Denny Hamlin showed love to one emotional fan who attended the NASCAR All-Star Race in North Wilkesboro. On his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin shared a story of his interaction with the young fan.
“He was there and he was very proud wearing his Mavis shirt, his FedEx hat,” Hamlin said. “He just wanted me to turn around and wave. Once I turned around and waved, I saw him and his mom hugging each other, and I think he was crying because I turned around and waved.”
Hamlin went on to say that he wanted to give him something. He didn’t want to give him his hat because of its small size leading Hamlin to scramble to find a gift for the young fan. Hamlin then said that his chief mechanic Brandon gave him his hat so Hamlin could sign it and give it to the kid.
“The kid was really really excited,” Hamlin said. “It was great to see that for sure.”
The interaction with the fan was the highlight for Hamlin that night since he came up short in the All-Star Race. He finished second behind Joey Logano, and when he talked about the race, he explained why he came up short.
“We pulled away there at the very end. I thought we definitely had the two fastest cars,” Hamlin said about racing Logano. “I would get close, and then dare we say it, aero. I just couldn’t get any closer than about two car lengths. The cars, they just don’t like air.”
Denny Hamlin shares thoughts on North Wilkesboro Speedway
Despite losing to Logano at the All-Star Race, Hamlin loves what North Wilkesboro Speedway brings to the table. “I thought it was really, really good,” he said.
“It had consistency, from top to bottom, certainly we were able to move up, move to the middle, to the bottom. It had options, for sure. I thought it raced as good as any repave we’ve ever seen, truly. It just seems like it has some variable banking, especially through one and two, that it’s — the very bottom lane is, let’s just pretend it’s flat. You’ve got the next lane in the middle, which has got a little more camber to it. And then the top lane, that’s got even more. So the higher up you run, the more momentum you’re going to have on the exit, but you can run lower, cut distance and get beside the person. So I thought it created great racing.”
On3’s Steve Samra contributed to this story.
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