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Denny Hamlin Continues To Silence The Haters! · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Hello everyone and welcome back to the Kenny Wallace
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  right, we're going to break down this Dover race. It
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  was fantastic. Danny Hamlin the winner in
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  exciting fashion holding off the great Kyle Larson. The
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  big story at the start of this race was the crowd. I
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  hear you now. I hear you watch. But
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  they got rid of grandstands gang. That's
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  the oldest one in the book that they got rid of these
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  grandstands 10 years ago. So
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  that tells me you're old. Hey,
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  I don't care if they got rid of grandstands 10 years
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  ago. We're not like the old days. So
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  that is what all the media was talking about at the
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  start of this race. Wow. Where did all these
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  Northeast people come from? Why
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  are the why are the grandstands that we have
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  wire? Why do we got so many people
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  here at this NASCAR race at Dover? Come
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  to find out. It's really simple. You
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  take away. So Dover used to have two
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  NASCAR weekends a year and they took one away. It's
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  like Dale Earnhardt Jr. says,
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  I love the NFL because the NFL leaves you wanting for
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  more. We heard Roger Goodell talking
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  about maybe having 19 games a year, but it was just
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  like yesterday. The NFL had 16, but the fans
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  want more. They got to be careful. So
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  NASCAR says, OK, we get it. We're
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  racing 39 weeks out of a year out of 52 weeks. So
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  think about it this way. Race
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  racing in NASCAR every single week is saying, I'm
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  not going to watch this week because they run 39
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  out of 52 weeks. So NASCAR takes a race away
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  from Dover and it makes sense. Grandstands
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  are really crowded now because everybody in the
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  Northeast is missing NASCAR. Hey,
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  remember what I always say? It
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  goes back to that old song. Don't
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  it always seem to go that you don't know what you
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  got till it's gone? They paid paradise, put in a
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  parking lot. So they took that Dover race
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  away and now you'll want it. You'll
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  want it more. All right. Jimmy
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  Johnson. Let's get to Jimmy Johnson right
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  away. This guy is the winningest
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  driver at Dover. It pained me to see this.
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  Jimmy Johnson plugging away, just
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  going laps down. Nothing wrong. And
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  they're doing their very best. They're
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  trying to pump Jimmy up. You
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  know, Fox got the NCAR camera. They
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  got to use it every once in a while. But,
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  you know, listen, Jimmy Johnson, seven time
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  champion. I've said it. I'm
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  not going to belabor the point. It
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  hurt me. It hurt me to watch this.
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  This was Jimmy's very best
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  track. So it's like when they said,
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  where are we going to run you, Jimmy? Where
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  do you want to run? Dover. That's my track. So
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  listen, maybe that team's not that great. But
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  Jimmy did leave NASCAR for several years. We're
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  talking two to four years. He
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  was gone all the while. They're
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  bringing a brand new race car. So
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  listen, that's a tough one. That's
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  a tough one to do. So Jimmy's saying, I need more
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  practice. Well, they just don't have
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  practice. When that coronavirus came out,
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  they realized that the racing is as good with
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  these guys without burning all the fuel and all the
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  tires. And remember, I know we do a
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  lot of complaining, but I'm going to remind you, it
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  was the NASCAR car owners that said, you got to save
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  us money. You got to stop with all this
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  practice. So chew the car owners ass
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  out because they're the ones that said, we're tired
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  of practice. It's costing us thousands and
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  thousands of dollars. And by the time you get to an
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  end of the year, it's in the millions. So
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  the racing is just fine without practice. Jimmy
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  needs it because he's never ran this car. And
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  when you're like Jimmy Johnson and you won seven
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  championships with one of the best teams in the
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  history of NASCAR, you're used to, you know, busting
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  it down. You know, you know, organizing
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  everything. And right now, Jimmy just
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  cannot do that. So Jimmy struggling. That
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  was a big deal. Alex Bowman. Let's
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  talk about that three wide exit off pit road. Alex
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  Bowman upset. He's right at this moment. He's
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  running in the top three. He's
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  got a shop to win the race. Catches
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  everybody in the United States off guard. Yes,
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  United States because social media lit up. Jimmy
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  Johnson said, tell Kyle Larson, my teammate, thanks
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  a lot, buddy. Tell Kyle Larson, my teammate,
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  thanks a lot, buddy. You know, basically Alex Bowman
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  was pissed. Well, then Kevin Hamlin. Here's
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  what's crazy. Alex Bowman's spotter. I
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  raced against this guy. Kevin
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  Hamlin was a good race car driver. And
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  one day Kevin Hamlin, Alex Bowman spotter. He
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  said, I'm out. He quit racing NASCAR. And
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  now he's a spotter. So listen, as a driver, I
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  don't like spotters that talk back to me. Alex
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  just wanted to ditch, you know, my wife has
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  complained to me before and I said, why are you
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  complaining? And my wife has said, Kenny,
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  I'm just venting. So this is what happens. I
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  don't look at Alex Bowman. I
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  don't look at him whining and crying. I
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  look at him, key in the button, venting frustration.
