Our car was great. It did everything I needed to do. Just so happy to win with Chris and get 55. It’s awesome. He’s been such a soldier to come in here to this 11 team and learn our style and over the last few weeks putting his final touches on it.

TeaSunday at Martinsville Speedway was the race to end all races as Denny Hamlin finally slashed his 31-race winless streak. He notched his 55th career win after leading for 274 of 400 laps, including three over-time restarts.

Denny Hamlin is constantly finding ways to reinvent himself, and it’s led to a lengthy, successful career in NASCAR. That was on display once again this past weekend at Martinsville Speedway.

Sammy Smith was issued a 50-point penalty and fined $25,000 for his on-track actions in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Martinsville.

The heftiest penalty was toward JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith, who has been docked 50 points in the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers standings and fined $25,000, following the end of Saturday’s (March 29) Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

Sammy Smith has been penalized by NASCAR for clashing with Taylor Gray during the Xfinity Series race at Martinsville.