It wasn’t Denny Hamlin’s fault. No way, no how.

By all measures, Hamlin would’ve, could’ve, and should’ve won Sunday’s season-ending NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. Now that we’ve had some time to mull over and try to digest how things transpired, it clearly wasn’t Hamlin’s fault that he failed to finish ahead of Kyle Larson to win what would have been Hamlin’s first career Cup crown, something he’s been waiting more than 20 years to earn.

And now he must wait at least another year to try again – if he is able to reach the Championship 4 round again (or however NASCAR may call the final round of the playoffs if rumored format changes become reality next season).

Hamlin and his No. 11 Toyota should have won Sunday’s race without question. He had the most dominant race

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