Leave it Gibbs - the only man in the NASCAR and NFL Hall of Fames - to shake up the lineup and reharness the talent of a driver he’s known since Hamlin was an audacious up-and-comer two decades earlier.
“It really reminds me of trusting the people that you have in place to make the right decision,” Hamlin recalled this week.
With a Hall of Fame team owner setting a new course for him, Hamlin would go on a career-defining run - potentially a historic one.
Hamlin will enter the 63rd Daytona 500, set for 2:30 p.