Denny Hamlin's story is rags to riches. His family mortgaged their house and nearly went broke trying to build his career. They were in the midst of pulling Denny out of racing because the money had run dry when a fellow driver-owner found out and put Hamlin in his car. The rest is history.

In 2004 Hamlin ran a handful of truck races for Joe Gibbs races while competing full time in Late Models for Dean Motorsports.

In 2005, Denny Hamlin replaced Mike Bliss in the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet in the Busch series. He finished 5th in th...