Denny Hamlin’s Lead is Shrinking Fast — and The Chase Field is Catching Up

MADISON, Ill. - Two races into the NASCAR Cup Series Chase, and the points picture already looks a lot different than it did just a couple of weeks ago.Denny Hamlin dominated the regular season. He closed it out with an 89-point lead over second-place Ryan Blaney and looked like the clear favorite heading into the postseason. Then the points reset, and that cushion immediately shrank to 25 points. After an 18th-place finish at Darlington and a win by his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bel