Overview

• A late four-tire call from crew chief Chris Gayle with 14 laps to go set up Hamlin’s charge from 10th to the lead, as he passed Chase Briscoe and then held off Kyle Larson.
• Hamlin dedicated the victory to his ailing father and recounted the financial sacrifices his family made to launch his career.
• Larson led a race-high 129 laps but finished second, noting Hamlin’s outside pass was an uncommon move that caught him by surprise.
• A lap-236 crash as William Byron struck a pitting Ty Dillon both ended Byron’s bid and created the caution that reset strategy, leaving Byron 15 points below the cutline.
• The result reshaped the Round of 8: Christopher Bell finished third, Briscoe fourth and now 15 points above the cut; Ryan Blaney crashed after a cut tire and is 31 points down, and Joey Logano’s sixth-place finish keeps him 24 points below.