LONG POND, Pa. — There isn’t much Denny Hamlin hasn’t accomplished in an illustrious career that likely will lead to him being a first-ballot inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, but on Sunday, he checked yet another box in winning the Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.The victory represented Hamlin’s third consecutive on the season, the first time he’s had such a winning streak in his 21-year career, and fourth win overall. He took the lead from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell with five laps remaining, then was never challenged to the finish.Similar to Hamlin’s wins the past two weeks at Nashville and Michigan, he won Sunday from the No. 1 starting position. He is just the fourth driver to accomplish this feat three times in a row, joining Darrell Waltrip (1981), Bobby Allison (1971) and Richard Petty (1966 and 1967).“I’m just so happy for this whole Joe Goods Racing team,” Hamlin said. “This is a team effort, and they give me fast cars, the pit crew is flawless right now. We just got it all going.“We come to the racetrack every week knowing that we got a great shot to win, and the team’s just doing an amazing job giving me exactly what I need in the car every single week. So that’s why we’re winning.”It was never a question of whether Hamlin had the speed to win for the 64th time in his career on Sunday, more whether in a strategy-laden race he would be able to run down Bell, who had gambled on fuel mileage. But with no concerns about his own fuel, Hamlin was able to methodically shrink Bell’s lead and passed Bell with ease.Tyler Reddick finished second, with William Byron third. John Hunter Nemechek finished fourth, equaling his career-best result, and Kyle Larson completed the top five. Despite trying to save fuel in the closing laps, Bell’s tank still ran dry and he finished 26th.Although Reddick did finish second, his lead in the standings over second-place Hamlin is now at just 19 points after holding a 129-point lead over Hamlin five races ago.“If (Hamlin) wasn’t the winner, you could consider this a good day, but 35 points (that Reddick earned) just isn’t enough right now,” Reddick told Prime. “… Scoring the points we did, just not getting the job done.”— Jordan BianchiDenny Hamlin tracked down Christopher Bell in the final laps to win for the third straight race and fourth time overall this season. (James Gilbert / Getty Images)Legacy continues to shineIt’s a great time to be in a Toyota right now in NASCAR, as the manufacturer’s cars have been dominant on intermediate and larger tracks. Toyota has now won seven of the eight races on those types of circuits this season, with only Chase Elliott’s Texas win for Chevrolet standing in the way of a clean sweep.That speed now includes the once-overlooked cars of Legacy Motor Club, which has lagged behind the other Toyota teams (JGR and 23XI Racing). Though Legacy has yet to win in its four-year existence, Nemechek led a career-high 42 laps on Sunday (previous career high: 20) en route to a fourth-place finish.Meanwhile, Legacy’s Erik Jones also ran in the top 10 all day and finished sixth — which moved him up to a provisional spot in NASCAR’s Chase with 10 races remaining in the regular season.— Jeff GluckBig crash collects several Chase bubble driversSeveral drivers who came into Pocono on the Chase bubble were bitten by a multi-car crash, costing them valuable points as they attempt to qualify for NASCAR’s championship playoff. Among those collected were Joey Logano, Shane van Gisbergen, Bubba Wallace and Brad Keselowski, each of whom is in no position to let points slip away and enters the summer stretch in a precarious spot.Wallace recovered to finish 21st, while van Gisbergen and Logano labored to finishes of 31st and 34th, respectively. Wallace is 43 points clear of the provisional line to advance to the Chase, with van Gisbergen 10 points above.Keselowski wasn’t as fortunate, however. Not only did he have nowhere to go when Wallace spun down in front of him, leading to heavy contact between them, but he has now wrecked out of three consecutive races and has finished 30th or worse in four of the past five.The tailspin has caused Keselowski to drop from ninth in points to 17th, the first driver below the cutoff. He trails Austin Cindric for 16th by four points with 10 regular-season races remaining.Things aren’t any better for Logano. The three-time Cup champion went from being three points outside the 16th spot to now 21 points behind.— Jordan BianchiBrad Keselowski’s car is towed off after Sunday’s crash at Pocono. (James Gilbert / Getty Images)Hamlin ties ‘Rocket Man’On Saturday, Hamlin tied the “Rocket Man” Ryan Newman for ninth on NASCAR’s all-time pole positions list with his 51st career pole, putting him among the best qualifiers of his era.Newman had a reputation for jaw-dropping qualifying laps, and Hamlin said the nostalgia of watching the laps tends to lure him in when his X algorithm feeds him videos of Newman’s runs.“I’ll sit around 15 or 30 seconds and watch it because I love the nostalgia of it,” Hamlin said. “… He just was able to execute one lap so much better than everyone else. He had a fast car, but he also did an incredible job of getting back to the gas quicker than everybody else, hitting his marks, just, he was the guy. … It was amazing to see.”Hamlin said he trusts what the statistics say, but “in my heart” doesn’t feel like he has matched Newman.“Over the course of 20 years, they can slip by you,” he said.Hamlin joined the 50-50 Club (50 wins, 50 poles) last week and said his recent success has made him wonder if the 60-60 Club would be possible.He’s now only nine more poles away.— Jeff GluckPocono sold out againPocono announced a fourth straight grandstand sellout and also sold out its infield camping last month yet again, further boosting the track’s resurgence since reducing to one date per year.The track used to have two 500-mile races, approximately six weeks apart in the summer. It now has one 400-mile race, and track president Ben May noted it’s part of a larger reduction in the area.Pocono, Dover and New Hampshire have all lost one race each, taking the overall number down from seven to four (including Watkins Glen’s lone race).“Right now, every one of those is doing amazing,” May said. “Supply and demand economics are very real, and I think we found a mix here in the Northeast that really works for the fans that are up here.”— Jeff Gluck