When he got home in Georgia, he found out that he had won the race, after finishing third in the race.
At this point.
Denny Hamlin's victory and Kyle Busch's runner-up finish on Sunday were stripped by NASCAR due to their Toyotas failing inspection. Emanuel Zervakis' victory at Wilson Speedway in North Carolina was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank, and Hamlin was the first Cup winner to be disqualified in over 50 years.
The Toyotas were sent to NASCAR's research and development center in North Carolina for further evaluation and it could take a week to sort out the winner or other penalties.
The winner of Sunday's race was given his fourth win of the season without the leader ever leading a lap. Even if he doesn't feel good about it, the series points leader will take the win.
"I was surprised by it more than anything, I suppose," he said. I don't think any driver would want to do that. I definitely do not.
When the NASCAR inspection team found issues in both Toyotas, Hamlin and the rest of the field left the track.
There was no reason why the material should have been in that location. Brad Moran is the managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series.
The owner of the team said he was shocked by the ruling and that his organization would review every part of the process that led to the situation.
Pushing the edge of the rule book has been a part of NASCAR's culture. In an effort to squash cheating, NASCAR stiffened its punishments. The inspectors nailed the JGR drivers on Sunday. NASCAR made sure that postrace inspections would take place at the track instead of at the research and development center.
Postrace fines, point deductions and/or suspensions were imposed on winning teams if they were found in violation of the rules. Drivers did not have victories taken away from them until then.
Even though Team Penske's car was found to have broken rules at the R&D center, JoeyLogano was able to keep his win in the race. The win was not counted towards the consideration of the playoffs.
Hamlin will not be so fortunate. He lost this third win of the season, his record seventh victory at Pocono and a 49th career win that would have tied him with three-time champion Tony Stewart.
Hamlin will likely be the winner of multiple gambling sites regardless of NASCAR's judgement. According to the house rules, bets are settled on the result of the podium presentation. Fantasy players can get murky.
The NASCAR fantasy contests are settled the next day.
The breakdown was done this way.
The first place winner received 43 points.
Kyle Busch was given five points for finishing in 36th place because of failing post race inspection.
Hamlin finished 35th in fantasy points.
The points penalties and fines that NASCAR imposed on Zervakis in 1960 were much harsher. After he won the race without a pit stop, officials held up his purse of $1,275, which was more than the technical rating of his car. Weatherly was the winner.
The most popular driver in NASCAR said he was moving on after finishing third in the race. He doesn't want the trophy.
"I don't want to celebrate someone's misfortune." It doesn't make sense to me. I crossed the line three times. I'm looking at it that way.
Hamlin and Elliott will be paid out by DraftKings.
Johnny Avello said that if there is a change in the official result of the race, all previous winners will stand and new winners will be settled as won.
According to the official order of finish, Hamlin and Busch finished 35th and 36th, respectively, and all of the bets were settled.
The AP information was used.
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