Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin is one of the most talented racers of generation. He has won over 5o Cup races in his career and is the winningest racer without a championship win to his name.
While the NASCAR Xfinity Series race as a whole was good, Denny Hamlin was a little disappointed with the way things ended. He isn’t wrong, either. Everyone seemed to forget how to race at Talladega on the last two laps of the Ag-Pro 300.
One of the most controversial moments of the 2024 NASCAR Cup season so far has been the teammate drama at Richmond Raceway. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin scored a win on Sunday over his teammate Martin Truex Jr.
Since the introduction of the Next-Gen cars, one of the main concerns for NASCAR has been the Superspeedway racing product. The racing there has become pretty clean due to the reduced intensity in initial stages.
For many fans the fuel-saving race at Talladega was another reminder that NASCAR has issues with the racing product, Denny Hamlin included. Hamlin has been a vocal critic of the overall racing product during the Next Gen era.
Michael McDowell was leading coming to the start-finish-line during the GEICO 500, but he ended up wrecking the field on the final lap at Talladega. Denny Hamlin was watching with a keen eye, and he tried to figure out if there was a way the No.
The race at Talladega carried twists at every corner, moreover on the straights. The drivers were stuck in a slipstream train, and this caused the race to be a mundane one, especially for Kyle Busch.
A certain victory from Denny Hamlin’s past came to mind, as he watched Tyler Reddick take the checkered flag at Talladega over the weekend. During the latest episode of his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin harkened back to his 2020 Daytona 500 victory, where he was able to beat Ryan Newman and Ryan Blaney to the line.
Denny Hamlin didn’t envy NASCAR’s responsibility regarding their decision on when to throw the caution as the field raced back to the line at Talladega.
Kyle Busch wasn’t happy after Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, taking to X to air his frustrations with the Next Gen car. Busch, who jumped out of line along with Ty Gibbs in the final laps in hopes of making a run to the front, lost his momentum and fell all the way to the back of the pack.
Talladega Motor Speedway hosted the GEICO 500 on Sunday and it was a day of mixed emotions for Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin. He ended up in the victory lane as the co-owner of 23XI Racing, as his driver Tyler Reddick was the winner.
Denny Hamlin fell victim to a puddle on the racetrack during Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Hamlin, part of a seven-car pack to hit pit road at once, got loose while deaccelerating to pit road speed and made slight contact with John Hunter Nemechek.
As it tends to happen on superspeedways, Sunday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega came down to the final lap. And coming out of Turn 4, it was pole-sitter Michael McDowell leading the field as he had done for 36 laps throughout Sunday’s race.
We will never be able to talk about this Talladega race without talking about Michael Jordan celebrating in Victory Lane. Denny Hamlin was there with his 23XI Racing co-owner in what made for a unique moment in NASCAR.
After a wild race at Talladega on Sunday, our NASCAR power rankings got a shakeup.
Here are four things we learned after a wild GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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