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  This is what happens. Remember
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  when Dale Jr., remember, it was at Dover actually.
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  Remember that movie where the
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  volleyball had put the face on it and, you know,
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  they're on an island by themselves and Hank. I
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  think he says the volleyball is the only
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  person, you're on an island by yourself. You
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  have nobody with you. So you take this volleyball
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  and you make that a person. So
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  remember when Dale Jr. put a volleyball in his race
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  car at Dover and said, okay, I'm out on the
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  racetrack by myself. You all don't want me talking
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  to you. So I got this volleyball. So
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  it was just him and the volleyball. This
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  happened at Dover. Look it up. And
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  this is what Alex Bowman was doing. He
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  was just keying his button. He
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  was venting his frustration. Network
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  TV got ahold of it. They shoot through the spotter,
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  Kevin Hamlin, and all of a sudden it's all this drama.
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  But I'm going to go the other
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  way on this one because I'm a race car driver and
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  I raced in all those NASCAR races. Sometimes
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  you just want to bitch and moan to your wife or your
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  crew members and you just want them to hear you. But
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  Kevin Hamlin comes back and gets in Alex's face, which
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  I didn't like. Okay, if I'm Alex Bowman, now
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  listen, Kevin Hamlin's a good spotter. I
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  get it because he makes $1 ,000 a weekend, whatever
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  they pay him. Airplane fare, food, the whole deal.
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  Spotters good pay and gig. But
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  if I'm Kevin Hamlin, I'm the psychologist. I'm
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  saying, I hear you, Alex, stay digging, buddy. We
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  got a great car. That's all I'd say. Kevin
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  Hamlin jumps back in his ass and says, whoa, what
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  do you expect? Our own teammate, not the
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  racer, focus on your car. And
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  then, of course, Alex Bowman comes back and says,
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  okay, I'll just drive my great race car. So
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  what I'm asking for all of you to listen to is me
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  telling you what it's like in that race car. Everybody
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  else out of the race car, they're in their right
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  mind. Oh, I know what they want. You
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  know, eating my sandwich here on the couch. Oh,
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  he shouldn't have said that. Well,
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  get your ass in that race car and see what it's
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  like. It's a whole different game.
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  It's like telling the guy that
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  strikes out in baseball, hell, I could have hit
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  that. Then you get up there and the
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  ball goes by you 100 miles proud and you're like,
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  okay, I take all that back. Okay.
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  The other big one, TV, Fox TV showing the Alex Bowman
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  fans leaving when Alex wrecks out. So
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  Zane Smith, now here, let me back up. You
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  know how a lot of you don't like bubble Wallace
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  because and I'm not going to go there. Okay.
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  So you don't mind Alex Bowman. No,
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  back up. Kenny, we're done with Alex
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  Bowman. Okay. Can't you see I'm beating
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  my ass. All right. You
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  all like it when bubble Wallace wrecks out right.
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  But you don't like it when he
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  gets wrecked by Zane Smith. So
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  Zane Smith clearly runs in the Bubba, spins him out
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  and takes your driver out. Now
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  you're mad. Now you're not mad above and
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  now you're mad at Zane Smith. You
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  see how that works. So Zane Smith, Zane Smith hits
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  bubble Wallace. He goes down and he takes out
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  William Byron and he takes out the 20 car C bell
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  Christopher Bell. TV goes to the grandstands and
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  shows that the fans leaving TV shows the William Byron
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  fans leaving the racetrack. They're
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  so pissed. This comes into psychology 101.
