{"id":251871,"date":"2025-10-31T07:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251871\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:59:13","slug":"denny-hamlin-explains-why-fans-should-root-for-him-to-win-nascar-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251871\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin explains why fans should root for him to win NASCAR championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going into the Championship 4 weekend at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin is perhaps the driver fans are rooting against the most. Hamlin has his own group of NASCAR <\/a>fans, and that number has grown in recent years, but the boos are still plenty at the track. <\/p>\n

So, why would a NASCAR fan root for Denny Hamlin? If you aren\u2019t a fan of any of the Championship 4 drivers, why would you put your faith in the 44-year-old from Joe Gibbs Racing? <\/p>\n

Well, Hamlin was asked exactly that by Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports<\/a>. Why should fans root for Hamlin to win the NASCAR Championship? <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause if you root for the other drivers, they\u2019re going to have a lot more opportunities to win a championship in the future than I will,\u201d Hamlin said, laughing. \u201cSo, if you want to see it happen, you\u2019re probably gonna have to root for me this year.\u201d <\/p>\n

Pockrass then pointed out that the championship format is likely changing. So, what if he has more chances in the future? <\/p>\n

\u201cI like the opportunity that\u2019s straight in front of us and not the what-ifs of next year,\u201d Hamlin replied. \u201cYou just never know. All you know right now, and what I know, is that the opportunity is one week away.\u201d <\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin has lost the championship before. He is going into this weekend hoping to break the curse that has kept him from reaching that goal. With 60 wins to his name, can Hamlin make it 61 and walk away with the title? That\u2019s the plan, at least. His chances are as good as anybody else in the Championship 4. So, why not the 11? <\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin has chance to finish dream season<\/p>\n

When you consider all that has happened this year with Denny Hamlin, both on and off the track, it is clear that this year means a lot to him. He has six wins, more than anyone else in the Cup Series this year. On top of that he now has 60 wins and is tied for 10th all-time in NASCAR history. <\/p>\n

Of course, there is the NASCAR lawsuit. That is likely heading to trial if a settlement doesn\u2019t come soon. Receiving the Bill France Cup on Sunday would be quite a moment for Hamlin and for the sport.<\/p>\n

As long as mechanical issues stay away, Hamlin is going to be in the mix. He\u2019s going to have to beat three very talented drivers who are all more than 10 years younger than him. The seasoned veteran against the young stars of today. <\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin is focused and has looked really great in the NASCAR Playoffs. That is, when his car doesn\u2019t run into issues under the hood. He will be all-in at Phoenix and will be putting forth his best effort. It will be fun to see if it is enough to win him his first championship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Going into the Championship 4 weekend at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin is perhaps the driver fans are rooting against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-251871","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\/251871","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=251871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}