NASCAR Star Calls Out Speedway President For Being A Penny-Pinching Daddy's Boy

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While most of you were sleeping last night, NASCAR star Denny Hamlin was getting buried by Speedway Motorsports President (SMI) Marcus Smith on Twitter. 

Or was it the other way around? I reckon it depends on who you ask. 

In a wild – and since-deleted thread – Hamlin and Smith sparred in front of the entire internet over the news  that Sonoma Raceway was coming apart at the seams. 

Why is that news? Well, Smith – the SMI president – is overseeing the repave on the iconic California road course. 

So, naturally, when one of NASCAR's biggest names calls you a low-income president on Twitter (paraphrasing, of course), you're gonna bark back. 

Denny Hamlin, NASCAR president go at it on Twitter

My God. What a shot to take at … 11:42! That's either A) drunk Denny Hamlin, B) post-sex Denny Hamlin, or C) the kids just woke up Denny Hamlin. 

Which one y'all taking? I'm going with … A! And maybe B. They usually go hand in hand. 

Anyway, back to the internet battle …

Smith, of course, responded. And then responded again. And then shoved Denny under a giant bus once more before deleting all of them and hoping nobody noticed. 

It's 2024, Marcus – everyone noticed:

Whoooooooooooooof! What a couple nukes fired off by Marcus Smith! "Almost NASCAR Champion" is a Hall of Fame insult. Just brutal. 

Denny, for those who can't connect the dots, has never won a NASCAR title. He's come damn close a dozen times, but just hasn't been able to get over the hump. 

A modern day Mark Martin, for those NASCAR fans who bailed on the sport a decade ago but used to love it. 

Anyway, I was on Marcus' side here until he deleted the tweets. That's such a weak move. Come on, dude, stand your ground. The internet lives forever. What's the point of deleting something nowadays? Screenshots live forever, guy. Get with the times. 

Denny, who has become NASCAR's No. 1 villain, obviously wins this round because he had the guts to keep his posts up. Point for him. 

Can't wait to see where we go next. 

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Zach grew up in Florida, lives in Florida, and will never leave Florida ... for obvious reasons. He's a reigning fantasy football league champion, knows everything there is to know about NASCAR, and once passed out (briefly!) during a lap around Daytona. He swears they were going 200 mph even though they clearly were not.