Jackman Nate Bolling out for the year after injury at Charlotte
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Denny Hamlin‘s pit crew, which consistently ranks among the swiftest on the circuit, will be without jackman Nate Bolling for the rest of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Bolling had surgery earlier this week to repair the torn right tricep he suffered on the second pit stop in Saturday’s Bank of America 500. He is expected to make a full recovery and be available for the 2015 Daytona 500.
The No. 11 team will turn to backup jackman Kenneth Purcell. Purcell was a part of four championship-winning seasons with the No. 48 team of Jimmie Johnson.
Hamlin, who won the spring race at Talladega, is seventh in the standings. Sunday’s GEICO 500 (2 p.m. ET, ESPN) at the 2.66-mile superspeedway is the final of three races in the Contender Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Eight drivers will advance into the three-race Eliminator Round.
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