Denny Hamlin, playing hurt
Looks like Busch/Cup driver Denny Hamlin will be driving with some stitches this weekend at Richmond. After testing this week at Richmond, he cut his hand between his pinkie and left wrist. It was bad enough, his PR flacks said, that he needed to go to the hospital
So how did he do it? He was ... oh, heck, let Denny tell you what happened:
"The guys were having races around the hauler after the test. I thought I'd try for the best lap of the night, and as I was running around the front of the truck, I caught my hand on a sharp piece of chrome. I got all stitched up and I'll be fine to race this weekend. By the way, I did finish first. Hopefully Coach Gibbs will be impressed that I can play 'hurt'."
I have a feeling Gibbs would have been more impressed if Hamlin had hurt himself finishing first in a race that actually counted.