Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower spine during Sunday's last-lap crash at Fontana, Calif.
Driver Denny Hamlin, currently No. 1 in the NASCAR power rankings, signed with Jordan Brand in 2011.
Gibbs Racing will put Mark Martin in Denny Hamlin's No. 11 car while Hamlin recovers from a fractured vertebra.
Still, even he's been surprised with how fast the new driver has come up to speed alongside teammates Denny Hamlin and Busch.
Jayski Mark Garrow has the latest on injured driver Denny Hamlin and an update from Joe Gibbs Racing team president JD Gibbs.
C. (AP) Mark Martin will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing while Denny Hamlin recovers from a fractured vertebra in his lower back.
Denny Hamlin will be seventh in his first race since missing four with a compression fracture in a vertebra in his lower back.
Denny Hamlin topped the Standings this season leading up to the Chase with six wins, 10 top five finishes and 11 top 10 finishes.
"I'm sure it's a relief for someone like Carl, " said Denny Hamlin, who finished third and had a long winless streak end at Phoenix last year.
Former teammates Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano exchanged words after the race in person and on Twitter because Hamlin spun Logano as Logano was racing for the lead.
Denny Hamlin successfully returned from a compression fracture in a vertebra by turning 23 laps before getting out of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota for replacement driver Brian Vickers during the first caution.
Jordan Brand also expands into other sports not generally thought to be related, like motor sports NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin is a Jordan Brand endorser, and Jordan has his own SuperBike team.
Today, President Obama congratulated Jimmie Johnson on his fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship and welcomed other 2010 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Jeff Gordon, Clint Bowyer, Kurt Busch and Jeff Burton to the White House.
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