Denny Hamlin makes suggestions to NASCAR to fix superspeedway product after Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin believes he knows what can help NASCAR improve its Superspeedway races like the Daytona 500. On the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin revealed his suggestion to NASCAR after a wreck prevented him from potentially winning his fourth Daytona 500.

“If I could just throw out my suggestion is NASCAR to please, please, please get drag out of these cars,” Hamlin said. “Reduce spoiler size, please. I just think that we have got to get drag out of these race cars. It will fix so many things.

“I beleive it will fix a little bit of the fuel mileage races that we have. Yes, you’re always going to want to have the least amount of time on pit road, but it will allow us to pull out of line when we get moves to get runs. It will allow us to not be so stuck to the race track to not make us feel like we need to just hammer the car in front of us to go forward. You can do it by pushing through air instead of pushing on a bumper. I think getting a large chunk of drag out of these cars, reducing the horsepower back to what we had before, I just want to see us do something different to put the sport back in it and take luck back out of these prestigious events.”

Denny Hamlin has more to say about the Daytona 500

During the final lap of the 2025 Daytona 500, Hamlin was battling with Austin Cindric for first place. But a wreck took both drivers out, and William Bryon won “The Great American Race” for the second consecutive year.

Along with sending a suggestion to NASCAR, Denny Hamlin called out the young drivers. “My favorite quote from Moneyball is that ‘When the competition’s making a mistake, don’t interrupt them,’” Hamlin said. “But I’m here trying to interrupt them and say you don’t have to do it this way. …Because now it’s affecting me. I’m tired of getting taken out by just stupid moves that we chalk up to that’s just superspeedway racing. It’s because people are afraid to call out what they see. It’s not just superspeedway racing, it’s dumbass racing.

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