Future JGR teammate Carl Edwards has also swept Texas races
Denny Hamlin‘s sweep of the Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway in 2010 is the last time the feat has been accomplished at the 1.5-mile track located in Fort Worth, Texas. Hamlin’s future teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, Carl Edwards, also accomplished the feat in 2008. Ironically, in those seasons, both drivers finished as the runner-up to Jimmie Johnson in the championship race. In the year of his sweep, Hamlin led a total of 43 laps across both races. He led the final 12 laps of the spring race and the final 29 circuits of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race after leading two laps earlier in the race. For his career, Hamlin has an average finish of 10.8 in 17 starts at Texas (third-best among active drivers).