{"id":625377,"date":"2026-04-23T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625377\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:02:08","slug":"nascar-icon-denny-hamlin-breaks-his-silence-after-michael-jordan-grabbed-his-throat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625377\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR icon Denny Hamlin breaks his silence after Michael Jordan grabbed his throat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR icon Denny Hamlin has revealed the reason why Michael Jordan grabbed him by the throat live on air.<\/p>\n<p>NBA legend Jordan got carried away following his latest race win with 23XI Racing, the team he co-owns with Hamlin.<\/p>\n<p>Watch LIVE coverage of selected 2026 NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series race events. New to Kayo? <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/?extcamp=ncaeditoriallink-ptr-nca-lnk-awr-acq-var-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=editorial\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick claimed first place for Jordan in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, with Hamlin finishing fourth.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared a little deflated with the result, but that did not stop Jordan from celebrating by grabbing him by the throat &#8211; live on air.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s behaviour left fans puzzled but Hamlin explained it was in response to the \u201ctrash talk\u201d the pair had exchanged in the build up to the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was telling him all weekend that we were gonna win. He was very happy about all the s*** I talked to him,\u2019 Hamlin told <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/interview-ross-chastain-elder-statesman-trackhouse-racing\/\" title=\"brobible.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BroBible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s hard to believe but I talk a lot of trash to him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s head-to-head he wants to see the 23XI drivers beat me because I talk that trash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamlin is able to poke fun at his co-owner because he drives for a different team &#8211; JGR.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Jordan, 63, who had the last laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean. Look, I am racing against Denny. So, I really wanted to beat him,\u201d said Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I know we\u2019re going to talk a lot of trash a little bit later, but it was a good race!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan and 23XI Racing are enjoying a spectacular season thanks to Reddick winning five of the first nine races in NASCAR\u2019s top series.<\/p>\n<p>His latest victory came after he stormed past Kyle Larson on the final lap, leaving his boss delighted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kid is on fire. I don\u2019t know what to say. I don\u2019t think I can cool him down,\u201d Jordan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you win, it\u2019s always fun, and right now it\u2019s fun for everybody at 23XI. Me being here and being able to see all the wins, I am so happy for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR icon Denny Hamlin has revealed the reason why Michael Jordan grabbed him by the throat live on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,244438,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-625377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-ncaeditorialkayo","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}