NASCAR playoffs: Hamlin holds off Larson's wall-banging 'video game' move to win Southern 500

More than 195 drivers have won a Cup Series race since NASCAR started in 1948, but who has won the most? Kyle Larson put it all on the line … and the wall. Denny Hamlin does a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/John Amis) (AP) The Hendrick Motorsports driver made a last-ditch effort to pass Denny Hamlin in the final turns of the Southern 500 that looked like something out of a video game race. Larson led the most laps during the race, but was behind Hamlin near the end and unable to get by, so he went full throttle and ran his car against the wall in turns three and four as they approached the checkered flag attempting to pass him on the outside with smoke coming off the car. "I gave it everything I had, I didn't want to wreck him, I just wanted to, you know, get to his outside there," Larson said.