Hamlin’s history is littered with playoff woes. Sunday’s late caution brought back memories of the 2014 season finale at Homestead when two cautions in the last 15 laps doomed Hamlin and led to Kevin Harvick winning the championship.

Kyle Larson won the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series title without leading a lap Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Here's how it all shook out.

Denny Hamlin was on the verge of finally winning a NASCAR Cup Series championship until contender's tire issue changed everything.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it,” Paulo Coelho famously once wrote in The Alchemist. And for Denny Hamlin, the 2025 NASCAR season felt like living proof of that idea.

Denny Hamlin seemed destined for his first NASCAR Cup Series Championship on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway until a caution with three laps to go derailed the No. 11 team\\\"s title hopes. Hamlin led seven times for 208 laps and fired past his three Championship 4 counterparts on a restart with 27 laps to go and

Denny Hamlin was admittedly 'shocked' after losing out on the NASCAR Cup Series championship on a day where he was extremely dominant at Phoenix Raceway.

Denny Hamlin took his seat at the podium in the deadline room at Phoenix Raceway, after another championship got away. “I really don’t have much for emotion right now,” he said.

Chasing a cup title at the age of 44 is no easy feat, and Denny Hamlin knows all about it. Hamlin’s 60th career win is what has led him to this very moment at Phoenix this weekend.

The 20-year veteran driver won pole at Phoenix Raceway for Sunday’s winner-take-all NASCAR championship finale.