Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin
James Dennis Alan "Denny" Hamlin is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently drives the No. 11 Toyota Camry full-time in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 18 Camry part-time in the Xfinity Series for Joe Gibbs Racing...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth18 November 1980
CityTampa, FL
average finish finishing five races top
If we can just have the same average finish this year, we can make the Chase. Finishing races is so important. That's how we got that top five finish in the Busch Series. We really weren't a top-five team, but we did it by consistency. That's what we want to do this year.
deal finish gaining kept pit proud running year
This is the way that we've been running all year long -- just haven't been able to finish the deal off. I'm so proud of my pit crew. They just kept gaining and gaining (positions on pit road).
courses flat love road three tracks
This track, I love it. I like short-track racing, road courses and flat tracks and this is a combination of all three of those.
car coming front lost sure tire took toward turn
We just lost the front end coming off Turn 4. I'm not really sure if a tire went down or what. The car just took off toward the wall.
again dave great perfect pole practice rogers second straight yesterday
We had a great run. I was kind of disappointed after practice yesterday but (crew chief) Dave Rogers made the perfect adjustments again and got us on the pole for the second straight week.
guys name trying
We're just the new guys trying to make a name for ourselves.
careers guy want
As far as a career legacy, I just want to be known as the guy everyone had to watch for, constantly.
eye knowing swagger
It's an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you're the best.
sports long racing
I can assure you that most of the drivers have a lot of things they'd like to do, but racing keeps them from doing that. We're so restricted because of our long season. We have a one-and-a-half-month period where we get to do what we want - that's shorter than any other sport. It makes it tough, for sure.
race car focus
I can spend the hour before the race cracking up with all my friends and joking around, but as soon as I get around that race car, I completely change. The focus changes. The competitive juices get flowing.
two track needs
We need to capitalize on the tracks we're really, really good at. At Richmond and Martinsville, our performance and results have not been very good, even though I consider them to be among my two best racetracks.
sports running racing
I feel like I'm the most competitive driver in the motorhome lot. No matter what it is - whether we're racing, playing another sport or deciding who can run to that sign and back faster - I feel like I'm the most competitive person alive.
guy championship type
Definitely the road to the championship gets much easier when those type of guys are eliminated early.
sports heart cutting
The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.