Hamlin knows importance of points racing in late-summer stretch
Denny Hamlin, who has made the Chase in two of his three full-time seasons in Cup, heads into Sunday's race tied with Greg Biffle for 10th and just 83 points ahead of 13th-place Clint Bowyer."We're performing OK now," Hamlin said of his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing team. "I'd say we're at about a C-plus level as far as our on-track performance."We're good enough to make the Chase based on how we've run week to week," he added. "If we just have another top-10 run like we ran last week (eighth at Watkins Glen), and do what we have to do, we'll race them once we get into the Chase."The regular season will end Sept. 8 at Richmond, just four races away."We just need to make sure we don't have to rely on racing our way in that last race because you never know what can happen," Hamlin said. "In a short track, you can get caught up doing just about anything. We've got to play it safe right now."And going for wins in the next few races probably isn't in the cards, either."No, we can't afford it," Hamlin said. "Not in the position we're in right now. We've got to solely try to get top-10 finishes. If we can do that, we should be fine."
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