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Denny Hamlin believes a handful of wheelmen stand above the rest when it comes to racing in wet weather conditions. The NASCAR Cup Series took a huge leap forward over the weekend, when it was decided they’d attempt to finish the USA Today 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on wet weather tires. The final 82 laps plus overtime were able to be completed, and fans in Loudon received a full race, when many thought the red flag signaled the end. While it was Christopher Bell who performed the best, ending up victorious when the checkered flag waved, Hamlin believes there’s a couple drivers who ha...
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NASCAR is halfway through year three of the Next Gen car era, a car specifically designed to level the playing field. While parity was the goal and there has been some, the well-established teams such as Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Team Penske have continued to rise to the top. Drivers from those three teams have combined to win 15-of-18 races this season, with Penske winning each of the past two championships. Chris Gabehart, Denny Hamlin’s crew chief, said on Kevin Harvick’s “Happy Hour” podcast this week that the reason the best teams continue to find their way forward is bec...
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Nashville Superspeedway is next on the docket for the NASCAR Cup Series, as the campaign moves forward to Tennessee for the Ally 400 on Sunday. It’s the fourth time since 2021 that the Cup Series will return to Nashville. Kyle Larson won the first race in 2021, with Chase Elliott finding Victory Lane in 2022 and Ross Chastain last season. All in all, it’s been a popular addition to the schedule, and a race where each wheelman would love to capture that guitar. Ahead of this weekend’s race, the crew over at Racing Insights has projected the entire finishing order of the Ally 400, utilizing thei...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. was among the many watching at home who were confused by NASCAR‘s decision to put this past Sunday’s race at New Hampshire under a red flag with 82 laps to go. Light rain had begun to fall yes, but NASCAR brought Goodyear wet weather tires to New Hampshire knowing it would likely be dealing with weather. Instead of getting some laps in on the wet weather tires, NASCAR waited until the more severe weather came through and passed before getting back to racing. Earnhardt, speaking on the “Dale Jr. Download” this week, spoke out against NASCAR for not getting some laps in as it ...
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Predictions from the Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour crew are rolling in ahead of the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend. Kaitlyn Vincie actually started off the picking for this week’s race. She’s looking at Josh Berry and the No. 4 team over at Stewart-Haas Racing to secure their spot in the playoffs, riding the wave of momentum they’ve accumulated over the past couple of weeks. “I’m going to go first, I’m going with Josh Berry,” Vincie predicted. “Riding the momentum from this week, I don’t know.” Following up the prediction of his former team reaching victory lane, Kevin Harvick d...
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Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic reported on “The Teardown” earlier this week that three racetracks are tentatively planned to come out of the playoff schedule next year. Those expected to be removed are Atlanta (already announced), Watkins Glen and Homestead-Miami. Darlington, New Hampshire and perhaps Gateway are the tracks scheduled to be part of the playoff schedule. Denny Hamlin offered his thoughts on the revised playoff schedule during his “Actions Detrimental” podcast this week and was particularly curious of Gateway’s inclusion. Gateway is notably independently owned and not owned by Sp...
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Kevin Harvick realizes it’s been an uneven season for Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 team in 2024, following their NASCAR Cup Series title in 2023. Even though there’s been some hardship for Blaney and company, they’re locked into the playoffs after a win earlier in June at Iowa Speedway. Now, can the No. 12 elevate and capture back-to-back championships when the time comes for the playoffs? Harvick believes there’s one major hurdle in their way. “Here’s the deal with those guys,” Harvick started, via Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour. “I think that their short-track stuff, I think is okay. I think that ...
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Denny Hamlin hasn’t had the same success on the racetrack of late as he did earlier in the season, but crew chief Chris Gabehart is still overall pleased with the team’s performance. Gabehart, atop Hamlin’s pit box since 2019, told Kevin Harvick on his “Happy Hour” podcast this week that the 11 team is “executing at a really high level,” even if the recent results don’t exactly show it. “For me, I have a stat that I keep up with that’s very subjective. But I’m very critical of and it’s where were we capable of running if everything went right,” Gabehart said. “And that’s a number I’m very crit...
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Brad Keselowski looked back at the time he drove for Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s JR Motorsports in the early stages of his NASCAR career. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour podcast, the 40-year-old driver talked to Harvick about something special Earnhardt said to him. “His plate was really full and he was really stressed,” Keselowski said about Earnhardt. “At one time, he said to me something I’m so proud of, I’m thankful he kind of had the courage or the guts to say it. …But he was like, ‘Man, that was one of the toughest times in my life. I had all the things going on in the Cup side, and the Xfinity t...
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Brad Keselowski just opened up about joining RFK Racing after being with Team Penske for over a decade. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour podcast, Harvick asked Keselowski about the process of joining RFK at the start of the 2022 season. Keselowski first talked about how he joined Team Penske and turned the initial offer down because he didn’t think it was a good deal. Team owner Roger Penske met with Keselowski in the summer of 2009 and wanted him to drive the No. 12 Cup car for Team Penske (called Penske Championship Racing at the time). Keselowski wasn’t interested, but would sign the deal if h...
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