Denny Hamlin spills the beans on retirement plans as Martin Truex Jr.’s career came to an end at Phoenix
Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Denny Hamlin weighted in his retirement after teammate Martin Truex Jr. retired from full-time racing.
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Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. (Via IMAGO)
The 2024 season finale marked an end of an era, with Martin Truex Jr. retiring from full-time race, hoping to have fun outside the race track. With the Joe Gibbs Racing veteran out of the sport, his teammate Denny Hamlin and former teammate Kyle Busch being the veterans next in line to exit the sport.
The No:11 Toyota Camaro driver Denny Hamlin via his Dirty Mo Media podcast Actions Detrimental, talked about the potential of him retiring soon. He explained how much pride he feels about his racing ventures and pointed out that things are much different for him at the moment, compared to the past.
I say, partially. Like, it’s still different when you go out and do it yourself. Now, I would take a lot of pride in being the owner of 23XI knowing that, alright I had my hands in all parts of building this team from scratch. From competition, challenging the crew chiefs and the engineers on their thinking, the drivers on their techniques. Like, I take a ton of pride in that.
Denny Hamlin said via Actions Detrimental.
He went on to point out that he would have struggled if he didn’t have the right people around him at 23XI Racing and now having them gives Hamlin time to have a long career. The veteran admitted that he still doesn’t know when it’s time to say good bye to racing.
But it’s still different than doing it yourself. I think I would struggle with that part of it, and I’ve always heard people that have said, ‘When those that choose to retire, they know.’ I’m not in the know.
Denny Hamlin added.
Denny Hamlin explains when he will know it’s time to retire
The JGR veteran while talking about his plans for retirement, pointed out that he would race as long as he feels confident about winning races on the track. Being competitive has always been one thing Hamlin thrived for and if he no longer racing, he is hoping the ownership of 23XI Racing will give him the opportunity to be competitive.
Surely one day there will be a light switch that flips on that I’m no longer as quick as I was and things like that, but I still feel like I can win it, and I feel like I can win every week and that’s what drives me. Those that know me or play golf with me or play basketball with me knows I love the competition and it’s how I get my fill. And y’all asked me on the plane, would ownership fill that, if I stopped racing would ownership fill my competitive bucket?
Denny Hamlin said.
The TRD driver seems to have a good retirement plan for himself, that includes staying in the sport with 23XI Racing. But as of now he can still race in the sport for almost half a decade and remain competitive. It will be interesting to see what the future holds foe Denny Hamlin.
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