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NASCAR Cup Series legend Denny Hamlin<\/a> has revealed that he was once kicked out of an Uber while getting a lift around Miami.
<\/p>\n \nHamlin is currently searching for his maiden NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> championship, in the round of 12 in the 2025 playoffs.
<\/p>\n \nThe Floridian should make it through to the round of eight, already sat 27 points above the cutoff line, but he has not been particularly upbeat about his chances.
<\/p>\n \nAnd that’s because the 59-time Cup Series race winner has suggested that the season finale at Phoenix has similar characteristics to the Bristol Motor Speedway, where he could only finish 31st.
<\/p>\n \nNow, away from the track, Hamlin has recalled a story from a few years ago, when he was kicked out of a taxi in Miami.
<\/p>\n \nHamlin suggested that it was because his face mask slipped, with strict rules regarding Ubers being in place around the time of the Covid-19 pandemic.
<\/p>\n \n“I don\u2019t care much about my Uber rating,” Hamlin told The Athletic<\/a>. “But I\u2019m a quiet, ‘yes sir, yes ma\u2019am’ passenger. That\u2019s all I do.
<\/p>\n \n“However, I was once kicked out of an Uber in Miami because my mask fell below my nose. The driver didn\u2019t give me a warning – just told me to get out. I was in the middle of nowhere. I\u2019m like, ‘What!? Are you serious?’
<\/p>\n \n“Done. I was done. And I\u2019m anti-confrontational when it comes to stuff like that. I\u2019m not the send-the-steak-back kind of guy. But no warning. Just ‘get the freak out of my car.'”
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