The 2024 NASCAR Cup Collection season has already taken a significant flip at Martinsville Speedway.
Denny Hamlin was quick in Saturday’s apply session at Martinsville, topping the velocity charts early. Nonetheless, a crash in apply modified the complexion of Hamlin’s season — and the outlook of the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs as a complete.
Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota suffered a hung throttle going into flip three, which despatched the automobile spinning on nook entry. The rear of Hamlin’s Camry hit the skin wall laborious, crumpling the sheet metallic and rendering the No. 11 workforce — with a quick automobile that completed apply third — incapable of creating a qualifying lap.