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Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin happy his teammate's not pissed

Denny Hamlin was really, really happy to win the Daytona 500 Sunday, but not just for the reasons you think.

It was the biggest victory of Hamlin’s career, a signature win that put him in a class with NASCAR’s elite. And it came in dramatic fashion, producing a highlight-reel finish that will go down in history as the closest and one of the greatest in NASCAR history.

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All those things were great, but Hamlin was also happy he won because, if he hadn’t, teammate Matt Kenseth would have been pissed.