Another week, another agonizing loss for Denny Hamlin.

Alex Bowman came from nowhere with 10 laps to go at Richmond Raceway to win the No. 48 Chevrolet for the first time in nearly four years.

Bowman won for the third time in his career on Sunday, denying Hamlin a victory in a race he had dominated, and becoming the eighth Cup winner in nine races this season. He dedicated the win to crew member William “Rowdy” Harrell and his wife, Blakley Harrell, who died in a vehicle accident in Florida while on their honeymoon in November.

“This one is for Rowdy and his family. Miss him and Blakley every day,” Bowman said.

Bowman’s victory in Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 Chevrolet occurred on the same day that the car’s former driver, seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, made his IndyCar Series debut in Alabama. It was the No. 48’s first victory since June 4, 2017.

When the No. 48 was built in 2001, Johnson was the only driver, and sponsor Ally chose Bowman to replace him.

Bowman rallied to win after receiving a penalty on lap 247 for a loose tire on pit road.

It was Hamlin’s third defeat in three races.

He didn’t do enough to get Joey Logano out of the way to win the dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway, and he was caught late last week at Martinsville Speedway by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr.

To honor the eight people killed in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday, Hamlin raced in Richmond with the hashtag (hash)fedexstrong on the rear of his car and on his pit wall. He was in command once again, leading 207 of the 400 laps. In the last two weeks, he has led 483 laps.

“First and foremost, we want to think of all of the families in Indy right now,” Hamlin said. “Awful tragedy to happen there. Our thoughts and prayers are with these names. We will get (wins). We will keep digging. We are dominating — just have to finish it.”

Hamlin won the first two stages and finished in the top five for the eighth time in nine races this season.

“We just didn’t take off quite as good there at the end. I tried to warm it up and do everything that I could — just the 48 had a little more on those last few laps and I couldn’t hold the bottom,” Hamlin said.

He led 276 laps at Martinsville Speedway last week before losing the lead to Truex with 15 laps remaining.

On Sunday, Hamlin held on to second place, followed by Logano, Christopher Bell, and Truex, who led 107 laps and survived a pit road speeding penalty. Kyle Busch finished eighth for the second week in a row, putting all four JGR drivers in the top ten.

“Denny and I had a hell of a race,” Logano said. “It was pretty fun there for a minute, but here we are third. It stings. We were up there all day.

“The 48 kind of snookered everybody.”

After three straight races on short tracks, the series heads to the largest track in NASCAR — 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

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