BROOKLYN, Mich. — Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota changed its paint scheme for Sunday’s race at Michigan to the one that was used when Jason Leffler drove the car in 2005.

The tribute paint scheme was Hamlin’s idea and approved by Joe Gibbs Racing and sponsor FedEx following Leffler’s death Wednesday in an accident at a dirt track in New Jersey. He was 37.

“He was the reason FedEx came into the sport and it just made sense,” Hamlin said. “We asked the sponsor if it was good and Joe Gibbs Racing found someone Saturday evening to get somebody here and get it done.”

Hamlin finished 30th Sunday.