Denny Hamlin sits comfortably at third in the NASCAR playoffs with four wins this season, giving him a solid shot at the championship. His successes at Martinsville, Darlington, Michigan, and Dover have kept the No. 11 Toyota in contention. With the playoffs locked in, Hamlin turned to a fresh pursuit off the track, and recently shared how that escape hasn’t gone quite as planned.

Like Dale Earnhardt Sr., who once tossed country singer Kix Brooks off his boat into chummed waters during a fishing trip, NASCAR stars often chase quirky hobbies away from the speedway.

Earlier this year, Denny Hamlin’s fishing fixation made headlines when he was caught on camera trading shouts and laughter with Charlie, a common friend of him and his fiancee Jordan Fish, as a bass slipped under the dock. “No

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