Denny Hamlin explained why he was hanging near the back of the NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. While speaking to NBC Sports after being released from the infield care center after a wreck he was involved in during the final lap of the race, Hamlin revealed that his goal for the race was to get 20 points to stay in the hunt for his first Cup Series title. “I thought there at the very end we actually got the car where it needed to be, but by then you’re kind of dealing with a log-jam type of couple of lanes that are blocking things and you’re really going …