Denny Hamlin went from “I beat your favorite driver” at Michigan to “Definitely means a lot. This is the point where I usually give the fans some (grief) but not today. I appreciate all of you so much,” at Las Vegas. Since his championship loss at Phoenix, his love-hate relationship with his fans has taken quite a turn.

The love was always there, but Denny Hamlin felt its true power when he needed it the most. A championship loss isn’t new to Hamlin, but this one stung way worse. As Kyle Larson and even Hamlin’s fiancée, Jordan Fish, gathered to provide comfort to the 44-year-old driver, it was one fan experience that made all the difference in the world to him. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver described a feeling that cannot be put into words.

Denny Hamlin describes his heart-touching fan ex

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