No. 5 Denny Hamlin

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On the strength of a third-place finish at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, Denny Hamlin moved up four places in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and is fifth.
It was his best finish in five races and matched his third-place at Talladega Superspeedway on April 27.
"It was really good to have a solid finish at Pocono," said Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "We needed it after awful luck at Lowe's with the flat tire at the end and then a short race for us at Dover. We're satisfied with our performance but we know were capable of more and that keeps us all motivated."
The car his team is taking to Michigan International Speedway, site of Sunday's Cup race, is the same one Hamlin had at Lowe's Motor Speedway in North Carolina for the Coca-Cola 600. He was 24th in that race.
In four career Cup races at Michigan, he has two top 10s and one top five. He finished fifth in the August race at Michigan last year.
"I expect that we'll be really competitive," Hamlin said about racing at Michigan. "This track hasn't been one of our best but it's a track that we've made gains at. I think we can honestly say that we've not finished as well as we have raced at Michigan so hopefully that will change."

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