Denny Hamlin: ‘Just ran out of time’ after falling short to Blaney

Denny Hamlin recaps his day from Pocono Raceway and what it means to pick up some momentum after a second-place effort.

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00:001.3 seconds behind Blaney. What more could you have done to catch him in the final laps?

00:08Never lose a race. Always run out of time. That's just part of it. Track position is

00:13such a big thing. When the 12 jumped on that stage that we won, that put them in front

00:19of us and certainly was going to be hard to pass. Just not enough laps really of green

00:23there towards the end. That's off to them. Great run. He kept great pace up there towards

00:29the front. Really hard for me to even try to get close to reeling them in. Great job

00:34this whole Mavis tires and brakes team. Dave and about 100 associates here today. Proud

00:42to host them. Shame we couldn't get to victory lane. Another day.

00:47Led 31 laps. Race high. You've been so successful here. What does this performance mean for

00:51this race team? You won a stage. How does this drive momentum for you guys going forward?

00:55We're in such a terrible slump. I mean, we were terrible for a month and a half or so

01:00in our finishes, not our performance. But yeah, it just feels good to have to have at

01:04least a solid day leaving here. I only care about winning, but still, this kind of rebound

01:11is something that at least makes me feel a little better. Solid data can build some momentum

01:14for Denny in this 11 team.