NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin has some very serious opinions about practice time for teams before the Daytona 500 begins. He has found support from across the NASCAR community—despite him not being a personal favorite of many.
Dirty Mo Media recently posted a clip from the “Actions Detrimental with Denny Hamlin” podcast on Twitter. He voiced an issue around practice time, which makes complete sense.
The three-time Daytona 500 winner questioned why there was no practice time or schedule before the year’s biggest race began. After all, it is only natural for any sports organization to arrange practice sessions for the players to get the best potential out of them. And who is better than team owners—especially those with newcomers in their teams—to appreciate the value of practice sessions?
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Unfiltered Denny Hamlin gives the owner’s perspective
In the clip, the visibly flustered 23XI Racing co-owner Hamlin was seen as saying, “We don’t have one lap of practice before we qualify for our biggest race of the year. Somebody had to explain that to me. I mean, I can tell you this from the owner’s perspective, it was never brought up to us, hey, we’re going to cut this you know.”
Pointing out that as team owners, they are blamed for such things, whereas they haven’t been consulted on the topic in reality.
His concern for driver Travis Pastrana, who will be racing to qualify in NASCAR after a decade, is certainly valid. He said, “I mean, we’re sitting here and Travis Pastrana is going to be driving for us. He hasn’t driven a NASCAR car in almost ten years. We’re trying to figure out what parking lot we can take him to try to figure out shifts because he’s got one shot on qualifying to not stall and then get all the shifting right.”
Hamlin’s critics also affirm his opinion
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Fans are definitely in agreement with the NASCAR driver about his concern. Check out what the fans have to say.
Agreed. What 'makes good sense reason' is there for no practice? Ever. What athlete doesn't warm up?! Js
— On your mark 😎 Get set 😎 Race! 🏁 (@tigerann2363) February 1, 2023
I agree first race and no practice
— James Minor (@jamesminor88) February 2, 2023
I was thinking this the other day! Bring it back!!
— Dalton Mobley (@Swishh77) February 2, 2023
I totally agree! Part of the excitement of Speedweeks was there were always cars on the track. The talk all around the different events in town was “who was fastest” in the multiple practices during the week. It was a build up to the 500. It’s just not the same 😩 Never will be!
— Chase Blalock (@ChaseBlalock4) February 2, 2023
Nascar doing what Nascar does….makes no sense
— Anthony Brammer (@AnthonyBrammer3) February 1, 2023
I have to say, I’m not a Hamlin fan as a driver… but hearing his owners perspective, that I like! Excited for the show!
— JD Pierce (@TheRealScore4) February 2, 2023
Spot on, why no practice?
— eirhamlinfan (@eirhamlinfan) February 1, 2023
It’s ridiculous that there is no practice before qualifying and it’s funny how they keep calling it “speed week” but it’s not anymore
— Ryan Agar (@1969Cuda48) February 1, 2023
As much as I have always disliked Denny I agree. Honestly I wonder if they had a lot of practice last year how many problems would have been solved before the races.
— Jeremy Kutz (@JeremyKutz9) February 1, 2023
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My god nascars gonna hate this podcast and I fucking love it
— Emmitt Richmond (@EmmittRichmond3) February 2, 2023
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The podcast with Denny Hamlin had a lot of interesting angles to it. Hamlin is not only a co-owner of the 23XI Racing team but also a Joe Gibbs Racing driver. And it looks like he might be following in Kyle Busch’s footsteps. In the interview, there was an indirect revelation that this might be his last year as a driver with Joe Gibbs Racing.
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