After two decades of near misses, Denny Hamlin enters Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway with the weight of unfinished business on his shoulders. The Joe Gibbs Racing veteran, now in his 20th full-time season, has come agonizingly close to the sport’s ultimate prize several times, most notably in 2019 and 2020, only […]The post NASCAR Championship Qualifying: Denny Hamlin Sets Expectations Straight After Winning Pole appeared first on EssentiallySports.