Thursday, 28 March 2013

JGR not ready to name Hamlin replacement (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, Denny Hamlin stands in the garage area after taking the pole position in his FedEx Express Toyota for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Auto Club 400 auto race in Fontana, Calif. NASCAR is not penalizing Tony Stewart for scuffling with Joey Logano on pit road at California, and viewed the crash between Logano and Denny Hamlin as a racing incident. AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Joe Gibbs Racing is not ready to name a replacement driver for Denny Hamlin, who will miss a minimum of five races with a fractured vertebra in his lower back.