Denny Hamlin began his podcast, “Actions Detrimental,” in 2023. During the first year of the podcast, he generated news with several remarks he made. One such comment led to a retroactive punishment from NASCAR for his comments about wrecking Ross Chastain during the first Phoenix race. Fascinatingly, he accepted his role as NASCAR’s antagonist last year and donned the black helmet with little hesitation.
The podcast host has been firing on all cylinders since the 2024 season officially began, criticizing NASCAR CEO Jim France on the episode that aired on February 20 for turning down an invitation to meet with the team owners in Daytona. One week later, on the February 27 show, the driver for Joe Gibbs Racing was back at it, accusing people and organizations, including his former teammate Kyle Busch.
He and I had a conversation this morning before the Cup race at the drivers’ meeting. Before bursting into laughter, Hamlin stated, “He was positive that the reason the Truck race drew a larger crowd than the Xfinity race was because he was competing. “I mean business. No, I’m not kidding. I knew it had to be KFB, he added. “Oh, that’s cool, it’s in the third person,” I respond.
And Hamlin had only just begun.
Denny Hamlin Admits Stupid Thing About Urinating During A Race
Subsequently, on the podcast, Hamlin discussed a sensitive topic that other drivers have already brought up: urinating in their firesuit while competing. The 43-year-old freely said that he has never been able to reach that stage in his career, unwind, and finish what needs to be done. He was unable to contain it in Atlanta.
“Boom, that’s when I got the first dribble!” Hamlin explained.
After that, co-host of the program Jared Allen said, “There’s no stopping.”
Not at all. No way,” he concurred. “First it was warm, then it turned cold.” I’ve never had the experience of urinating in my seat, but I kind of enjoyed it. Is that unusual?
Following a few minutes of narrating his own experience, which included telling the inside specialist on the No. 11 vehicle that he had left him “something special,” Hamlin abruptly mentioned other people who had also done it.
“My body says no way I’m releasing right now, and I’ve tried, so I never understood how they could do it,” he remarked. “I know many drivers do this regularly.” Carl Edwards reportedly used to do it each week. Tyler Reddick, I believe, does it each week.
Hamlin Targets Snitches
Hamlin wasn’t done after criticizing a driver on his 23XI Racing squad as well as a former colleague. Later on in the broadcast, he talked about Joey Logano and the fine that NASCAR imposed on the Team Penske driver for qualifying with an unauthorized webbed glove. It was then questioned as to whether NASCAR authorities learned about the modified piece of equipment from the broadcast or their research.
Well, I’ll admit that it was a whistleblower, said Hamlin. These teams expose one another. For those of you who are unaware. Because we’re sitting next to each other and seeing videos of other automobiles, they refer to this sport as self-policing. The NASCAR Cup Series is rife with insider trading. I refer to the entire area.
They leak information. They will notify the tower straight away if they witness someone breaking the law or failing to follow the regulations. They’ll say, “Hey, look, look,” and forward that to either Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer or Chief Racing Development Officer John Probst. Take a look at that. They will then respond, “Oh, we’ll investigate that.”
Hamlin is directly aware of the effectiveness of self-policing. When he and Busch were eliminated from the race in 2022, he learned the truth at Pocono.
For Heavy.com, Kyle Dalton covers NASCAR. Having covered high school, collegiate, and professional sports for over 30 years, he has written for publications such as the Austin American-Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, Detroit News, and Sportscasting.com. Additional details about Kyle Dalton
