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DAYTONA, FL – AUGUST 28: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Shaping Black Futures Toyota, during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 28, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fl.(Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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DAYTONA, FL – AUGUST 28: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Shaping Black Futures Toyota, during the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 28, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fl.(Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Denny Hamlin, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver and the co-owner of the 23XI Racing team, recently interacted with the troops of the U.S. Armed Forces. As a prelude to the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Mission 600 is a program designed to honor the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces.
This is done by teaming up NASCAR drivers with military bases with the idea of teaching the racecar drivers about the day-to-day lives of the armed forces.
After being given a tour of Camp Buehring’s base in Kuwait over Zoom, Hamlin and SSG Thomas Moore exchanged their thoughts on the commonalities between NASCAR and the army.
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Moore described “being on the battlefield”, and being coordinated with the medical and retrieval crews is just like doing the same with a pit crew.
While the Richmond race winner tried bringing the parallels between the temperature inside the Next Gen racecar and a tank. “What the normal person would not be able to do inside of our cars, deal with the heat,” he said.
“Maybe you guys, because it does not look cool inside those tanks. But you know, it’s 130 to 140 (degrees) in the car usually. And we’re in there for four hours and there’s not AC blowing or anything like that.”
Yesterday we kicked off #Mission600 with @CocaColaRacing driver @dennyhamlin.
Here’s a sneak peek at how it went. 😅
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Denny Hamlin shares frustration with the Bristol race broadcasting
Post the race at Bristol, journalist Jenna Fryer tweeted out her frustrations with the broadcasting.
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“Listen, it’s a problem for a sport if you need an explainer that long to tell the viewer what’s going on with the scoring,” she wrote.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 06: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Express Toyota, is seen on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on February 06, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Jumping in on the broadcasting criticism bandwagon that has been rolling for quite some time now, Denny Hamlin also gave his take on the problem that must’ve given the fans some contentment now that someone like Hamlin is also being critical of FOX.
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“Over a 1 min explanation. Ppl in the sport don’t even know. What’s wrong with this picture. As a fan sitting on my ass right now watching, it’s hard to take this seriously,” Hamlin replied.
