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Denny Hamlin runs 16 laps at Talladega
NASCAR Talladega Auto Heal
NASCAR Sprint Cup series driver Denny Hamlin (11) pulls out of the garage area during practice for Sunday's auto race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Denny Hamlin ran 16 laps at full speed Friday, turned his car over to Brian Vickers and then didn't exactly rule himself out of running a full race this weekend as he recovers from a back injury. Hamlin insisted he'll again give Vickers the car at some point Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. But with a sly smile, Hamlin left the door open to run a full race in his return from a compressed fracture of a vertebra in his lower back.