MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Denny Hamlin passed teammate Matt Kenseth for the lead with 28 laps to go Sunday and went on to end Toyota’s 32-race winless streak in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
The driver for Joe Gibbs Racing held off a five-lap, bumper-to-tail challenge from Brad Keselowski for his 25th career victory and his fifth at the smallest and oldest track in the premier series.
The victory also came after a terrible blunder by four-time series champion and eight-time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon. He took the lead for the first time with 58 laps to go and then got caught entering pit road too fast when the 16th and final caution came out with about 40 laps to go.
“Wow. I’m sorry guys,” he said on the radio. “That’s on me. I apologize.”
![By LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to send a $1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine, several U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate began debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces […]](https://www.mcall.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Russia_Ukraine_War_20701_344ea7.jpg?w=525 "By LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to send a $1 billion package of military aid to Ukraine, several U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate began debate on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces […]")
