He had to fight off regular-season champion Kyle Larson after Larson made a desperation move on the final turn. Hamlin led the points standings for most of the regular season despite not winning a race. Larson, who has five wins this year, eventually passed him for the title. Hamlin still made the playoffs comfortably, and now he is assured of being in the Round of 12 with his win in the playoff opener. Below is more about Hamlin’s win Sunday, plus the complete results of the race. Watch NASCAR racing live with fuboTV (free 7-day trial)Who won the NASCAR race yesterday? Denny Hamlin earned his first win of the 2021 Cup Series season by holding off Kyle Larson in the Cook Out Southern 500. Hamlin was leading by about half a second until Turn 4 of the white-flag lap when Larson drove his car way too hard into the corner and right up to Hamlin’s rear bumper. Larson said he tried to “video game it” in desperation.”He drove it in past the limit of the car and tires,” Hamlin told NBCSN after the race, later adding, “He was going to have to go through me.”Hamlin and Larson — who combined to lead 302 of the race’s 367 laps — engaged in a drag race to the start/finish line, with Hamlin staying in front to win by a two-tenths of a second.
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