kicks off next Sunday at Martinsville with Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Jr., Hamlin, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ryan Blaney making up the eight drivers.
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– story by Pete Pistone
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Playoff Standings as of 10/21/2019.
1. Kyle Busch
2. Martin Truex, Jr.
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Joey Logano
5. Kevin Harvick
6. Chase Elliott
7. Kyle Larson
8. Ryan Blaney
— eliminated at the end of Round of 12 —
9. Brad Keselowski
10. William Byron
11. Clint Bowyer
12. Alex Bowman
— eliminated at the end of Round of 16 —
13. Aric Almirola
14. Ryan Newman
15. Kurt Busch
16. Erik Jones
For the complete driver standings, please visit the official page on nascar.com.
