Denny Hamlin powered through the 2025 YellaWood 500 at Talladega, a chaotic clash with 77 lead changes among 27 drivers, landing a 24th-place finish in the superspeedway scrum. He dodged the big wrecks but couldn’t snag the draft to run up front when it counted.

No sweat, though, his Las Vegas win the week prior already locked his Championship 4 spot, keeping his title dreams alive despite the ‘Dega disappointment. The wild weekend was less about points and more about survival, but a fiery radio rant stole the spotlight, and now Hamlin’s setting the record straight.

Hamlin’s hot mic

On his Actions Detrimental podcast, Denny Hamlin cleared the air: “I don’t know. I don’t know if that is true, but by the way, my tone yesterday wasn’t like angry or anything like that. It was just a matte

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