Hamlin toughs it out
On a bad knee and all, Denny Hamlin prevailed as the winner of the 2010 Samsung
Oddsmakers from online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com gave Hamlin 15/1 odds to win Monday’s race, meaning a bet of $100 on Hamlin will pay out $1,500.
Hamlin wasn’t in contention until late in the race when a crash set up a final sprint to the finish with 12 laps remaining. That is where Hamlin got to the front and held off Jimmie Johnson for the victory. Johnson finished second.
It was Hamlin second win in his last three races and pushes Hamlin up seven spots in the standings to 11th place, 275 points behind Johnson for the lead.
Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five.
The big crash included Jeff Gordon, who led 124 laps of the race, and pole sitter Tony Stewart, who had 8/1 odds after finishing first in Friday’s qualifying.
2010
Finish-Car Number-Driver
1 Denny Hamlin
2 Jimmie Johnson
3 Kyle Busch
4 Kurt Busch
5 Kasey Kahne
6 Mark Martin
7 Kevin Harvick
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
9 Martin Truex Jr.
10 Greg Biffle
11 Ryan Newman
12 Jeff
13 AJ Allmendinger
14 Brad Keselowski
15 David Ragan
16 Scott Speed
17 Marcos Ambrose
18 Elliott Sadler
19 Sam Hornish Jr.
20 Matt Kenseth
21 Regan Smith
22 Max Papis
23 Bobby Labonte
24 Travis Kvapil
25 Bill Elliott
26 Robby Gordon
27 Kevin Conway
28 Joey Logano
29 David Gilliland
30 Jamie McMurray
31 Jeff Gordon
32 Tony Stewart
33 Carl Edwards
34 Juan Pablo Montoya
35 Paul Menard
36 Clint Bowyer
37 David Reutimann
38 Brian Vickers
39 Reed Sorenson
40 Joe Nemechek
41 Michael McDowell
42 Mike Bliss
43 Dave Blaney
Posted: 4/19/10 5:07PM ET
