Carl Edwards Shocked by Denny Hamlin’s Candid Confession

Carl Edwards Shocked by Denny Hamlin’s Candid Confession originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Carl Edwards raced to a Hall of Fame career in the NASCAR Cup Series, racking up 28 victories in 13 seasons. Five of those wins came in his final two years with Joe Gibbs Racing. Denny Hamlin was his teammate.

Hamlin is now in his 21st season at JGR and has doubled Edwards career win total. Cousin Carl, who had stayed away from the sport since he retired in 2016, is now actively involved in it as an analyst with Prime’s coverage.

On Saturday at practice and qualifying at Nashville Superspeedway, Edwards joined Danielle Trotta and Corey LaJoie and talked about the challenges of racing around the 1.33-mile track. During that conversation, the 45-year-old made an unexpected admission about the word choices of his former teammate.

“I listened to Denny’s podcast this week,” Edwards said. “I was shocked at how much Denny gives away about his driving. I mean, if he’s got more in there, I don’t know what he’s got because he was talking about how he sets his car up.”

Edwards’ take on Hamlin’s revealing remarks is interesting for a couple of reasons because it shows: 1) how much the JGR really shares with his audience and 2) how much information other drivers and teams in the Cup garage could gain from listening to the future Hall of Famer on his weekly podcast  — whether it’s replicating what he does or learning how to use that information and defeat him.

Hamlin races on Sunday at Nashville. Edwards will be there for Prime’s coverage, which begins at 7 p.m. And Hamlin will be talking about what happened in Tennessee on Monday’s podcast. 

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.

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