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The NASCAR regular season came to an end on Sunday in Darlington with a surprise winner when Chase Briscoe punched his ticket to the Playoffs.

Denny Hamlin and co-host Jared Allen discuss what this win means for Stewart-Haas Racing, who is closing their doors for good when the season ends. Three of SHR's charters have been sold and whoever bought the charter of the winning car on Sunday will get a boost in money.

The move that propelled Briscoe to victory came after a restart as he passed three cars to get in first place. De...

Denny Hamlin is back after a rough couple of days on and off the track. On Thursday, the No. 11 team was given an L2 penalty for an engine-rule violation. Denny explains what happened at TRD that caused NASCAR to punish him. He also talks about the impact this will have during the Playoffs. 

On Saturday, things got worse when he was involved in a massive wreck that ended his race. 

Denny watched the rest of the race from his bus, where he saw Harrison Burton get the win and punch his Playoff ticket. Denny and Ja...

Denny Hamlin and Jared Allen are back after a bittersweet race in Michigan. Before getting into the race, Denny and Jared talk about NASCAR taking away Austin Dillon's playoff berth and how the appeal process works. Denny also explains what happened last year during his appeal hearing for his incident with Ross Chastain.

Tyler Reddick was victorious on Monday, getting his second win of the season, but a late-race caution almost ruined it. The guys debate whether NASCAR's caution for Martin Truex Jr. was the right call. 

Another decision discussed was the start time of t...

Denny Hamlin is joined by co-host Jared Allen after an interesting end to the race in Richmond on Sunday night.

Denny explains why he wasn’t mad about restarting third on the final restart and he was expecting a wreck. Once Joey Logano was wrecked by Austin Dillon, Denny thought the checkered flag was his. Dillon ended up right-hooking Denny and while some claimed Denny went up the track, he says the SMT data shows Dillon hooked him.

Denny is now calling on NASCAR to make the tough call and enforce the rules.

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Denny Hamlin is back from a disappointing Sunday at the Brickyard 400. Denny and his co-host Jared Allen talk about what was needed to win the race and where he lost it (12:30). As predicted, the Next Gen car made it impossible to pass (14:00).

Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski were penalized for “blend line violation” and weren’t happy. But NASCAR informed everyone the day before on what the rule was (23:46). 

Brad Keselowski running out of gas was exactly what Kyle Larson needed (27:30). On the flipside, it ruined Ryan Blaney’s day. How should NASCAR handle this situation...

Denny Hamlin is back after a second-place finish in Pocono. Denny explains what the difference was in winning and coming in second behind Ryan Blaney. Denny had a chance to get Blaney on a restart, but Martin Truex Jr. jumping out of line ruined that plan (12:20).

What exactly happened with Corey LaJoie and Kyle Busch? And, can Busch still turn things around this season (20:00)? 

Bubba Wallace is firmly on the Playoff bubble, but made up some ground on Ross Chastain (27:10). Still, the team needs to find more speed.

NASCAR is headed to Indianapolis Moto...

Denny Hamlin and Jared Allen are back after a long Sunday in Chicago. Denny explains why he continues to struggle racing in the rain. Racing ethics went out the window during the last few laps (4:20). They also discussed good decision-making when NASCAR told the teams they were racing the clock (15:30). But why didn't NBC move the race up (20:50)?

Josh Berry's caution on lap 51 proved to be a game-changer (25:00). Denny explains what went wrong for Tyler Reddick (26:50) and Bubba Wallace's frustration with Alex Bowman, that culminated in a run-in on the cooldown lap (34:20).

Denny dives into wh...

Denny Hamlin is back from a disappointing end to his race Sunday in Nashville. He is joined by Tyler Reddick, who won the Denny Hamlin Bracket Challenge but was also upset with how things ended on Sunday.

Tyler opens up about why he was so frustrated after finishing in third place (3:00). Kyle Busch was not counted as one of the cars in one of the overtime crashes (7:00).

How was Joey Logano able to finish the race and not run out of fuel (9:20)? And, are all the fuel cells in the cars the same?

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Denny Hamlin is back after an up-and-down weekend in New Hampshire. Denny won the second stage and was expecting the race to end once it started to rain (4:40). Why did the track widen when the cars went to their wet tires (9:45)? Denny had a helpless feeling when he couldn’t run the same line as Christopher Bell (14:00). Plus, Denny explains the difference between setting up the car for dry vs wet weather.

Bubba Wallace didn’t have a great race and sits squarely on the playoff bubble. Is Denny happy with how 23XI has been racing lately (19:40)? 

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Denny Hamlin is back in studio after a 24th-place finish in Iowa. Denny discusses what happened with his car and why the No. 11 team missed the setup. Even still, Denny looked to have a chance to finish in the top 10 until he got caught up in an accident with Kyle Larson.

Before this weekend’s race, many were critical of the partial repave at Iowa Speedway. Denny explains why the track performed better than people expected. While the repave worked, Denny still has a request for Goodyear.

Denny breaks down his POV from the driver’s se...