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Denny Hamlin didn't slam his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Hamlin didn't bump Austin Dillon after a late race restart either.

Hamlin did; however, rub fenders with both of them and in the immortal words of fictional movie character Cole Trickle's crew chief Harry Hogge, 'Rubbing, son, is racing."

Hamlin was able to rub and nudge his way to the checkered flag in Saturday's Lakes Region 200 from New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The win is Hamlin's first win in Xfinity competition at New Hampshire and his second win of the season.

Hamlin, who started on the pole, appeared to make contact early with his teammate Kyle Busch, which sent the pair spinning. It didn't take Hamlin very long to find his way back to the front of the field in a car that Hamlin thought was the class of the field.

"We were able to get back up in the top ten within ten laps or so after that spin," Hamlin said. "I knew right away that our car was very, very dominant and I obviously tried a little bit too hard on that one restart with Kyle (Busch), we were on the bottom in kind of a vulnerable spot and I thought I got the jump on him good enough to where typically if you can get your nose out in front of the guy on the outside you typically can get enough air to hold your car down low. He drove it in there just as deep as I did and I think he ran the middle lane, that just gives the guy on the bottom no opportunity to hold his car down there and I just washed up into him and spun.

"Obviously we had a great car, we came through the traffic quick and knew from that point on we had a pretty good car. We just had to execute and try to get to the finish line first."

The race was far from an easy victory for Hamlin as a restart with 25 laps to go forced him to fend off second-place finisher Austin Dillon. Dillon appeared to make contact with Hamlin's car following the race.

Hamlin was just as angry with Dillon when he believed the driver of the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet jumped the restart.

"I did feel like he (Austin Dillon) left early," Hamlin explained. "I was the control car and I was going to wait. I typically start early in the box on most restarts, and I was going to wait until late in the box. He took off right in the middle of the box, and I mean short of stacking the field up and just not going, I didn't want to wreck everybody behind me, so I just took off and conceded that he was just going to jump the start and really nothing was going to be done about it.

Hamlin believes he approached the race as a normal short track competition and downplays the magnitude of the riff between himself and Dillon.

"It's just heat of the moment," Hamlin said. "We were both racing for a win and I've been on the other side of somebody moving me out of the way for a race win inside twenty laps to go, especially on a short track. It happens. It's a part of short track racing. The two instances when I got into both Kyle and Austin, I didn't wreck anyone. Yes, I moved both of them up the race track but I definitely didn't spin anyone out."

Despite notching his 11th top ten finish of the 2015 Xfinity Series campaign, Dillon was far from thrilled with how Hamlin handled the laps following the race's final restart.

"It's disappointing because I had a good restart," Dillon said. "I cleared him off of two. I missed one corner; I'll take the blame for that. I got a little tight, car was just a little chattery tight there. He (Hamlin) got to me; I figured he was gonna race and he never even wanted to, he wrecked his teammate and then proceeded to try and wreck me. If I would've gotten back to him, it would've happened to him."

Dillon didn't believe the finish was a true example of short track racing and knows there is a history between himself and Hamlin.

"What is racing if you can't race side by side for more than a corner?," Dillon said. "He never even went through a corner with me, the whole race. He didn't want to. He just moved me, he missed the corner and wrecked me. I'm fine with racing rough; I promise you I can do it to anybody but if we're going to race like that I need to know before we get to the first corner. Give me a corner at least.

"I've reworked a relationship with Denny, he called me a spoiled rich kid in Texas, two years ago and I ate it. He said, 'Just the last name' and I said, 'My last name's Dillon not Childress but he is my grandfather.' I'll always act with class; everybody in the media knows that. I've worked my way here just like anybody else. With Denny acting like that, what does he want me to call him? You know? I don't do that, I know how to act."

Brad Keselowski, who won last season at New Hampshire, finished in third place. Kyle Busch managed to overcome the contact and snag a fourth-place finish.

"It was intense," Busch explained the contact with his teammate early. "I was loose and he was loose and two loose don't make a right."

Rookie Daniel Suarez rounded out the top five in his No. 18 Arris Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Chris Buescher, who struggled in qualifying, finished back in 14th place but managed to maintain his points lead over defending Xfinity Series champion Chase Elliott, who finished in ninth place.

The Xfinity Series will return to action again next Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 17
Unofficial Race Results for the 26Th Annual Lakes Region 200 - Saturday, July 18, 2015
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Loudon, NH - 1.058 Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 211.6 Miles - Purse: $1,062,701

