Denny Hamlin Quotes

The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M’S and we’re very disappointed. Like you, we hold those who represent our brand to a higher standard and we have expressed our concerns directly to Joe Gibbs Racing.

I can’t believe it. Two years ago I was here as a visitor of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and he invited me to come and stay in his motor home. That’s the only other time I’ve been to victory lane.

It makes me very hard on myself when I don’t achieve the goals I want to achieve. But I feel like that’s what makes me as good as I am at times – I push myself to be better, constantly.

I can spend the hour before the race cracking up with all my friends and joking around, but as soon as I get around that race car, I completely change. The focus changes. The competitive juices get flowing.

It’s just all about opportunities, knocking doors down and see who answers.

I feel like I’m the most competitive driver in the motorhome lot. No matter what it is – whether we’re racing, playing another sport or deciding who can run to that sign and back faster – I feel like I’m the most competitive person alive.

Definitely the road to the championship gets much easier when those type of guys are eliminated early.

As far as a career legacy, I just want to be known as the guy everyone had to watch for, constantly.

It’s an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you’re the best.

There’s no other place I’d rather have it than here in Mexico. It’s a race track that I was looking forward to going to from the time we were here last year. This track just fits my driving style perfectly.

I can assure you that most of the drivers have a lot of things they’d like to do, but racing keeps them from doing that. We’re so restricted because of our long season. We have a one-and-a-half-month period where we get to do what we want – that’s shorter than any other sport. It makes it tough, for sure.

The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.