DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Anyone who knows Denny Hamlin would not find it surprising at all that he, when making plans for the mansion he moved into last year, already had an area set up for a Daytona 500 trophy.
Oh, and cars, too.
Hamlin has a showroom that currently has his winning car from the 2006 preseason Daytona race as well as his Daytona 500 trophy. The 2016 Daytona 500-winning car will find its way in there most likely next week after Joe Gibbs Racing gets it back from Daytona International Speedway, which uses the Daytona 500-winning car for a year as part of the track tours.