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Bubba Wallace’s Spotter Dishes Some “Dirt” on His “Cheater” NASCAR Boss Denny Hamlin

Published 08/06/2022, 12:25 PM EDT

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Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin had an interesting conversation with Freddie Kraft and TJ Majors over a podcast, during which Hamlin revealed that he once ran into a highly regarded former NASCAR driver. During his encounter, the motorsport legend looked at him and said, “there’s that cheater.”

Bubba Wallace’s spotter, Freddie Kraft, told his boss, Denny Hamlin, that he found some “dirt” on him before they sat down for the podcast. Right after, he asks Hamlin if he ever ran into Mario Andretti at dinner and did the former call him a “cheater?”.

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Denny said, “He did. He said there’s that cheater.”

Right after Brad Keselowski’s Spotter, TJ Majors mentioned, “That’s actually probably a compliment too.”

Denny even mentioned asking Andretti what he was talking about. At this point, we aren’t exactly sure why Andretti was calling Hamlin a cheater.

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Although this seemed like fun banter between two great drivers, Danny has actually faced the wrath of a Chase Elliott fan, who tried to get into a pit road boxing match with him.

After being held back by security, the angry fan yelled, “dirty veteran” at Hamlin. This was after the JGR driver put the bumper to Chase Elliott, making him spin at Martinsville in 2017.

Can the 2 incidents be about the same thing?

Denny Hamlin drives the new Toyota Lexus LFA as he celebrates 10 years with the manufacturer

Toyota has played a major role in the life of Joe Gibbs’s racing driver, Denny Hamlin. In order to commemorate his 10 years with Toyota, he was seen driving around in one of Toyota’s finest productions, The Lexus LFA.

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The new Lexus is powered by a 4.8 Litre V10 engine. Which produces around 563 horsepower and a maximum speed of 203 miles per hour. Plus, it is a beautiful-looking car as well. The LFA is more directed toward the luxury market with its near supercar-like styling and power output. Denny put out a Twitter video showing him driving the one-of-a-kind car.

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Hamlin will be driving this weekend for the next round of NASCAR at Michigan International Speedway. Let us know if you think Denny has a shot at winning this weekend’s race, or will it be another Chase Elliott victory?

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Srijan Mandal

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Srijan Mandal is a NASCAR author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Journalism and has been writing for his own blog, 'Noobs Onboard', for a while now, covering NASCAR, F1, W Series, MotoGP, WRC and the WEC. Following motorsports for more than a decade now, he has become a devout supporter of McLaren Racing, Sir Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.
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Ranvijay Singh