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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 15:37

Denny Hamlin and the #11 FedEx Racing team couldn't replicate the performance that has made them a recent favorite at New Hampshire, fighting handling issues all-race long before rain ended Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 after 273 laps with the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota running 15th.

While a frustrating day for Hamlin, who started seventh and led one lap, the result sees the team leave New Hampshire Motor Speedway and head to Daytona for next week's Coke Zero 400 sitting in sixth place -a one place improvement - in the Sprint Cup points.

"It was really a tough day out there, we really

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You've had a nice two-race run with top-five finishes at Michigan and Sonoma - Can you carry that forward?:

"That's definitely the plan. We needed those finishes because we had a rough stretch with tough results at both Dover and Pocono that put us right on the edge of the top-12 and that's where we do not want to be. At this point of the season, we just want to make sure we are in position to make the Chase so we can fight for a championship and that means making sure our equipment is good and we are running smart races. It definitely doesn't mean letting up at all, we're still going for race wins but we

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This weekend will mark Hamlin's seventh career Cup start at New Hampshire and 132nd career Cup start. New Hampshire has been a good track for the #11 team as they have only finished outside of the top ten once in six previous tries. In the fall of 2008, Hamlin showed he had a car capable of winning on the one-mile track but, as is often the case at New Hampshire, fuel mileage dictated the team's strategy and

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