With his dramatic victory in Sunday's STP 500 at Martinsville Speedway, Denny Hamlin earned his fifth Martinsville grandfather clock.
So where does the Joe Gibbs Racing driver plan to keep his prized trophy?
Asked after the race about where the treasured clock will reside, Hamlin wasn't entirely committal.
"I don't know yet," he said. "I've got to track down where the rest of them are."
"It's Taylor's first clock, so it will probably go in her room," the driver of the No. 11 Toyota said. "That's actually a pretty good idea."
"It's an awesome trophy, and it's one of a kind," Hamlin said. "I've dreamed about winning a clock for a long, long time. I remember going to my old Late-Model guy, Bugs Hairfield's house all the time, and he's won a Late-Model race here, and it says 'Martinsville winner' right there and he's got it in his living room. ... I was racing Late Models with him, I was thinking, 'How awesome would it be to win at Martinsville?' I came close to getting it done in Late Models, but I never did. It took coming here in a Cup car to get it done, and now here we are a bunch of wins later.
"My goal at the end of my career is to be just whispered as one of those great short-track guys that I grew up watching, and hopefully we're able to continue the success on it."
Like a kid on Christmas morning: @DennyHamlin is ready to open the grandfather clock he won at @MartinsvilleSwy! pic.twitter.com/o2m0xodS5D
— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) March 31, 2015
