For the most part, there is very little Denny Hamlin can do about Kyle Larson opening the Chase for the Championship with a 2.2 average finish.
Sure, he gave away roughly 15 to 20 points last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team has done more to take the championship lead away than the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 team has done to lose it.