Denny Hamlin finally released his podcast with Dirty Mo Media. But the name caught everyone’s attention, and for good reason. Because it turns out, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver is taking a very different approach from Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Corey LaJoie. It even led him to bring back a memory from his past that tainted his name among Chase Elliott fans.

It’s all for good reason, though.

Denny Hamlin‘s much-awaited and hyped podcast is finally out for the fans to listen to and enjoy. And the first episode came out talking about all sorts of things, from how odd this year’s clash was to Ross Chastain‘s game-breaking move. But what the podcast offers more than anything is the drivers’ perspective to the fans. The unfiltered, or well, mostly unfiltered, viewpoint of a driver and owner going out and racing every weekend.

Yet what got attention to the podcast was the fascinating name, ‘Actions Detrimental with Denny Hamlin’. Well, there is a concept behind that name that influences the entire structure of the podcast.

Denny Hamlin has a very interesting approach to his podcast

Hamlin created the podcast with a mission to be as different as he possibly can be if it wasn’t already. He wanted to go against the usual theme set by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Corey LaJoie in NASCAR’s podcast sphere. And his idea might just get even more fans to like him.

He explained on ‘Actions Detrimental‘, “I told these guys, I’m like, ‘everyone’s always putting up their accomplishments and their trophies. Like, ‘hey, look how much of a badass I am’. I’m like, ‘no, I want all my wrecks, all my fights’. I want, you know, actions that were detrimental to me. That’s what this is all about. Everyone is like, ‘oh, you’re raging a war against NASCAR’. I’m like, ‘no, I’m waging a war against myself’, “Like I want to show, you know, the not-so-pleasant moments that I’ve had.”

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There is no doubt that Denny brought a unique vibe to his podcast. Moreover, the way he embraces his mistakes and wants the world to know.

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The ghosts of his past with Chase Elliott come haunting back

Well, the JGR driver has by no means had an easy career. He has had his fair share of rivalries in the past, but there is one incident that sticks among the rest. The fight with Chase Elliott at Martinsville. In fact, that one incident holds so much in his career that the 23XI Racing owner had to talk about it in his podcast. Even his co-host, Jared Allen, was thinking about the incident when he Hamlin brought the idea up.

He admitted, “One I thought that was a must is behind Jared [Allen]’s head. It’s me spinning out Chase [Elliott] at Martinsville because. Every time I nudge someone, all the Chase Elliott fans are like, ‘yeah, but look what you did’. I’m like, ‘dude, it’s been five years or more than that now. Like, get over it. Like he’s gotten over it. Why can’t you? What’s your problem’? Right. And I would recommend to them don’t throw stones.”

Denny then appreciated the guys at Dirty Mo Media and how they captured the vibe exactly how he imagined. He said, “So you know, it’s cool. I like it. I wanted a speak-easy vibe. I wanted kind of the, you know, kind of a lowlight, dark feel. And they did a great job. So I’m excited about it.”

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So, what did you think about Hamlin’s podcast?