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Post by 221dayton on Jul 6, 2012 9:11:01 GMT -5
JGR officials said Wednesday that they didn't expect to have a standby driver for Hamlin, who is fifth in the Cup standings and must start the race Saturday in order to earn the points for the event. Hamlin already has decided not to run the Nationwide Series race Friday.
Joey Logano, took Hamlin's car out Thursday, splitting time between the 20 & 11 cars for practice.
Denny Hamlin spoke to the media Thursday about his back:
What is wrong with your back?
"There are a few things. There are some torn disks and there's some bulging disks. There's a lot of different things that's just happened over time, and it's just gotten progressively worse. I noticed -- Kentucky is not the smoothest of race tracks that we've gone to, and with our aggressive setups nowadays , evidentially took its toll on us and the next day it got real tight by the end of the day, and then I sat down for dinner and couldn't get up. I've had a history of back spasms now for probably four years and it just flared up again. This is about as bad as it was at its worse in 2008 or so. I'm just now starting to get mobile again and being able to get around. We don't want to set any of that back by sitting down any longer than I have to."
How long does it take to rehab and strengthen your back?
"It's all going to be based off of my feel really. I think that I really feel like, by say Monday or Tuesday , that I'll feel exactly the way I was before last week. I've always had back pain. Unfortunately I inherited it from my dad. It's one of the bad qualities I did get from him. It's just one of those things that anytime I play an activity, it doesn't matter what it is, even if I go for a run, I've always had back problems afterwards -- stiffness and things like that."
Did your doctor tell you if you'd eventually need surgery for your back?
"Years down the road, he said. What we're trying to cover up is basically just stuff that can be helped with just training and things like that. I'm just going to do more physical therapy to specifically work on that because I really haven't in my training regimen that much here lately -- worked on back issues so now we're going to shift that focus to that."
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Post by ACCC on Jul 9, 2012 11:38:31 GMT -5
Watched him being interviewed and playing it down. Back pain is like tooth ache pain...constant.
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Post by HMS_rules_the_ovals on Jul 9, 2012 12:10:47 GMT -5
Watched him being interviewed and playing it down. Back pain is like tooth ache pain...constant. I saw and noticed that too. You could tell by the look on his face though that he was hurting.
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Post by 221dayton on Jul 13, 2012 8:51:03 GMT -5
#11-Denny Hamlin said Thursday his back is feeling fine and he doesn't expect any issues this weekend at New Hampshire. Hamlin missed practice last week at Daytona and sat out the Nationwide Series race while receiving treatment for back spasms. He said he's had torn and bulging disks for some time, and may someday need surgery on his back. "It's a lot better. I worked on doing some rehab with the back, I've had this episode happen once or twice in the last four years," he said. "It's taken about a week to get over it. Really it was last Monday that set it off. Right at the start of this week the spasms started subsiding. It is feeling a lot better."(Associated Press)(7-13-2012)
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Post by goodgrief on Aug 3, 2012 17:12:12 GMT -5
Denny's back must be all better. His girlfriend Jordan is pregnant!
Congrats to the happy couple.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Aug 4, 2012 4:35:51 GMT -5
Denny's back must be all better. His girlfriend Jordan is pregnant! Congrats to the happy couple. thats how he hurt his back ;D
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Post by 221dayton on Aug 4, 2012 10:25:51 GMT -5
Denny's back must be all better. His girlfriend Jordan is pregnant! Congrats to the happy couple. This is a followup to GG's scoop. Denny Hamlin announced Friday at Pocono that his girlfriend, Jordan Fish, is pregnant: Do you have some news to announce today? "I've been excited for a little while. I just want to let everyone know that me and Jordan (Fish) are expecting next January, and excited about that. It's been a long time coming, so it's going to be exciting to be a dad." What are your thoughts on fatherhood and how were you raised by your dad? "Hopefully, half of what my dad was would be good. My family has done a lot for me to get to this point obviously, and just all of the sacrifices and all that they've gone through. My dad tells me all of the time that some of the best times he had is just carrying me around in his pickup truck every day taking me to work with him and things like that. It's going to be a great experience and so I'm really excited about it and really just excited to be a part of it. For my parents to have grandkids is all going to be good. Everything works great, things happen and we're excited about the timing. It's going to be in January, so it's the off -season so all of that seems to be aligning perfectly for us. My parents and all live a mile or two down the road, so they're going to get to visit all of the time. It's going to be a great time over these next six month s to a year." Have you set a wedding date? "Especially now that all of this is going on and you want to be patient and everything. I am 31, so I consider myself pretty patient if I haven't been married yet. There's no reason to rush into it right now especially with everything that is going on. We've obviously got a busy six months ahead of us." (Toyota Racing PR)(8-3-2012)
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Post by ACCC on Aug 4, 2012 11:13:29 GMT -5
[Have you set a wedding date? "Especially now that all of this is going on and you want to be patient and everything. I am 31, so I consider myself pretty patient if I haven't been married yet. There's no reason to rush into it right now especially with everything that is going on. We've obviously got a busy six months ahead of us." Here is a good reason to rush a little. Jordan is PREGNANT!
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Post by 221dayton on Sept 5, 2012 9:37:17 GMT -5
All four of Denny Hamlin's victories this season have been first-time visits to Victory Lane at those venues.
Garrett Horton @ Frontstretch
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Post by 221dayton on Sept 5, 2012 9:42:50 GMT -5
Crew chief Darian Grubb now has nine victories in the last 35 races; five with Tony Stewart in the final ten races of last season and four with current driver Denny Hamlin in 2012
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Post by ACCC on Sept 6, 2012 10:46:23 GMT -5
Crew chief Darian Grubb now has nine victories in the last 35 races; five with Tony Stewart in the final ten races of last season and four with current driver Denny Hamlin in 2012 Plus Darian has his own thread in there now.
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Post by myles on Sept 6, 2012 16:30:56 GMT -5
Crew chief Darian Grubb now has nine victories in the last 35 races; five with Tony Stewart in the final ten races of last season and four with current driver Denny Hamlin in 2012 Plus Darian has his own thread in there now. He's somebody now.
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