Leader
Fin    Str    Car    Driver    Team    Laps    Pts    Bns    Driver Rating    Winnings    Status    Tms    Laps
1    1    20    Denny Hamlin(i)    Sun Energy 1 Toyota    200    0        150.0    $52,101    Running    4    145
2    6    33    Austin Dillon(i)    Rheem Chevrolet    200    0        123.3    $32,261    Running    2    7
3    4    22    Brad Keselowski(i)    Hertz Ford    200    0        117.4    $27,038    Running    1    17
4    2    54    Kyle Busch(i)    Monster Energy Toyota    200    0        114.2    $26,186    Running    2    25
5    3    18    Daniel Suarez #    ARRIS Toyota    200    39        105.4    $27,768    Running        
6    7    3    Ty Dillon    Wrangler Workwear/Unifirst Chevrolet    200    38        102.3    $23,909    Running        
7    8    7    Regan Smith    Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup Chevrolet    200    37        97.2    $23,253    Running        
8    11    6    Darrell Wallace Jr. #    Cross Insurance Ford    200    37    1    91.8    $24,948    Running    1    1
9    9    9    Chase Elliott    NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet    200    35        97.9    $23,720    Running        
10    13    42    Brennan Poole    DC Solar Chevrolet    200    34        87.8    $23,494    Running        
11    10    62    Brendan Gaughan    South Point Chevrolet    200    33        90.3    $22,467    Running        
12    14    88    Ben Rhodes    Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet    199    32        83.3    $22,341    Running        
13    21    16    Ryan Reed    Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford    199    31        82.5    $22,188    Running        
14    20    60    Chris Buescher    Zest Ford    199    30        79.5    $21,935    Running        
15    19    28    JJ Yeley    Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota    199    29        78.0    $22,209    Running        
16    15    43    Dakoda Armstrong    WinField Ford    199    28        69.8    $21,681    Running        
17    17    1    Elliott Sadler    OneMain Financial Ford    199    27        71.7    $21,755    Running        
18    28    24    Eric McClure    Reynolds Wrap Toyota    198    26        55.2    $21,402    Running        
19    23    51    Jeremy Clements    AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles.com     198    25        65.8    $21,352    Running        
20    16    8    Blake Koch    LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota    198    24        68.7    $21,802    Running        
21    25    14    Cale Conley #    IAVA Toyota    198    23        58.8    $21,200    Running        
22    24    44    David Starr    Zachry Toyota    198    22        61.8    $21,144    Running        
23    18    01    Landon Cassill    Flex Seal Chevrolet    198    21        62.7    $21,093    Running        
24    26    25    Dylan Lupton    Zaxby's Chevrolet    198    21    1    58.2    $21,028    Running    1    3
25    27    90    BJ McLeod(i)    Young's Building Systems/Randco Chevrolet    197    0        51.9    $21,142    Running        
26    31    97    Peyton Sellers #    VroomBrands Chevrolet    195    18        47.7    $20,957    Running        
27    36    13    Derek White    Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge    195    17        44.7    $20,921    Running        
28    33    52    Joey Gase    DB Sales Company Chevrolet    174    16        44.4    $20,885    Clutch        
29    5    2    Brian Scott    Star Market/Kraft Velveeta Chevrolet    165    16    1    100.5    $20,850    Engine    1    2
30    35    15    Todd Peck(i)    BYBExtreme.com Chevrolet    156    14        40.5    $21,115    Fuel Pump        
31    37    74    Mike Harmon    Battery Saver Dodge    111    13        35.7    $20,779    Brakes        
32    38    70    Derrike Cope    Amenitek Chevrolet    98    12        33.2    $14,744    Brakes        
33    29    26    Matt Wallace    JGL Racing Toyota    84    11        43.7    $14,723    Vibration        
34    12    39    Ryan Sieg    Uncle Bob's Self Storage Chevrolet    46    10        56.7    $20,703    Brakes        
35    40    79    Matt Frahm    DB Sales Company Chevrolet    42    PE        27.8    $14,651    Brakes        
36    34    89    Morgan Shepherd     Chevrolet    40    8        29.5    $13,234    Brakes        
37    22    4    Ross Chastain #    teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet    36    7        43.8    $18,234    Accident        
38    39    40    Josh Reaume #    Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge    24    6        24.8    $11,234    Brakes        
39    32    0    Harrison Rhodes #    teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet    16    5        36.8    $16,234    Engine        
40    30    19    Jeff Green    TriStar Motorsports Toyota    3    4        28.2    $9,234    Vibration        
 Race Comments:    Denny Hamlin won the Lakes Region 200, his 13th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory, and first at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Prior to the start of the race, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 24 (unapproved adjustment).
 Failed to Qualify:    N/A
 Time of Race:    02 Hrs, 09 Mins, 06 Secs.    Average Speed:    98.342 MPH    Margin of Victory:    0.516 Seconds
 Caution Flags:    6 for 38 laps: Laps: 19-22 (Debris Turns 1 & 2 [52]); 24-28 (Car No. 20 spinout Turn 2 [15]); 38-43 (Car No. 4 accident Turn 2 [13]); 59-65 (Car No. 74 spinout Turn 4 [70]); 142-148 (Debris Turn 3 [42]); 166-174 (Fluid on track [62]).
 Lead Changes:    12 among 7 drivers: D. Hamlin(i) 0; K. Busch(i) 1-22; B. Keselowski(i) 23-39; D. Lupton 40-42; D. Hamlin(i) 43-44; K. Busch(i) 45-47; D. Hamlin(i) 48-119; B. Scott 120-121; A. Dillon(i) 122-123; D. Wallace Jr. # 124; D. Hamlin(i) 125-173; A. Dillon(i) 174-178; D. Hamlin(i) 179-200.
Top 10 Driver Points:     (1) C. Buescher 623;(2) C. Elliott 592;(3) T. Dillon 585;(4) R. Smith 564;(5) E. Sadler 555;(6) D. Wallace Jr. # 547;(7) D. Suarez # 516;(8) B. Gaughan 506;(9) R. Reed 502;(10) B. Scott 494.
3M Lap Leader    : Denny Hamlin, #20 146 Laps    Coors Light Pole Award    : Denny Hamlin, #20 131.026 mph
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race    : Joe Gibbs Racing Engines - Mark Cronquist, #20     Mobil 1 Driver of the Race    : Darrell Wallace Jr, #6
Sunoco Rookie of the Race    : Daniel Suarez, #18
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race:    Jul. 25, 2015 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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