I think I knew thats who we were going to be racing when it was all said and done, the 19 just had such a strong car here on the long run over the last few years, we knew that was going to be the one to beat. ... Great team day overall. Great points day for us.

Denny Hamlin

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It makes me very hard on myself when I don't achieve the goals I want to achieve. But I feel like that's what makes me as good as I am at times - I push myself to be better, constantly.

Denny Hamlin

achieve goal want

It's an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you're the best.

Denny Hamlin

swagger eye knowing

The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M'S and we're very disappointed. Like you, we hold those who represent our brand to a higher standard and we have expressed our concerns directly to Joe Gibbs Racing.

Denny Hamlin

racing disappointment sports

It's just all about opportunities, knocking doors down and see who answers.

Denny Hamlin

answers opportunity doors

As far as a career legacy, I just want to be known as the guy everyone had to watch for, constantly.

Denny Hamlin

legacy guy careers

I feel like I'm the most competitive driver in the motorhome lot. No matter what it is - whether we're racing, playing another sport or deciding who can run to that sign and back faster - I feel like I'm the most competitive person alive.

Denny Hamlin

racing running sports

Definitely the road to the championship gets much easier when those type of guys are eliminated early.

Denny Hamlin

easier championship guy

I can't believe it. Two years ago I was here as a visitor of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and he invited me to come and stay in his motor home. That's the only other time I've been to victory lane.

Denny Hamlin

home two believe

There's no other place I'd rather have it than here in Mexico. It's a race track that I was looking forward to going to from the time we were here last year. This track just fits my driving style perfectly.

Denny Hamlin

track race years

The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.

Denny Hamlin

cutting heart sports

I can spend the hour before the race cracking up with all my friends and joking around, but as soon as I get around that race car, I completely change. The focus changes. The competitive juices get flowing.

Denny Hamlin

car focus race

I can assure you that most of the drivers have a lot of things they'd like to do, but racing keeps them from doing that. We're so restricted because of our long season. We have a one-and-a-half-month period where we get to do what we want - that's shorter than any other sport. It makes it tough, for sure.

Denny Hamlin

racing sports long

We need to capitalize on the tracks we're really, really good at. At Richmond and Martinsville, our performance and results have not been very good, even though I consider them to be among my two best racetracks.

Denny Hamlin

track two needs

It was just one of those days where I felt like it was meant to be, this one is for J.D. We're desperately going to miss him the rest of our lives. His legacy still lives on through Joe Gibbs Racing and I'm proud to do this for them.

Denny Hamlin

world

I'm no use to the team like this, in this win-and-you're - in format, there's no point in me being out there if I can't win.

Denny Hamlin

sports

I know NASCAR sat down all the crew chiefs last year in Phoenix and told them to stop doing it, my guess is that if they said stop then they've seen something.

Denny Hamlin

sports

It's a shame because we just had our driver lineup right where we wanted it with the four of us, you definitely miss (Busch's) feedback. Until the fourth car came this year, (Busch) was 33 percent of the information that went through that race team and it's just a little different there without him for sure.

Denny Hamlin

sports

He's somewhat chatty through the texts that we have. He's definitely paying a lot of attention to the races and what he sees from the outside, i think he's very engaged and obviously making the best of the situation that he's got.

Denny Hamlin

sports