King of Martinsville, you know that that’s Denny Hamlin,” said Kevin Harvick on his Happy Hour podcast before the Martinsville race. The post Kevin Harvick Publicly Turns Down Denny Hamlin’s Iconic Martinsville ‘Flag’ Gimmick With Bold Verdict appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Denny Hamlin held the flag up proudly after his dominant win in Sunday’s race at Martinsville. “11 against the world,” the flag read, a nod to the Ohio State football team. But Hamlin against the world has sort of become his mantra.

After the three-time Daytona 500 champion did a lengthy burnout around the track, he triumphantly climbed out of his car and stood with one foot on the window ledge and the other on the roof and held up a large light blue flag that read: “11 Against the World.”