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NASCAR Las Vegas Race Results: Denny Hamlin Is Winner, Plus Full Leaderboard
Hamlin’s 60th win marked his sixth victory this season and clinched the first Championship 4 spot amid personal challenges, including his father’s serious illness, officials said.
- On October 12, 2025, Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, earning his 60th career NASCAR Cup Series victory and second 2025 playoff win.
- Facing legal and personal pressures, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing driver, raced amid a contentious lawsuit with NASCAR and while Dennis Hamlin, Hamlin's 75-year-old father, has been seriously ill.
- After Larson had led 129 of 267 laps, Hamlin surged in the final five laps to overtake Chase Briscoe and took the lead from Larson with four laps to go, winning by 1.533 seconds.
- The result also marked a career milestone as Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing driver, tied Kevin Harvick, fellow Cup driver, with 60 wins and was visibly emotional after the race.
- As the playoffs move forward, Denny Hamlin leads the points heading to the YellaWood 500 at Talladega on Oct. 19; William Byron sits 15 points below the playoff cutline after a late crash.
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The South Point 400 at Las Vegas had all the makings of a playoff classic. It had intensity, desperation, and one moment that flipped the race on its head. With just 26 laps to go, Christopher Bell tagged teammate Ty Gibbs from behind, sending the No. 54 spinning across the frontstretch. What followed was pure chaos: an 11-car pileup that swallowed up contenders like Shane van Gisbergen and turned the race into a slow-motion mess under caution. …
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How Denny Hamlin’s emotional win at Las Vegas has him back in title contention
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NASCAR Driver With Violent History Gets Handsy Again, Driver Nearly Impaled & Race Wife's 6-Pack/Bikini Combo
While most of America was gearing up for Lions-Chiefs, us GRINDERS were watching Denny Hamlin beat our favorite drivers. A 5:30 race on a Sunday in the fall? My God. That one was for the sickos yesterday. I actually went to look for the race during the 1 p.m. slate of games, mainly because I couldn't take the Dolphins anymore. What a miserable, rotten franchise. Gross. Anyway, I flipped on over to the USA Network looking for a NASCAR cleanse, an…
Hamlin opens NASCAR Round of Eight with victory
(Las Vegas, NV) — Denny Hamlin will race for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. The driver of the No. 11 car secured a spot in the finale after cruising to a South Point 400 win from Las Vegas to kick off the Round of Eight. Kyle Larson, Cristopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top-five finishers. The playoffs continue on Sunday from classic Talladega.
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Denny Hamlin captures 60th career victory with South Point 400 win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Denny Hamlin captured his 60th career NASCAR Cup Series victory in the South Point 400 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday. Hamlin's milestone win punched his ticket to the Championship 4 finale in Phoenix as well as placing him among the sport's elite. Driving the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Hamlin started from the pole position, keeping alive a trend that has now seen 11 of the last 12 Las Vegas winners start inside …
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