Denny Hamlin, continued his late mastery of Michigan Worldwide Speedway, taking his fourth profession victory within the Irish Hills – and his second in a row – with a third-stage comeback within the FireKeepers On line casino 400 on Saturday, June 7.
Hamlin, who received final 12 months after which claimed the pole in qualifying, recovered effectively after having to start out in the back of the pack on account of injury suffered Saturday. The vet from Joe Gibbs racing charged early and led 40 laps, with 39 of these coming within the third stage. With the win, he turned the eleventh driver in MIS historical past with not less than 4 NASCAR Cup Collection victories there.
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It was Hamlin’s 63rd profession victory, tying him for ninth all-time with the late Kyle Busch.
Hamlin cruised previous Michigander Erik Jones, the Byron native who picked up his second top-five end in 14 races in Brooklyn. Jones began tenth and led 9 laps.
NASCAR Cup Collection drivers Denny Hamlin (11), Kyle Larson (5), Daniel Suárez (7), and Carson Hocevar (77) make a pit cease throughout stage three of the FireKeepers On line casino 400 NASCAR Cup Collection race at Michigan Worldwide Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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Bubba Wallace completed third, adopted by perennial MIS contender Kyle Larson and Carson Hocevar, who began the race on the entrance of the pack after Hamlin dropped again. Hocevar, a Portage native, was searching for his first win in his residence state after selecting up his first Cup Collection win earlier this season, at Talladega in April.
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Stage by stage
Tyler Reddick, whose Toyota opened the day in third, took Stage 1, for his first stage victory of the season. His 31 laps led (out of the primary 45) have been 9 greater than he’d led in his earlier seven races at MIS mixed. (Although that features a win within the 2024 version of the FireKeepers On line casino 400.) Ty Gibbs completed second within the stage, additionally in a Toyota, and Wallace’s Camry was fifth behind the Chevrolets belonging to Hocevar and Chase Elliott.
NASCAR Cup Collection drivers Denny Hamlin (11) and Carson Hocevar (77) go away pit highway proper earlier than the beginning of the FireKeepers On line casino 400 NASCAR Cup Collection race at Michigan Worldwide Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
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In Stage 2, it was Elliot taking the win forward of Jones and Daniel Suarez. A keenness for MIS in all probability runs in Elliott’s household: Whereas he has three top-five finishes (in 15 earlier races), his father – Invoice Elliott – completed with seven wins in 61 races in Brooklyn.
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Sunday’s race featured 23 lead adjustments, a big uptick after the 2025 version had simply 15.
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Homestate hero (and former Cup Collection champ) Brad Keselowski continued his run of futility at MIS; the Rochester Hills native completed thirty fourth following a crash within the first half of the race (after qualifying twenty sixth). The RFK Racing driver fell to 0-29 within the Irish Hills, although his end was his worst at MIS since hitting thirty ninth within the Customers Power 400 in August 2020. Since that race, Keselowski had 4 top-10 finishes in 5 races at MIS.
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In Stage 2, Keselowski suffered a flat left rear and misplaced a lap as Elliott and Larson flexed their muscle on the entrance of their Hendrick Motorsports Chevys after Gibbs and Wallace had a short flip up entrance.
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Because the group was getting in control on Lap 83, Hocevar’s automotive clipped and turned John Hunter Nemechek’s No. 42. The chain response tagged Wallace, who then hit Gibbs, and the No. 54 turned Reddick’s machine, which acquired main injury as did Austin Dillon’s No. 3.
With 60 laps left, Elliott led Christopher Bell by four-tenths of a second with Byron about the identical distance behind Bell’s No. 20 Toyota, however Zane Smith wrecked his No. 38 Ford.
On the restart and as much as full pace, Elliott bought unfastened beneath Bell and the pair wrecked violently between Turns 3 and 4 to deliver out a 20-minute red-flag situation with 50 to go.
