NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has fired back at his critics following the recent race at Bristol Motor Speedway. "I mean, certainly there are groups of people or lots of fans that root for my failure, right? I know that I did not, unfortunately, see them in my mentions this week.

Denny Hamlin, who has won the past two Bristol Cup races, enters Saturday night's race six points below the cutline.

The future of little Lulu, the stray puppy Denny Hamlin's daughters found under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis in June, has been in doubt ever since Hamlin decided the addition to his household had derailed his season. Hamlin even had stats to back up his claims.

Kyle Larson stumbled through the first two playoff races, crashing through Atlanta and limping out of Watkins Glen without a top-10 finish. The No. 1 seed in the playoffs appeared to be teetering toward the No.