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Denny Hamlin is The Most Mentally Tough Driver in Motorsports | Coffee With Kenny · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Happy Monday morning, everybody. Look at this.
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  It's like Animal House around here.
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  We have our daughters, two dogs down here.
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  And of course we've got Lily, Lucy, four dogs, I said.
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  It's like Animal House, ma'am. They start barking.
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  It hurts your ears. Rain, rain.
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  I I went to bed last night in the swimming pool.
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  I keep the swimming pool filled up at a certain mark so I can
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  tell you when it rains really hard.
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  I woke up this morning and I said, damn, it rained 2 inches
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  last night, so it's still coming through.
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  You know, sometimes there's nothing wrong with a rainy day.
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  A rainy day sends everybody a message.
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  It says calm down, relax. That's what a what does a rainy
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  day mean to you? Respond right here.
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  But a rainy day to me means relax, calm down.
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  Hey Wallace, will you hold that coffee mug up for that?
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  Really irritates me. I can always tell when there's
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  somebody new. Been holding this coffee mug up
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  for over a year now and I appreciate some of you new
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  people. I can tell when you're new
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  'cause you go put that coffee mug down.
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  That's annoying. I said, well now I'll hold it up
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  more. I told you I'm a rebel.
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  I'm a rebel, yes. OK, Just about out of coffee.
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  Going to have to go get another cup.
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  That'd be my second cup. People say.
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  How many cups of coffee do you drink?
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  Usually two to three Max. That's about it.
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  Coffee with Kenny makes it sound like I drink coffee all day.
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  I do 10, 18 minute coffee with Kenny and that's it.
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  And then I start my day. OK, sip of coffee and we're
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  going to talk about Denny Hamlin.
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  Denny Hamlin, This guy, I know some of you don't like him
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  because he's mentally stronger than you.
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  And that my friends, is the subject.
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  Denny Hamlin owns 2311 race team with Michael Jordan and we all
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  know that Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, we know that
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  they're suing NASCAR for monopolistic practices and this,
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  this has become this. What do we call this soap opera?
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  It's become a soap opera it but it's become very ugly.
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  And don't you all think to yourself, how do they, how does
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  NASCAR let Denny Hamlin's car go through tech inspection?
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  Isn't how is NASCAR getting Denny Hamlin in any way?
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  It shocks me that Denny Hamlin can go out and focus and win
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  these races and, and he hears all these noises going on.
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  My friends, Denny Hamlin is one of the greats.
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  He is a Hall of Famer. He will go down in history as
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  one of the strongest mental people I've ever I've ever
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  witnessed. Now, I've talked about this
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  before and, and there's a lot to talk about today and we'll see
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  if I come up with anything else. But we're 4 minutes into this
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  deal right now and I've got to tell you that is the story of
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  the day. Denny Hamlin on 40 lap, older
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  tires than anybody. Chase Brisco comes in and gets 4
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  brand new tires, blows by everybody and gets to Denny
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  Hamlin, hits Denny Hamlin in the left rear.
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  They about spin out. So Chase Briscoe's trying even
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  though they're teammates. Don't you know?
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  Chase Briscoe wants to win to show his superiority.
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  So Chase Briscoe, 4 new tires. Now listen, after the race, I
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  think Kyle Larson finished fourth or fifth.
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  Kyle Larson said I had a good card.
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  He goes, I'm really impressed with Denny Hamlin.
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  All the credit to Denny Hamlin. Now, I made my notes because
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  we're going to do Herman Schrader here in a little bit
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  and I'm going to talk to Kenny Schrader about this.
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  Kyle Larson said what Denny Hamlin did today was very
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  impressive. Denny's got the ability to use
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  the high lane and keep his car rolling fast and, and, you know,
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  just battled it out. So the point is this, how can
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  you sue NASCAR? How can you encourage the fans
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  to argue and hate you? Pretty much, yes.
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  It Denny Hamlin knows that you guys don't like him, but he says
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  he loves it and and you you think in the back of your mind,
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  you're going to call bullsh. You're like bullsh.
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  You know what that little kid bullsh bullshit.
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  But I believe it because even when he plays basketball with
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  his friends and in it, I think Michael Jordan, one of the
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  greatest athletes of all time. I think they're mentally strong.
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  See, sometimes some people on on social media, they think they
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  going to get Danny Hamlin. They think they going to get
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  Michael Jordan. I'm going to get you.
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  I'm going to talk bad about you. They love it.
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  They they survive on talk. So one thing I've learned about
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  Danny Hamlin, just like Rusty Wallace, just like my Big
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  Brother. When people would talk about my
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  Big Brother, I went, I take a drink coffee and I'm like, you
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  done up. You you, you talk bad about
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  Rusty Wallace and now Denny Hamlin.
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  They going to kick your ass. It makes it gives them fuel.
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  It gives them fuel. It's like it's like they do
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  better. So on those two or three
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  restarts at Dover and you're thinking, how's this guy going
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  to do it? He's got 40 lap boulder tires
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  on. The world is against Denny
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  Hamlin right now. They lost the three, you know,
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  injunctions to the charters and and now Danny Hamlin in the
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  Media Center. You know, the media is like
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  Danny Hamlin, Danny Hamlin and Danny looks them all right in
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  the face and he goes if you wait till December for the real
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  lawsuit, everything will come out the end.
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  So he is 1 bad son of a bitch. All I got to say bottom line is
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  is, you know, sometimes you never judge a book by it's
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  covered. Watch the race car.
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  Don't look at the person. Denny Hamlin.
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  So, you know, sometimes somebody will haul ass and then you'll
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  see him get out of the car and you're like, oh, that's just a
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  little kid. Drives like a big man.
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  That, my friends, is Denny Hamlin.
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  He drives like a man and acts like a man at that.
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  He's a tough ass man. I mean a tough ass.
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  So congratulations that Denny Hamlin.
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  Now respond right here with all your sarcastic bullshit, because
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  that's what I need. I need my timeline to light up.
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  Have a great Monday, everybody.