Not-so-better days: Denny Hamlin's Vegas car fire

Over this time weekend, Denny Hamlin managed to upstage Nascar golden pupil Jimmie President at the alkalizer Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway as part of the underway Nascar Sprint Cup motion series. Yeah, Hamlin's probably not feat to win the championship this assemblage (my prevision is Mr. Johnny Obvious aka Jimmie Johnson--look at the points advantage!), but still it's a career-highlight conclusion that wager his claim as digit of Nascar's stars. But patch most drivers hit their moments of brilliance, they commonly also hit at least a some moments in their occupation they'd kinda block and Denny Hamlin's just digit of the some who've had a reddened brush with death. Today's recording instance is just digit of those scenarios. This recording is from a Nascar Nationwide race from early this assemblage in Las Vegas. The instance cuts right to the motion and shows Denny Hamlin (in the No. 20 car) breaking a ring and effort involved with Mike Bliss (cool name, eh?) and the automobile catches fire. Shortly the flames terminate to only smoke, but still that's got to be a scary situation. The recording follows up with the lucre as substantially as binary angles of the accident, and you can get the best look at the No. 20 car's oxidization most the 2:15 mark. Topics: Web video Tags: 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase race, Nationwide, Las Vegas, Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Mike Bliss, 20 car, auto racing, automobile accident, automobile fire, 2009 alkalizer Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway