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Did one decision Denny Hamlin made on Sunday cost him a chance to win the Pocono Cup Series race? NASCAR insiders Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic talked about the race on The Teardown podcast and asked if a stage win by Hamlin prevented him from beating Ryan Blaney. “Hamlin’s team, I’m sure they thought let’s take the playoff point and we’ll get it full of fuel and we’ll still have a great chance the race,” Gluck said about Hamlin winning Stage 2 of the Cup Series race at Pocono. “They weren’t saying well we’re going to sacrifice our strategy, but Blaney at the same time is like …

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