NASCAR: Winners And Losers From Kansas

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Oct 8, 2015; Concord, NC, USA; Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano (22) and Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) talk during qualifying for the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports /

Loser: Bold Moves

It was one of the most daring moves of the race and certainly the most interesting thing that happened all night.

With 52 laps to go, Denny Hamlin went for the move of the race as he slipped between Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski to create a three-wide situation going into Turn 3. Hamlin’s bold move did not pay off as he ended up taking himself, Logano and Larson out of the race, with all three finishing no better than 35th.

Keselowski was able to rebound for a tenth-place finish after simply spinning and avoiding any contact.

After exiting the infield care center, Hamlin spoke on what went wrong (via NASCAR.com):

"“I’ve got to get better on pit lane to give us a chance and then I was just going for it there because I knew our car had some speed. I was on two tires and the guys in front of me were on none or two. I was just going for it. I’ve got the win and that’s part of this format is going for it and that’s what we did.”"

Hamlin had already suffered from two pit road speeding penalties earlier in the race and had finally worked his way back into the top-10. The risk of three-wide racing did not work in his favor this time around.

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