Denny Hamlin's chances at completing the crown jewel sweep have been dampened, after a wreck in Saturday's qualifying session at Indianapolis motor Speedway.

Denny Hamlin topped Saturday’s abbreviated NASCAR Cup Series practice for the Brickyard 400 – going fastest with a lap of 182.039mph (49.44s). The Joe Gibbs Racing driver jumped to the top of the board in the final few minutes of the session.

What a hit! Denny Hamlin was more than two-tenths up on the pole time, and then he found himself in the wall. Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been unforgiving to these NASCAR drivers, and Hamlin had an all-time great qualifying run end early.

Neil Paine explains why this is one of Denny Hamlin's best title chances yet and ponders how many more the 44-year-old driver might get.

It is Briscoe’s fifth pole of the season and the seventh of his Cup Series career.

Elam, now in his first training camp with the Cowboys, was a member of the Bills defense and says the hit happened “right in front” of him.

At age 44, Denny Hamlin is the oldest full-time competitor in NASCAR’s Cup Series and with 58 career victories he’s the one the younger Toyota drivers often watch and emulate while developing their racing craft.

Denny Hamlin partnered up with Chase Briscoe at JGR for the 2025 season onwards. Briscoe had some difficult shoes to fill as he replaced the outgoing Martin Truex Jr.

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