WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- We interrupt a season of Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota dominance on NASCAR Sprint Cup Series oval tracks to bring news of a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota win on the Watkins Glen International road course.?Denny Hamlin was the man in front when the checkered flag fell to end the Cheez-It 355, a race that nobody seemed to want to win.?It was a race that Hamlin didnt even think he would start. The 35-year-old Virginian woke Sunday morning with back spasms, barely able to move.?Despite enduring pain he described as the worst he had ever experienced during the course of a race, Hamlin maintained his poise while many others lost theirs.?The No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry took the lead on a late restart and paced the last 10 laps to cross the line ahead of the Team Penske Fords of Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. Meanwhile the rest of the field self-destructed in their wake.?By NASCAR road racing standards, this was a strangely unsatisfying affair with a pair of red flags and a series of crashes in the second half of the race that eliminated the usual fuel-mileage-strategy tension.?There was sloppiness in the pits too, with 18 of the 40 drivers penalized for some kind of pit road infraction.?Eight drivers led laps during the 90-lap contest, and seven of them could legitimately say they had a shot at the win.?Martin Truex Jr. came closest, getting his Toyota to within a few feet of Hamlins similar car entering the last turn of the last lap. But Keselowski came in even hotter and spun Truex out and down to a seventh-place finish.?The biggest drama of the afternoon was whether there would be a postrace contretemps between Keselowski and Truex, who rammed and sideswiped Keselowkis car on the cool-down lap.?Keselowski quickly apologized to Truex for wrecking him, but by then, Hamlin was executing a quarter-mile long victory burnout down the pit straight.?It was Hamlins first Sprint Cup race win on a road course in 22 starts. More importantly, he felt vindication after blowing his chance to win on the Sonoma Raceway road course in June when he made a mistake on the last lap, allowing Tony Stewart to claim a surprise victory.?This time, Hamlin was error-free, left to ponder on how he managed to win a race he questioned whether he would be able to start.?Today I slept wrong or something, and woke up and knew I was in pretty big trouble, he said. If it was Friday or Saturday, no question, I wouldnt have turned one lap today. It was by far the worst conditions Ive ever had to drive in, over the knees or anything else. By far the worst pain-wise that Ive had to go through.?Hamlin who has driven with torn ACLs in both knees in the past, texted his crew chief Mike Wheeler the news, and an emergency plan was put in place to put Xfinity Series Chase grid leader Erik Jones in the No. 11 FedEx car if necessary.?Thats not something you really want to hear, said Wheeler, describing the wake-up text. You could tell he was in pain in the drivers meeting and there was nothing that could be done today to fix it.?At the end of the day, I know he mans up when he needs to, Wheeler continued. He definitely gets that attitude going in the car when he knows he has a winning car and can run out front. He knows the situation he was in, youve got to tough it out, and he did.Hamlin qualified sixth and prior to suffering the back spasms, was confident about his race prospects. He said the Gibbs team made changes since Sonoma that improved his feel for the car under braking.?That came in handy on a restart with 10 laps to go. Kyle Busch raced Keselowski so hard into Turn 1 that they both missed the corner, allowing Hamlin to dart through into a lead he would not relinquish.?Truex was in position to challenge for the win or complete a 1-2 finish for Toyota until Keselowski took him out on the last lap.?I saw them shoot forward and lunge into the corner and I knew there was no possible way to get out with any sensible speed, Hamlin said. It was my opportunity when they slid up the race track, and we executed and came through.?Hamlin said that his biggest disappointment in his narrow miss at Sonoma was not completing the cycle of victories on all types of tracks that NASCAR races on. The win Sunday at Watkins Glen ticked that box.?It wasnt a fluke -- thats the biggest thing, Hamlin said. Sometimes guys run up front at a road course and youre like Where did that come from? because it happens once.?But I really think weve turned the corner with all of our Toyota teams, he continued. When you have multiple cars with speed like we do, when one makes a mistake, theres another one there to pick up the pieces. We were there to pick up the pieces today.?What make it feel extra special is when it was game time, when it was go time, we got it done. Cheap Athletics Jerseys . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Tony Phillips Jersey Large . Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. http://www.customathleticsjersey.com/ . 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Sean Maitland believes Scotland are starting to hit all the right notes because they now have the X factor.The winger says the likes of Finn Russell, Stuart Hogg and new centre Huw Jones have the talent to unlock any defence.Jones in particular has quickly proven himself to be game-changer in his first two Test starts.He scored a brace against Australia last week and followed up with a sublime assist for Maitlands try during Saturdays narrow 19-16 win over Argentina.Vern Cotters men have one final autumn international against Georgia next week before they turn their attentions to the RBS 6 Nations but Maitland is already excited about what lies ahead.X factor players you would probably call them, the Saracens back said when asked about the likes of Russell, Hogg and Jones.I think our back line, the cohesion and the synergy, is getting top class. Hopefully well have Duncy (Duncan Taylor) coming back from injury soon so there is going to be a lot of competition in our midfield and our back three as well so its only going to be healthy for Scottish rugby.Im sure Vern will have some difficult decisions coming up for the Six Nations.Scotland looked to be in trouble against the Pumas after allowing Matias Orlando to score the opening try 10 minutes into the second half. But Jones produced a stunning off-load to put Maitland in for a touchdown in the corner as Scotland hit back immediately.With the scores locked at 16-16, skipper Greig Laidlaw thought he had allowed a crucial win to slip through his grasp when he smashed a penalty against the post two minutes from time. But he was given another chance deep into stoppage time and made it count as he knocked over the winning kick.Maitland, though, paid tribute to Jones for providing the spark Scotland needed.He said: Our outside backs didnt really see too much ball. Its was just one of those games where you only get a few chances and Huuw made something out of nothing.dddddddddddd He had the vision to see me on the outside and get me in for a little lollipop try so its always good to get over the line and score.The conditions were really difficult. We always knew it was going to be one of those tight games but we hung in there.In the first half we lost a lot of ball to the conditions. But we played better in the second half.The win now moves Cotters men above Argentina in the world rankings and up to eighth. That could yet prove crucial to Scotlands 2019 World Cup hopes but it also restored belief after they lost to a similarly late kick against the Wallabies the week before.Weve talked about the Australia game all week and how we respond to setbacks, said Maitland.The big thing was not to panic when Argentina scored. There was plenty of time on the clock and we were only a converted try behind.The main thing was that Greig got the boys around him and made sure we just started again.We composed ourselves really well. There are always momentum shifts throughout a game and after the try it came back to us.We started hammering their line and its good to finally come out on the other side of a tight game.Cotter will likely give some of his fringe men the chance to impress against the Georgians at Kilmarnocks Rugby Park next Saturday.After that, the New Zealander will have five games left to shape his Scotland legacy before handing over the reins to Gregor Townsend. And Maitland admits his players are determined to give him a positive send-off.Everyone is a bit gutted that Verns leaving but thats footy, he said.Its a business at the end of the day and we want to leave him on a high. Weve developed our own brand under Vern of how we want to play the game and were improving game by game. ' ' '