Denny Hamlin Gets His Trophy After Winning 2026 NASCAR Regular Season Championship

Denny Hamlin may have bigger hardware on his mind over the next 10 weeks, but NASCAR’s top driver through the first 26 races of 2026 finally has a trophy to show for it.Hamlin finished the regular season atop the NASCAR Cup Series standings, securing the No. 1 seed for the newly revived Chase and a 25-point advantage over Ryan Blaney entering Sunday’s postseason opener at Darlington Raceway.There was just one unusual detail.With NASCAR returning to a 10-race Chase format this season,