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Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Denny Hamlin Opens Up About Emotional Vegas Win and Passing Kevin Harvick on All-Time Wins List

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8523 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Denny Hamlin reflects on his emotional NASCAR Cup Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the personal meaning behind the win after a difficult offseason following the loss of his father, and what it means to move past Kevin Harvick on the all-time NASCAR wins list while continuing to build his legacy in the sport. In this episode of Victory Lap on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Kaitlyn Vincie sits down with Hamlin to discuss the significance of the win, how his team executed late in the race, why this moment meant so much to him personally, the early-season success of 23XI Racing, and what he expects heading into the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The names on the list of the people that I'm on now,

0:03.0

these are heroes and legends of our sport

0:05.2

that I just idolized.

0:06.6

I can't remember another time

0:08.0

where I've had everyone there for race wins.

0:10.6

With 61 of them, it just doesn't happen that often.

0:13.3

To do it at Vegas, early in the seasons,

0:15.6

all just in that about us.

0:17.0

You know, on the ball, California's Kevin Hartford doesn't.

0:24.9

Hey, good.

0:27.9

Hey, everybody.

0:28.7

Welcome into the Victory Laugh.

0:29.7

I'm Caitlin Vincy.

0:30.4

And so great to have our Las Vegas winner, Denny Hamlin,

0:32.9

joining us on the show.

0:34.3

Great to see you.

0:35.5

And what a hard fought win, I might add,

0:37.4

had to battle back from a

0:38.6

speeding penalty. What was that race like from your vantage point? It was fun from my vantage point

0:45.8

because we were so fast. And it made it very enjoyable from my perspective to, you know, be able to maneuver whenever I needed to pass generally at will.

1:01.2

I mean, those are the things you dream about as a race car driver.

1:03.9

And, you know, while it would have been fun or certainly an easier day to just lead all the laps,

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