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Did Kyle Larson win the NASCAR Cup or has Denny Hamlin lost it?

Denny Hamlin said the NASCAR Cup title fight is a bit of both sides: he acknowledges his own mistakes, such as Michael McDowell hitting him from behind at Darlington and the flat tyre at Phoenix, but also credits Kyle Larson, who has three wins in eight playoff starts. Three more points for Larson on Sunday end the fight.

By RedaçãoPublished: 10/31/2026, 17:43

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Denny Hamlin não vê a disputa do título como uma história de mão única. Perguntado se perdeu o campeonato ou se Kyle Larson o tomou, o piloto da Joe Gibbs Racing disse que a verdade está em algum lugar no meio.

“Acho que é um pouco dos dois”, disse Hamlin em Martinsville. “Sinceramente acredito que é um pouco dos dois. Penso no que poderíamos ter feito diferente. Sei que em Las Vegas eu certamente poderia ter feito algo diferente. Fiquei sem dúvida decepcionado com o resultado em Darlington, quando Michael (McDowell) bateu na nossa traseira e nos tirou daquela. E você sabe do pneu furado (em Phoenix). Quer dizer, podemos discutir de quem é a culpa, mas acho que é só uma dessas coisas.” Em oito largadas nos playoffs, Larson tem três vitórias, e começou a Chase como sétimo cabeça de chave. Hamlin observou que uma grande sequência de oito corridas pode remodelar como uma temporada inteira é lembrada — e que a equipe do carro 5 merece o crédito por uma campanha histórica.

“Acho que o que todos nós subestimamos é que a grandiosidade de oito corridas pode realmente mudar a narrativa da temporada inteira”, disse.

Ele ainda não acha que os modelos estavam errados: Larson é uma exceção, dado o talento dele e a força da equipe, e um piloto que começa os playoffs em décimo normalmente não conseguiria engatar o ritmo que o carro 5 engatou.

Na matemática, mais três pontos de Larson no domingo encerrariam as chances de Hamlin; mesmo vitórias nas duas últimas provas lhe dariam cerca de 60% de chance estatística.

“Tem que haver um fim de semana catastrófico em algum lugar no meio disso”, disse Hamlin. “Tem que começar aqui, sinceramente, para ter chance, e mesmo assim a chance continua limitada.”

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