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Denny Hamlin

Bubba Burger 250 – Richmond International Raceway

· Denny Hamlin will make his 125th career Nationwide Series this weekend when he climbs behind the wheel of the #20 Sport Clips Toyota Camry at his hometown track of Richmond International Raceway

· Friday night’s Bubba Burger 250 marks Hamlin’s 11th Cup start at the .75-mile track. To date, he has recorded one win, two top-five and five top-ten finishes at Richmond.

· Hamlin won at Richmond in his seventh-career Nationwide Series start at Richmond on May 2, 2008.

· Friday night’s race will be Hamlin’s second start in the Nationwide Series in this season. He recorded a ninth-place finish at Las Vegas on March 5th.

· Sport Clips will serve as the primary sponsor for Hamlin and the #20 Toyota this weekend at Richmond. Sport Clips is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas and has more than 750 Sport Clips locations in 38 states. The franchise has ranked in the top 50 “fastest growing” for the seventh straight year in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Franchise 500”, in the top 10 in Forbes’ “Top 20 Franchises To Start”, and in the top 50 in Dun & Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com “2011 AllBusiness AllStars”

Hamlin on Racing at Richmond:

“Richmond is my favorite place to race. It’s my hometown track and a place where I have had some of the biggest wins of my career. It’s been a while since I have won there in the Nationwide Series so I am excited to get back into the #20 Sport Clips Toyota this weekend. It’s always fun to get in these Joe Gibbs Racing Nationwide cars and I feel like a big part of the development of this team. I drove this #20 car for a long time early in my career and it still means a lot to me.”

“It’s exciting to have Sport Clips on board this weekend and also as a supporter of my foundation race. They have been with Gibbs for a long time now supporting the Nationwide teams and they’ve had a lot of success. They are big race fans I am hoping to give them another good race this weekend.”

“Every time I come back to Richmond it’s a busy weekend but this weekend is especially big. Between my Denny Hamlin Foundation race on Thursday, the Nationwide Race on Friday and the Sprint Cup race on Saturday night there is a lot of racing – and great competition. It’s certainly going to be a unique experience for me and I hope the fans will come out for all three races.”

Look for Joe Gibbs Racing teams sponsored by Sport Clips at the following races

· Sprint Cup Series – May 7, 2011 – Darlington Raceway – #11 Denny Hamlin

· Nationwide Series – July 1, 2011 – Daytona International Speedway – #20 Joey Logano

· Nationwide Series – Sept. 17, 2011 – Chicagoland Speedway – #20 Joey Logano

· Nationwide Series – Oct. 1, 2011 – Dover International Speedway – #20 Joey Logano

- Joe Gibbs Racing Press Release