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Driver Name: Denny Hamlin
Car #: 11
Make: Toyota
Season Debut: 2006 (First-Full Season)
Number of Championships: 0
# of Career Starts: 434
# of Career Poles: 25
# of Career Wins: 31
# of Career Top 5s: 132
# of Career Top 10s: 218
# of Career DNFs: 37
# of Career laps led: 8,884
Career Average Finish: 14.1
Career Average Start: 12.8
# of 2017 Wins: 2
# of 2017 Top 5s: 15
# of 2017 Top 10s: 22
# of 2017 Poles: 2
# of 2017 DNFs: 4
# of 2017 laps led: 710
2017 Average Finish: 11.6
2017 Average Start: 8.4
2017 Fantasy Recap - I know a lot of people will solely remember his rivalry with Chase Elliott, but it goes much deeper than that. He had a great season in 2017. Not only did he make the chase again, but he was one of the hottest drivers in the series in 2nd half of the season again. That trend has been obvious over the past couple seasons. He start off slow, but after the month of May, then he really start to put together the finishes. In 2017, he was on quite of tear. From Michigan (15th race of the season) through Texas (34th race of the season), he was nearly unstoppable. During that 20-race span, he compiled 15 Top 7 finishes. While 13 of those 15 finishes ended up inside the top 5! That's 65% of the time during that 20-race span. He ended up finishing 6th in the standings, after being eliminated after the Phoenix race. I think a lot of that has to do with his battle with Chase Elliott. If Elliott didn't race him like he did (saw that coming, too), then maybe he would have found a way to advance. But in Elliott's defense, he only raced him like he felt he was raced at Martinsville. So I cannot blame him, but still that rivalry had an impact on the playoffs'. Overall, it was a very solid season for Denny Hamlin!
Strong Tracks - Darlington, Martinsville, New Hampshire, Chicago, Kentucky and Homestead
Weak Tracks - Cali and Kansas
Yahoo Grouping Tier: A-list Grouping
2018 Fantasy Outlook - I am sort of interested how quickly Hamlin will start off in 2018, because the last couple seasons he has started off really slow. Of course, then he really started to wheel off the top 5 finishes and wins. Will that be the same trend in 2018? As much as I hate agreeing with trends like this, he haven't given us anything to believe otherwise though. When do I expect him to be strongest at? I think he will be stout as usually on the intermediate tracks. You can expect some inconsistency early on, but I do think he will eventually find his footing as we further into the season. But places like Martinsville, New Hampshire, Phoneix and Richmond are the tracks where I think he will be a stud on. For years, he has proven he is one of the best series on. At times, he may have lost the edge at these places. But personally, I think he at the peak of his career after those down years in 2013 and 2014.
*All stats are from DriverAverages.com
Twitter - @JeffNathans18
Driver Name: Denny Hamlin
Car #: 11
Make: Toyota
Season Debut: 2006 (First-Full Season)
Number of Championships: 0
# of Career Starts: 434
# of Career Poles: 25
# of Career Wins: 31
# of Career Top 5s: 132
# of Career Top 10s: 218
# of Career DNFs: 37
# of Career laps led: 8,884
Career Average Finish: 14.1
Career Average Start: 12.8
# of 2017 Wins: 2
# of 2017 Top 5s: 15
# of 2017 Top 10s: 22
# of 2017 Poles: 2
# of 2017 DNFs: 4
# of 2017 laps led: 710
2017 Average Finish: 11.6
2017 Average Start: 8.4
2017 Fantasy Recap - I know a lot of people will solely remember his rivalry with Chase Elliott, but it goes much deeper than that. He had a great season in 2017. Not only did he make the chase again, but he was one of the hottest drivers in the series in 2nd half of the season again. That trend has been obvious over the past couple seasons. He start off slow, but after the month of May, then he really start to put together the finishes. In 2017, he was on quite of tear. From Michigan (15th race of the season) through Texas (34th race of the season), he was nearly unstoppable. During that 20-race span, he compiled 15 Top 7 finishes. While 13 of those 15 finishes ended up inside the top 5! That's 65% of the time during that 20-race span. He ended up finishing 6th in the standings, after being eliminated after the Phoenix race. I think a lot of that has to do with his battle with Chase Elliott. If Elliott didn't race him like he did (saw that coming, too), then maybe he would have found a way to advance. But in Elliott's defense, he only raced him like he felt he was raced at Martinsville. So I cannot blame him, but still that rivalry had an impact on the playoffs'. Overall, it was a very solid season for Denny Hamlin!
Strong Tracks - Darlington, Martinsville, New Hampshire, Chicago, Kentucky and Homestead
Weak Tracks - Cali and Kansas
Yahoo Grouping Tier: A-list Grouping
2018 Fantasy Outlook - I am sort of interested how quickly Hamlin will start off in 2018, because the last couple seasons he has started off really slow. Of course, then he really started to wheel off the top 5 finishes and wins. Will that be the same trend in 2018? As much as I hate agreeing with trends like this, he haven't given us anything to believe otherwise though. When do I expect him to be strongest at? I think he will be stout as usually on the intermediate tracks. You can expect some inconsistency early on, but I do think he will eventually find his footing as we further into the season. But places like Martinsville, New Hampshire, Phoneix and Richmond are the tracks where I think he will be a stud on. For years, he has proven he is one of the best series on. At times, he may have lost the edge at these places. But personally, I think he at the peak of his career after those down years in 2013 and 2014.
*All stats are from DriverAverages.com
Twitter - @JeffNathans18