Like many NASCAR tracks, New Hampshire Motor Speedway has a distinct tradition where it rewards winning drivers with a prize representative of that particular region. Similar to how the trophy at Auto Club Speedway in Southern California includes a surfboard, or Texas Motor Speedway a cowboy boot.
Denny Hamlin freaked out by 22-lb live lobster after winning New Hampshire NASCAR race
Denny Hamlin has a lobster phobia and he wanted nothing to do with the prize awarded to the winner of Sunday’s Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
What awaited the winner of Sunday’s Cup Series race at New Hampshire was a 22-pound live lobster. A prize race-winner Denny Hamlin wanted no part of as he fled when crew chief Mike Wheeler tried to hand Loudon the Lobster to him in victory lane. Hamlin did overcome his fear briefly to take a few photographs with the crustacean.
When asked later about his reaction during the winner’s press conference, Hamlin explained that he has a lobster phobia. His dislike is such that he can’t even be around someone if they’re eating lobster.
“I’ve seen it and touched it for the last time,” Hamlin said. “I have a lobster phobia. I don’t know why, I just don’t like them. I cannot eat dinner if someone beside me is eating lobster. I can’t look at it.
“As far as I’m concerned, they need to put it back in the water and let it live.”
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