Analysis: Sonoma shows how every point matters in Hamlin-Reddick battle at top

SONOMA, Calif. — For the first time all season, there is a new leader in the clubhouse in the NASCAR Cup Series.Placing 26th in Sunday‘s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway gave Denny Hamlin the regular-season championship lead by the slimmest of margins — one point. He tallied 11 points while Tyler Reddick, who has been in command of the series lead since winning the Daytona 500 four-and-a-half months ago, drove around with power steering issues throughout the race, finishi