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Denny Hamlin captured a win in Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway, but crew chief Chris Gabehart recognizes it wasn’t always a guarantee. While Gabehart believed the No. 11 team deployed a perfect strategy for Sunday’s race, it was one that was going to lead to a P3 finish. Not bad, but it wasn’t a winning strategy, like Gabehart had thought. Cue a last minute caution, and a fantastic pit stop from Hamlin’s team, and everything came together at the right time for Hamlin and the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. “I love the strategy there at the end. With 20 to go, I thought for sure we were…

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