Dale Earnhardt Jr. reveals why Denny Hamlin is a concrete track wizard
Dale Earnhardt Jr. also explained why his team is really good at Nashville as well.
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Denny Hamlin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via IMAGO)
NASCAR races on a handful of concrete tracks that demands something special from the driver if they want to win. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin is one of the racers in the current grid that excels in such tracks. He has won three races in the 2024 season so far and two of them came in the concrete surfaces.
Denny Hamlin‘s most disappointing performance at a concrete track this year came last week at Nashville where he finished P11 after missing out on a win over running out of fuel. Recently NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. discussed in his Dale Jr. Download podcast what makes the Toyota driver really good in such track.
He pointed out that there is something that a driver appreciates about the feelings of racing in the track. Junior asserted that the No:11 teams’ crew-chief and the whole deserves a lot of credit for the victories as well. He asserted that the drivers need a certain grip in the concrete track to make a difference.
There might be something that a driver appreciates about the feeling of driving a car on concrete. But a lot of times too it’s the team and crew chief, air pressure setup. There’s certain ways to get grip find grip, create grip that you would do at a concrete track that might be a little different than an asphalt track.Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Dale Jr. Download.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims JRM has some magic at Nashville
Junior while further talking about the point further pointed out that, for his Xfinity Series team JRM, it has always been magical for him. He pointed out that they have always been great at Nashville even if they are in poor streak.
…Junior Motorsports had something magical there at Nashville for a while. Every time we went there no matter how we ran throughout the rest of the year, we would always run good at Nashville. You find air pressures or combination of things that can set you apart at those racetracks.Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.
The concrete trucks demand more from the drivers and the team, so the drivers like Denny Hamlin who has a strong crew him finds that magic to edge out. It would be interesting to see how the No:11 team can perform as the Cup series race again in such tracks.
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