{"id":129779,"date":"2025-09-08T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/129779\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:28:07","slug":"nascar-monday-mash-up-denny-hamlin-finds-gateway-to-next-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/129779\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Monday Mash-Up: Denny Hamlin finds \u2018Gateway\u2019 to next round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/category\/nascar\/news\/?page=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR <\/a>Playoffs ended with a big win for Denny Hamlin and question marks for many others. Gateway gave us a glimpse into what we might expect at New Hampshire and later, Phoenix for the championship. <\/p>\n<p>As the NASCAR Playoffs continue, we are going to see more surprises and chaos. Drivers will be desperate at Bristol this weekend, and that can create a lot of different situations. <\/p>\n<p>Only two drivers are truly safe: Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin. Everyone else has to at least meet a minimum level of performance. Then there are those who will have to win to advance. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDenny Hamlin addresses Tyler Reddick free agency status<\/p>\n<p>Before the racing started last weekend, Denny Hamlin had to again address the NASCAR lawsuit. Tyler Reddick isn\u2019t racing a chartered car. Technically, that\u2019s a violation of his contract. <\/p>\n<p>When asked if Reddick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/denny-hamlin-addresses-tyler-reddick-free-agency-status-amid-nascar-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had heard from other teams<\/a>, Hamlin dismissed it. He doesn\u2019t see Reddick going anywhere for 2026 but 23XI Racing. <\/p>\n<p>Jeb Burton takes massive hit, car catches on fire<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Xfinity Series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/news\/jeb-burton-takes-violent-hit-during-gateway-xfinity-series-race-car-catches-fire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had its regular season finale<\/a> on Saturday night. Jeb Burton had to have a great race, and hope his little cousin Harrison Burton ran into trouble. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, Burton ended his race early with a damaged car. A massive hit into the wall after a right front tire went down led to a fire in his car. Jeb ultimately missed the postseason again. <\/p>\n<p>Late wreck sends NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers scrambling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second round of the NASCAR Playoffs ended with a big win for Denny Hamlin and question marks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-129779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}