A biography for Denny Hamlinhasn’t been written yet.
“If anything during the playoffs, I try to golf more. I'll just do anything I can to be normal. I don't really designate any time differently or try to weed out distractions.”
“Outside of the track, I love sports.”
“I like to get wild sometimes with my shoes, but I don't venture too far out with shoe colors.”
“I always have to work on my flexibility to help my back, and Pilates helps the most.”
“I'd rather run good and finish bad then run bad and finish a little better, honestly.”
“I'd say I'm moody, I'd say I'm temperamental. But within my certain group of friends and family, I'm very open and outgoing and joke around a lot.”
“I think our sport is much better off with a successful female driver in NASCAR.”
“There are people that live without ACLs all of the time and walk around and you never know the difference.”
“I'd say probably Dale Earnhardt was the biggest autograph I got when I was a kid, mainly because it was so hard to get it. His lines were way longer and it nearly took an act of God to get his autograph.”
“I can pump myself and beat my chest all I want going into a racetrack, but when you haven't had success there, that means you don't know what feel you are looking for.”
“I think that it's a benefit to have distractions because you don't overconsume yourself with what-ifs and you end up second-guessing yourself.”
“I know at times I've been very guilty of being too honest at times or too opinionated at times and it costs you a nickel or two.”
“I was 16. I wrecked my truck and the only way I could pay to fix it was to get a job. So I applied at a Subway.”
“Richmond is just the ideal racetrack.”
“I think my reputation among peers is probably different than my reputation among fans. My peers know me pretty well and so it's fairly accurate. I think I'm respected among my peers.”
“If you had 25 races or 20 races, something like that, there'd be more of a demand for the race ticket. I think you'd probably see better racing because of it, too, honestly. Because the less chances we have to get wins, the more aggressive we're going to be.”
“Each driver has some particular style, and you compete against each driver in each race a little bit differently.”
“Back when I was racing go-karts, I would be a complete jokester. I'd crack up with the guys around me, I just was horsing around with everyone. But as soon as we got our go-karts to the grid and I put on my helmet, my daddy always used tell me, 'You turn into a completely different person.'”
“Luck is just a stupid word in racing.”
“I've had shoulder issues.”