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  This is like I tell all of
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  you. When you want somebody to hear
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  you remember like I was telling you about the
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  volleyball and William Byron, same thing. William
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  Byron gets wrecked out. You go to your phone right
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  away. I hate NASCAR. You
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  want to vent you want somebody to hear you. You
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  don't hate NASCAR. What it is is your driver got
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  wrecked out. But this whole dynamic here was
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  really interesting. Right. So a lot of you you don't
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  like Bubba. Yeah, you wrecked out until until
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  Zane Smith until you realize Bubba was not the
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  cause. So it had like three prongs
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  of this deal, this wreck. Number
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  one, Zane Smith just runs in the bubble on accident.
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  I'm sure. But
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  still Zane Smith hits him, takes out Christopher Bell
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  and William Byron and then the fans leave the
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  grandstands. I hate NASCAR. But
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  this time it wasn't NASCAR's fault. It
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  wasn't Bubba Wallace's fault. It
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  was Zane Smith. So I just thought that was
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  funny. Respond right here. And
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  then everybody just got on my social media and agreed
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  with me. Yes. Dale Jr. wrecked
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  out back in the day at Teledag on lap five. And
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  we had to sit there the rest of the day. And
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  I told my dad I wanted to leave, but he said no, we
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  got to stay there and watch the race. So
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  are you one of those people respond right here?
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  Are you the type of person
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  that spends three grand? You're
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  there for three days, your driver gets wrecked out in
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  a freak accident on lap three. And
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  you're like, I hate NASCAR. And
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  then the dad goes, oh, we just spent three grand on
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  this trip. We're going to sit here and
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  watch the race. So which one are you? Are
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  you the one that leads right away? Because
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  your guy got wrecked out? Respond
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  right here. Or do you stay and get on
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  your phone right away while you're at the track? I
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  hate NASCAR. All right. And
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  finally, Denny Hamlin just wins this race. And
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  I got to tell you, Denny Hamlin on actions
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  detrimental. I'm going to leave y 'all like
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  this. Denny Hamlin on actions
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  detrimental on Sunday night or Monday said, who was it
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  Babe Ruth that caused his shot? Denny
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  Hamlin on Monday on dirty Mo media said, I'm going
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  to win Dover. Denny Hamlin wins Dover. Denny
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  Hamlin now is that guy you're cheering for. The
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  grandstands at Dover were 50 50. You
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  got to love this guy. He is a chip off the old
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  block. He is another Daryl Walsh. All
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  Denny Hamlin does is run that mouth and win. That's
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  all he does. And I'm laughing because he
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  said, what's Babe Ruth? What
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  did Babe Ruth do? He said, Babe Ruth pointed and
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  then hit a home run. That's
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  where that came from for all of you kids. Years
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  ago, early 1900s, the great baseball player Babe Ruth,
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  they made the candy bar after Babe Ruth was so
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  good. He took any went. He's
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  this old guy pointed out there and they're all like,
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  yeah, yeah. Next pitch. I'm
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  home run. That's where that phrase called
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  Babe Ruth called his shot. Denny
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  Hamlin is now tied for 12th most wins in NASCAR
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  history with with the great Lee Petty. Denny
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  Hamlin says, listen shows respect. Denny
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  Hamlin says, I cannot hold Lee Petty's helmet. I
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  got to say, I think Denny Hamlin's dad. I
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  think Denny Hamlin's dad grabbed his ear and said,
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  son, I don't like you being a smart ass in
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  Victor Lane. Denny Hamlin seems very respectful
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  in Victor Lane. All right. My
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  two stars. I'm going to tell you what
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  Noah Graxin. I mean, what, six Noah Graxin
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  finished six. So here's a guy that's down
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  and out boo. But the fans like Noah Graxin.
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  It was where, you know, Stuart
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  Haas didn't know what to do. He
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  got in trouble last year for something stupid. And
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  I didn't agree with it. But
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  Noah Graxin got in trouble. He
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  was almost black bald. Noah Graxin was almost black
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  bald. Stuart Haas saved his life. And
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  that right there, he finished third at Teledaga
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  last week and was running fourth in the late laps
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  and got six. And then how about Daniel
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  Hammer with colleague racing, a top 10. So
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  those are the two stars. All
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  right, everybody. That's it. Remember,
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