FedEx Racing Express Facts – All-Star Race (Texas Motor Speedway)

Denny Hamlin 11 FedEx Office Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing Race Info: Race: NASCAR All-Star Race Date/Time: Sunday, June 13/8:00 p.m. ET Distance: 100 laps/150 miles Track Shape: Oval Track Length: 1.5 miles Banking: 24 degrees 2020 Winner (Bristol): Chase Elliott Express Notes: Press Kit: Download the 2021 FedEx Racing press materials at www.fedexracing.com/presskit, including bios for Denny Hamlin, Chris Gabehart and Joe Gibbs Racing leadership, program highlights and statistics. Sonoma Recap: The 12-turn, 2.52-mile, California road course offers plenty of opportunity for cars to make contact, and it happened early for the #11 team. After lining up fourth for the start, the FedEx Camry took on front-end damage during Stage 1 of the 232-mile event, as contact punched in the car’s nose. By the later stages, the left front fender was heavily damaged as well, affecting the car’s speed. Between the torn-up front end and an off-sequence pit strategy, Hamlin didn’t have much of a chance to compete with the dominant car of Kyle Larson, who went on to win his second consecutive race in a two-lap overtime finish. But the FedEx Racing driver did battle back from outside the top 20 to grab a top-10 result, crossing the line eighth. All-Star Preview: The NASCAR Cup Series makes its way to the Lone Star State for the annual running of the NASCAR All-Star Race. Hamlin and the #FedEx11 team will be ready to show why they’re still at the top of the point standings when they hit the track at Texas Motor Speedway for the 1.5-mile oval’s first hosting of the exhibition event. Hamlin will go for his second career All-Star victory. Hamlin Statistics: Track: Texas Motor Speedway Races: 30 Wins: 3 Top-5: 7 Top-10: 14 Laps Led: 288 Avg. Start: 13.3 Avg. Finish: 13.8 Hamlin Conversation – Texas (All-Star): Are you ready for the wild format of the All-Star Race? “We’re ready for anything. NASCAR sets the format to be entertaining for the fans, and it’s certainly set up to do that. Random draws, inverts, pit stops – it should put on quite a show. It definitely won’t be boring.” What adjustments will your team need to make to be ready for the All-Star Race in Texas? “We’ve had strong performances at Texas in the past, but we need to up our game a bit on mile-and-a-halfs. With the wild rules, we might need luck to fall in our favor, too. However, I believe in our FedEx team and know we are always capable of getting the job done.” FedEx Office Along for the Ride at Texas: FedEx thanks all FedEx Office team members for rising to meet and overcome challenges on a daily basis. FedEx Office – Closest to Texas Motor Speedway: 9604 Old Denton Rd, Suite 104, Fort Worth, TX (817) 741-3585