AP Top News｜丹尼·哈姆林挺过降雨延误与加时赛，蝉联多佛站冠军

DOVER, Del. (AP) Denny Hamlin went back-to-back at Dover Motor Speedway, holding a late lead through a rain delay and an overtime finish Sunday for the Joe Gibbs Racing drivers series-best fourth victory of the season.

Hamlin won in the No. 11 Toyota for the second straight time at Dover to add to wins this season at Martinsville, Darlington and Michigan.

Hamlin has 58 NASCAR Cup Series victories, leaving him, two short of Kevin Harvick for 10th on the career list. The 44-year-old Virginia driver might hit that mark this season as he chases his first career Cup championship.

Winning here at Dover is super special to me, Hamlin said. This is a place that Ive not been very good at the first half of my career. To go back-to-back here the last two years is amazing.

Hamlin took the checkered flag days after he suffered a setback in court with his own 23XI Racing teams federal antitrust suit against NASCAR.

On Thursday, a federal judge rejected a request from 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to continue racing with charters while they battle NASCAR in court, meaning their six cars will race as open entries this weekend at Dover, next week at Indianapolis and perhaps longer than that in a move the teams say would put them at risk of going out of business.

Hamlin vowed this weekend all will be exposed if the case goes to its scheduled Dec. 1 trial date.

The courtroom drama hasnt affected Hamlins performance on the track. Hamlin held off JGR teammate Chase Briscoe for the victory. Hendrick Motorsports drivers took the next two spots, with Alex Bowman third and Kyle Larson fourth.

Hamlin held off Kyle Larson down the stretch last season to earn the second of his three career wins at the Monster Mile.

The first July Cup race at Dover since 1969 started with steamy weather and drivers battled the conditions inside the car during a relatively clean race until rain fell late and red-flagged the race with 14 laps left. Hamlin said the during the break he planned to change his firesuit temperatures inside the car soared to 140 degrees.

He also returned to the car after the 56-minute delay with old tires. Hamlin had enough to win at Dover and park the Toyota in victory lane.

Weve got a lot left, Hamlin said.

Up next

Its off to Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Kyle Larson won last season on the oval after a four-year break on the road course.

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【美联社特拉华州多佛电】乔·吉布斯车队车手丹尼·哈姆林在周日多佛汽车赛道上实现背靠背夺冠，他在雨中延迟和加时赛阶段保持领先优势，斩获本赛季第四次系列赛胜利——这也是目前所有车手中的最佳战绩。

哈姆林驾驶11号丰田赛车在多佛尔赛道连续第二次夺冠，本赛季已先后在马丁斯维尔、达灵顿和密歇根站取得胜利。

汉姆林（Hamlin）目前以58场NASCAR杯系列赛胜利位列职业生涯排行榜第12位，距离排名第10的凯文·哈维克（Kevin Harvick）仅差两场。这位44岁的弗吉尼亚州车手有望在本赛季追平这一纪录，同时向个人首个杯赛总冠军发起冲击。

汉密尔顿表示："在多佛赛道夺冠对我而言意义非凡。这里曾是我职业生涯前半段表现不佳的地方，过去两年能蝉联冠军简直不可思议。"

在汉姆林（Hamlin）的23XI Racing车队针对NASCAR提起的联邦反垄断诉讼遭遇法庭挫折数日后，他成功夺得了方格旗冠军。

周四，联邦法官驳回了23XI车队和前沿赛车运动联盟的请求，这两支车队在与纳斯卡赛车协会进行法律诉讼期间，希望继续以特许车队身份参赛。这意味着他们的六辆赛车本周末将在多佛站、下周在印第安纳波利斯站以非特许车队身份参赛，且可能持续更长时间。车队表示，这一裁决可能使他们面临倒闭风险。

哈姆林（Hamlin）本周末誓言，若案件按计划于12月1日开庭审理，则��一切将被揭露��。

法庭上的风波并未影响哈姆林（Denny Hamlin）在赛道上的表现。他成功抵挡住JGR队友蔡斯·布里斯科（Chase Briscoe）的攻势夺得冠军。亨德里克赛车手包揽其后两个名次，亚历克斯·鲍曼（Alex Bowman）获得季军，凯尔·拉尔森（Kyle Larson）位列第四。

上赛季末段，哈姆林（Hamlin）顶住凯尔·拉尔森（Kyle Larson）的猛烈追击，在“怪兽一英里”赛道赢得其职业生涯三场胜利中的第二场。

自1969年以来多佛尔赛道首次举办的七月杯赛事在闷热天气中拉开帷幕。比赛初期相对顺利，车手们与车内高温环境抗争，直至后期降雨迫使赛事在剩余14圈时出示红旗中断。哈姆林表示，在暂停期间他计划更换防火服——因车内温度已飙升至140华氏度（约60摄氏度）。

在经历56分钟的延误后，他仍使用旧轮胎回到赛车中。哈姆林最终以足够优势赢得多佛站比赛，将丰田赛车停入胜利车道。

“我们还有很多（工作）要做，”哈姆林说道。

接下来

印第安纳波利斯赛车场迎来新赛季，凯尔·拉森在阔别公路赛道四年后，于上赛季在椭圆赛道上夺冠。

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