PODCAST: Hard Left Turn - Hamlin wins Bristol on wild weekend

Denny Hamlin made the final pass for the lead with just over ten laps to go, and went on to score his fourth win of the season Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

But that was just one of several storylines coming out of Thunder Valley.

On this week's edition of the Hard Left Turn podcast, Brandon Reed, Pete McCole and Amy Henderson review the happenings from the race weekend at Bristol, including:

-Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s plane crash in Tennessee had a fortunate ending, with everyone escaping injury,

-Denny Hamlin passed fellow Toyota driver Matt DiBenedetto in the final laps of Saturday's Bristol Night Race to take the victory.

-Matt DiBenedetto just missed at a win, but his strong run still made a statement on the same week that he learned he would be out of a ride at the end of the year.

-Another week, another setback for Jimmie Johnson's playoff hopes.

With the NASCAR Cup Series having the weeked off, the Xfinity Series moves front and center.

WDUN will carry live MRN Radio coverage of Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series CTECH Manufacturing 180 from Road America at 2:30 pm on 102.9 FM and streaming live on AccessWDUN.

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Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning Saturday night's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Matt DiBenedetto is introduced prior to Saturday night's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Matt DiBenedetto races during Saturday night's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The burned remains of a plane that was carrying NASCAR television analyst and former driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. lie near a runway Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Elizabethton, Tenn. Officials said the Cessna Citation rolled off the end of a runway and caught fire after landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport. Earnhardt's sister, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, tweeted that "everyone is safe and has been taken to the hospital for further evaluation." (Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)

Justin Allgaier leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Johnsonville 180 at Road America on August 24, 2018.

Amy Henderson (left), Brandon Reed (center) and Pete McCole (right) stand on the frontstretch at Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to the 2018 Coca-Cola 600.

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