{"id":206055,"date":"2025-10-11T22:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206055\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T22:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:01:03","slug":"denny-hamlin-believes-sports-gambling-could-have-led-to-nascar-crackdown-on-radio-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/206055\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin believes sports gambling could have led to NASCAR crackdown on radio communications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week at the Roval, NASCAR <\/a>warned Xfinity teams and Cup teams about discussing points. Denny Hamlin has an explanation. Over the years, talk about points and the cutline have been standard on playoff drivers\u2019 radios. Now, officials are starting to crackdown on it. <\/p>\n

The NASCAR Playoffs <\/a>have created the conditions for drivers to fudge with points and running position. We have seen teams \u201cmanipulate\u201d finishes and figure out how to help teammates advance, and this or that. <\/p>\n

Now, NASCAR doesn\u2019t want anyone to really discuss points. Except for those on the cutline? It\u2019s confusing, and Denny Hamlin thinks that a recent trend in sports is to blame, at least partially.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll situations are different,\u201d Hamlin said in a pre-practice media availability at Las Vegas. \u201cIf you watch a college football game today, there\u2019s going to be a spread, somebody will be leading with 3 seconds on the clock, and they\u2019re going to run backwards into the endzone and get a safety, and it could change what money\u2019s changed hands. So, like, they chose what\u2019s best strategy for them, they didn\u2019t care about your bets or whatever it might be, right? <\/p>\n

\u201cI think some of the sensitivity around this is obviously, probably gambling-focused. Because I know NASCAR is very, very sensitive, as they should be, with that, to make sure everyone\u2019s getting a fair shake. But on the racetrack, I feel as though, as long as you don\u2019t have a bias to one party or another, yeah, I don\u2019t know why you can\u2019t make the best decision for yourself. Because the points are about to reset. That was a cutoff race, for me personally, whether I finished 17th or 18th meant zero, nothing. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, then, I actually gain the advantage by being able to choose, if I so choose, if I wanted to. But I don\u2019t know whether that\u2019s, I still don\u2019t know whether that\u2019s acceptable or not. It was a very weird situation, it was a very unique one. It may or may not come up again at some point. But I\u2019m wondering, are people going to be allowed to intentionally wreck? I said on my podcast what I did to Chastain at Phoenix. I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s any different whatsoever. I\u2019m not saying there should be a penalty for Ross or anything but an intentional wreck is an intentional wreck. What\u2019s the difference? So, I certainly would like that clarification sooner than later. So, we all know what to expect.\u201d <\/p>\n

Right now, points talk won\u2019t matter much for Denny Hamlin or anyone else. Everyone is going to wait to see how Las Vegas and Talladega play out. Then, Denny Hamlin and others can worry about points. To Hamlin\u2019s overall point, he wants to know what position he is in on the track. <\/p>\n

Being in front of Ross Chastain last week was a dangerous place to be. Hamlin claims he had no idea the points situation, and therefore, didn\u2019t expect to get put into the wall in the final turn. At the very least, Hamlin wants to be able to understand the situation enough to make a safety decision. <\/p>\n

Could sports gambling be playing a factor in the crackdown on race manipulation? It could be. Denny Hamlin believes it might be a variable. But what do drivers on the track deserve to know in order to make the best decisions for themselves and their teams? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week at the Roval, NASCAR warned Xfinity teams and Cup teams about discussing points. Denny Hamlin has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-206055","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\/206055","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=206055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}