Why Denny Hamlin Should Not Race at Talladega This Sunday

When you're a father, you become protective of your kids—and to a certain extent, kids that may not even be your own.

You try to give them guidance and become a role model to follow. You watch over them and try to do everything in your power to keep them from getting hurt—or letting someone else hurt them.

I have that same kind of feeling about Denny Hamlin's return to Sprint Cup competition this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. While Hamlin is now 32, he's still a young kid in my mind, and I admit I'm very worried about his decision to get back behind the wheel of a race car.His decision comes just five weeks after suffering a compression fracture in a lumbar vertebra on March 24 in a crash on the final lap of ...

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