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My Take
Denny Hamlin is a heavyweight of modern NASCAR, and the numbers back it up: 63 Cup Series wins driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. What makes him doubly interesting to me is the owner side, co-running 23XI Racing alongside Michael Jordan, which is a fascinating crossover of motorsport and basketball royalty. The Tampa native has been a fixture at the front of the field for years, the kind of perennial contender whose win total quietly stacks toward all-time territory. I find the driver-turned-team-owner duality the most compelling part of his story; he's shaping the sport from both seats.
Overview
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 with basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. As a driver, Hamlin has achieved a total of 63 NASCAR Cup Series victories.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Denny Hamlin
- Name (Japanese)
- デニー・ハムリン
- Reading
- でにー・はむりん
- Born
- November 18, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Monkey
- Origin
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Manchester High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.dennyhamlin.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.