Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin outran Kyle Busch and an impending rainstorm Saturday night, Feb. 3, earning the season’s first win in the Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum in Los Angeles.
After Michael McDowell and Ross Chastain created a late caution with 10 laps remaining, JGR teammate Ty Gibbs led but Hamlin passed him, withstood a charge by Gibbs and Busch, and appeared to win as Gibbs wrecked after taking the white flag.
