Coming off of his third place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin will head to a track where he has been known to turn out strong performances.

With and average start of 9.3 and an average finish of 10.7, Hamlin is not one to count out in this weekend's Dickies 500.

With Atlanta being one of the No. 11 team's weaknesses, Hamlin compares Texas to Atlanta.

"They are similar in that they are both banked, fast intermediates but the difference really comes in the surface and setting up your car to handle all that it throws at you," said Hamlin. "Atlanta has more grip and a little more room to move. Texas is tighter but if you can get your car working you can always pass at Texas so you see some good racing. It seems that just when you get comfortable at Texas is can bite you a little so you really need to be patient more than anything. I found some trouble there last season and it was just a case of trying to race a little too hard at the wrong time and we suffered for it."

With back to back top-5 finishes coming at Martinsville and Atlanta, Hamlin has a bit of momentum propelling him into this weekend. With Hamlin noting that Texas has the ability to to get you when you least expect it, he hopes to keep the wheels spinning.

"We're going to try for sure," Hamlin noted. "Coming to Texas is a good thing for this team and then it's on to Phoenix where we've been pretty good in the past so we'd like to close out this season not only with some good results, but really consistent runs. If we leave Homestead knowing that despite the way the Chase played out for us, we pulled together and rattled off a string of good races before the end it will make the off season that much better - and certainly give us something to look forward to."

With qulaifying starting tomorrow, Hamlin is confident that he can collect another strong finish.

"I feel I have a good sense of what it takes to be competitive at Texas and I have had some awesome cars there," Hamlin concluded.