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James Dennis Alan Hamlin (born November 18, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also co-owns and operates 23XI Racing, another NASCAR Cup Series team, with basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.
As a driver, Hamlin has won a total of 51 NASCAR Cup Series races, including the Coca-Cola 600 in 2022 and the Daytona 500 in 2016, 2019, and 2020; he is the fourth person to win the race in back-to-back seasons, alongside Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Sterling Marlin.Hamlin has the most wins in the NASCAR Cup Series without a championship. Despite not winning the elusive title, he has been a perennial contender for it throughout his career. Except for the 2013 season, in which a collision with Joey Logano damaged his lower back and kept him out for a large part of the early season, Hamlin has competed in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in every season he has competed full-time (17 seasons as of 2023), including his rookie season in 2006 when he finished third in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup standings, capping off one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in modern NASCAR history.
Since 2023, Hamlin has hosted a weekly podcast on Dirty Mo Media called Actions Detrimental with Denny Hamlin where he offers extensive knowledge of both the business and racing side of the sport along with his co-host Jared Allen.