Denny Hamlin doesn’t consider himself a car guy, admits he doesn’t change his own oil

Even as one of the top drivers in all of the NASCAR Cup Series, Denny Hamlin doesn’t consider himself a car guy.

Evidently, Hamlin doesn’t take after his father in that regard, who you could tell is very into cars if you caught the NASCAR: Full Speed series on Netflix, which released earlier this week. That’s one thing he didn’t pass on, as Hamlin was candid about it during the latest episode of his podcast.

“I don’t consider myself a car guy,” Hamlin admitted, via Actions Detrimental. “I’m certainly not going out there and changing my own oil, right now. Now, I used to, but not now.”

We don’t blame Hamlin for not wanting to change his own oil with all that he has going on at the moment. Still, it’s pretty fascinating to learn cars simply don’t do it for him, especially considering the profession and where he comes from.

Regardless, you don’t need to be a car guy to be a fantastic NASCAR driver, and the latter is what Denny Hamlin is. Time will tell if 2024 is finally the season he breaks through to the other side and wins his first NASCAR Cup Series title.

Denny Hamlin admits he got emotional watching ‘NASCAR: Full Speed’

As NASCAR: Full Speed debuted to the masses on Netflix, Denny Hamlin was among the drivers the series decided to focus on.

The brash, outspoken wheelman for Joe Gibbs Racing, who doubles as a team owner for 23XI Racing, was one of the most interesting parts of the documentary. His chase for his first NASCAR Cup Series title pulled at the heartstrings, and while Hamlin admitted he’s not “much of a cryer,” it got him when he was watching the series.

“The little I know Ross [Chastain]. The little I know of William [Byron.] The little I know of Joey [Logano]. I feel like everyone was portrayed as they are. I didn’t see any extra dramatization, I guess I could say, of someone’s character that isn’t real,” Hamlin stated, via his Actions Detrimental podcast.

“Obviously, from my perspective, it’s tough to watch, in the sense of I know how this story ends, and I know how hard I want it, and to me, I’m not much of a cryer, but I did, when I watched my dad’s interview. You just get a little bit more perspective of what it would mean to them. So it was a different perspective, for sure. I certainly think that they did a really, really good job.”

It’s good to know Netflix did a phenomenal job capturing the real-life personas of the drivers they were following, especially when the Cup Series has become so PR-oriented with everything their drivers do. Seeing a different side of NASCAR’s best could work wonders in the future.