NASCAR Cup Series points leader Denny Hamlin is chasing his first Brickyard 400 victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver finished second at North Wilkesboro behind Joey Logano.
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Hamlin, who drives the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE, remains one of the top drivers without an oval win at Indianapolis.
Passing at the historic track is notoriously difficult.
“No, I’ve just been so focused on the week to week that, I haven’t really thought too much about the feature,” Hamlin said when asked about retirement plans.
“Obviously, JGR’s got good plans set in place and whatnot for that.
So, no, not really, haven’t put any more thought into or second thoughts or anything like that.
So, it just really riding the wave of week to week right now and continue trying to get more wins.”
Only three active drivers—Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, and Bubba Wallace—have previously won the Brickyard 400 on the oval layout.
“It’d be interesting to see, like, what other racetracks have similar stats like that,” Hamlin said.
“Ultimately, you have to have kind of everything, you have to have the downforce for the corner, so you have to have straightaway speed, so you need your engines, good for the straightaways.
You have a great team to call a great race for strategy. You’re going to need to qualify somewhat pretty well.
So I think just all aspects of your team have to be buttoned up when you come here.
