Rookie Hamlin going after NASCAR title (Austin American-Statesman)

No first-year driver has won championship since 1949. It turns out that fresh-faced Denny Hamlin was destined to become a NASCAR phenom, even before he won his first racing event at age 7. Give all the credit/blame, Hamlin said, to his dad and mom. "He's probably the worst, most impatient person I've ever met," Hamlin said of his father, Dennis. "I can get that same way. I don't want to have to wait to be successful. I want to do things right away." MOST POPULAR STORIES Ann Richards: 1933-2006 ...