DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — And what is it with people trying to wall-ride me? Why am I always in this thing?!
That’s an exasperated Denny Hamlin, sharing a reaction to a specific thing that could really be anything. He didn’t say it at a podium at a racetrack media center. He wasn’t wearing a racing suit. He hadn’t just jumped out of a racecar, out of breath and high on adrenaline.
Instead, that’s Hamlin, one of the most talented and polarizing and veteran drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series, jumping between tangents of his own making on his podcast that debuted earlier this month, under a title — “Actions Detrimental” — that embodies its self-deprecating host.