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Denny Hamlin won the Enjoy Illinois 300, securing his spot in the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

Josh Berry, Alex Bowman, Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Dillon are below the playoff cutline with one race left in the first round.

Denny Hamlin is one step closer to an ever-elusive NASCAR championship.

The 44-year-old ensured his spot in the second round of the Cup Series playoffs, the Round of 12, with a victory in the Enjoy Illinois 300 at World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday, Sept. 7. He led an event-best 75 laps and finished a second and a half in front of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Chase Briscoe.

Briscoe won last week at Darlington .

“All I can do is keep being a student of the game, keep trying to get better,” Hamlin said of his s

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