25 NASCAR drivers to consider as getaway drivers for that one last heist

Denny Hamlin

NASCAR’s 2010 Cup Series championship runner-up Denny Hamlin once won eight races in a single season. The next time he’s in Victory Lane, it will be Hamlin’s 30th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory, so we think he’s proven that he can drive when it counts.

Hamlin has won one event in the 2017 NASCAR season (even if it was the second exhibition Can-Am Duel) and he’s come close to being an actual race winner with four other finishes in the top 10. He seems to find his way up front in at least some portion of every race, which is obviously a plus when there’s a good chance you’ll have to escape through city traffic to complete your heist.

The only downside is that you’d have to keep him from injuring himself in any games of pickup basketball, but otherwise there are good reasons to consider Denny Hamlin as your getaway driver.

Hamlin was also once sponsored by Denny’s (in a stroke of marketing genius) so that’d be perfect for the inevitable pre- or post-heist scene where you and your crew members congregate in a diner at 2 a.m. to meet a source, confront a bad guy or just plot your big score.

And if the press coverage after Hamlin’s Daytona 500 victory was any indication, much like Aric Almirola, there’s a very good chance that the authorities will spell his name wrong and be looking for some guy named “Danny Hamlin” or “Danny Hamilton” while you speed away to your next destination.