Published 01/30/2023, 9:00 AM EST
Denny Hamlin may not have won a championship, but his legacy in NASCAR is already that of a legend. Hamlin has the wins, the stats, the crown jewels, and from the last two seasons, his own team as well.
However, it seems now, that his role as a driver of Joe Gibbs Racing and the part-owner of 23XI Racing wasn’t enough for the #11 driver.
So perhaps that’s why he decided to venture into podcasting, getting his own show under the media empire of Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Hamlin’s show, which is called ‘Actions Detrimental’, will have its episodes every Monday once the NASCAR season begins. With the names and the personalities involved in the show, its sure to be a big success.
But if Bubba Wallace’s spotter, Freddie Kraft is to be believed, Hamlin may just face a slight issue.
Denny Hamlin will have an “amazing” podcast, but one aspect could be troubling
Speaking in a pre-season appearance for their podcast show Door Bumper Clear, Kraft, alongside fellow spotter Brett Griffin discussed the potential future of his boss, Denny Hamlin’s venture into podcasting.
“I think the podcast will be amazing. Now, the timing of when he’s gonna record this podcast is interesting,” Kraft said.
“Like one of these things, I’m not gonna believe it until I see it, the first one right off the jump, he’s gonna have to record in the middle of the night sometime isn’t he?”
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Hamlin given incredible tag by spotter Brett Griffin
After Kraft described his thoughts on Hamlin’s upcoming podcast show, Brett Griffin opened up on why “it’s awesome” for the driver-owner to not have his own show, but how the entire ecosystem at Dale Jr’s Dirty Mo Media is a big W for NASCAR.
And he wasn’t done there. Griffin followed this up by comparing Hamlin to Dale Earnhardt in the way the championless driver-owner is going about his career on both sides of the track.
“I think when you look at Dirty Mo Media as a whole as it pertains to the NASCAR podcast, you got a retired driver with a ton of experience, obviously a Hall of Fame guy, you’ve got three industry insiders,” Griffin said. “And now you’ve got, a current driver who is not only a driver, he’s an owner.”
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“Like if I look at him, he’s a modern-day Dale Earnhardt because he’s driving for one team, yet he owns another.”
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 23: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota, waves to fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on October 23, 2022 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Griffin claimed that 23XI Racing is on its way to becoming a successful team. “They’re only two years old at the end of last year, both cars were in the playoffs,” he continued.
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“The things they’ve been able to do in such a short amount of time, reminds me of the way DEI came to be.”