Denny Hamlin has been racing at NASCAR's highest level for a long time. He made his first playoff appearance in 2006, and since then, he has been a part of the champion battle every single year except for 2013 (he missed several races due to a back injury that year).
“It’s just another chance to roll the dice," said Hamlin ahead of his 19th attempt to win NASCAR's biggest prize, taking part in Playoff Media Day. "That’s it. I don’t feel any better or any worse than what I have last year or the year before that or the year before that. They’re all very, very similar. I feel as though our team is as strong as it’s ever been, but we’ve seen in the short sample size, it’s just a matter of whether you get unlucky at times or you catch a caution at the right time or not. Do you stub your toe on pit road? Those are the small things that decide whether you move on in the playoffs or not.”
