Denny Hamlin Wins at Las Vegas After WILD Comeback Through the Field!

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Denny Hamlin’s emotional NASCAR Cup Series victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports showing renewed speed, and a race filled with pit road mistakes and strategy battles headline a dramatic weekend in NASCAR as the season begins to take shape ahead of Darlington Raceway. On this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith break down Hamlin’s impressive drive from deep in the field to capture win number 61, Chase Elliott’s strong runner-up finish, Hendrick Motorsports’ encouraging performance with William Byron and Kyle Larson, Ty Gibbs continuing his recent run of top-five finishes, and several costly pit road penalties before looking ahead to Darlington with insight into what makes the Track Too Tough to Tame so difficult for drivers. The show also features Mamba’s Social Sips with trending motorsports stories and fan moments from the weekend before the crew makes their picks for the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race. 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Las Vegas Weekend Recap 34:20 - Darlington Preview 42:28 - Mamba’s Social Sips 51:54 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	How many wins can he get to?
0:01.2	Can he get to 70?
0:02.4	I think 70 is a lot to ask.
0:04.2	Still seems very much in his prime.
0:05.8	I think that Chase Elliott has been sneaky.
0:08.0	Sneaky.
0:09.1	We've seen Rastrow Fits before.
0:10.6	We've also seen Daniel Swiss before.
0:12.6	It could be quite a fight.
0:13.5	This weekend's cup race could be the gnarliest race that we have seen there in a long time.
0:23.6	What a race! California's Kevin Harbock does it. Welcome to Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour,
0:29.6	presented by NASCAR and Fox.
0:31.6	I'm Kevin Harvick.
0:32.6	She's Caitlin Vinci and the Galloping Ghosts,
0:35.6	Waterboy, Mama Smith. No, former point guard and captain. You Ghost, Waterboy. No, no. Former point guard and captain of the Waterboy. Randolph Union High School Galap and Ghost. No, no. You put that on your ex-bio, captain. You were. You couldn't have been anything more than the Waterboy. Listen, I was a sharp shooter. I led the team and assists too.
0:54.5	Is that your high school jersey? This is my high school, yeah. So shout out to them. They went to the, uh, it must have been big. They went to the, well, we only got, the jersey only came in one size and I was very small at the time. They went to their championship, state championship. Shout to my old coach, Jimmy Raleigh. They didn't win, but I want to represent.
1:11.2	You know, it's March Madness anyway.
1:12.7	It is.
1:13.2	Yeah, we're all...
1:14.0	I didn't know, but I want to represent.
1:11.2	You know, it's March Madness anyway.
1:12.7	It is.
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