Denny Hamlin Interview

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Denny Hamlin breaks down his emotional NASCAR Cup Series win in Las Vegas, explains why this may be the best team he has ever had at Joe Gibbs Racing, and discusses the dominant start to the season for Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing. On this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Kevin Harvick sits down with Hamlin to discuss how his season has unfolded so far, what made the Las Vegas victory so meaningful, why his current team has been so effective, the early success of 23XI Racing and Michael Jordan’s impact at the track, what still needs to improve moving forward, and how he views the future of NASCAR as the sport continues to evolve. 0:00 - Intro0:33 - Denny Hamlin Joins The Show!1:57 - Emotions At Las Vegas4:24 - Deciding When To Retire7:46 - Experience Vs. Youth In NASCAR9:38 - Relationship With Joe Gibbs12:22 - 23XI’s Hot Start16:49 - Michael Jordan’s Influence On 23XI18:54 - NASCAR Ladder System22:15 - NASCAR’s Next Challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a winning team. It's a championship team.
0:02.0	It's a team that should have won the championship last year.
0:05.0	You're able to bring Michael Jordan joy.
0:07.0	That is such a huge responsibility.
0:09.0	It's such a great responsibility to have...
0:12.0	How special is that relationship with Joe?
0:15.0	Never will forget when my dad and him were out on pit road.
0:19.0	You know, my dad goes to him.
0:21.2	He's all yours now.
0:33.3	Well, we figured we'd find a spot that seems like you've been pretty interested in lately with all the fishing and boating.
0:42.5	And so here we are.
0:44.3	I like it.
0:45.1	This is actually a pretty good spot to find some bass.
0:47.9	He's got some rip rat right here on the edge.
0:51.4	The sun getting on it.
0:52.5	The fish like to attract to the heat so the rocks keep
0:56.5	to eat.
0:57.4	So did the, I mean, when you were growing upward, did you fish?
1:01.2	No.
1:01.8	Okay.
1:02.6	So it sounds like you've acquired this, this fishing expertise.
1:07.9	Is this like a chat GPT thing?
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