Denny Hamlin calls out bizarre issue with FOX broadcast

Denny Hamlin has a major issue with the NASCAR on FOX broadcast. But Hamlin isn’t sure if it’s FOX‘s fault or something on his end.

Speaking on Monday’s “Actions Detrimental” podcast, Hamlin said the audio coming from FOX isn’t going through both of the speakers a part of his TV setup. He wants to know if anyone else’s audio is “f*cked up,” or if it’s just him.

“Is FOX‘s audio f*cked up for anyone else?” Hamlin asked. “Like, I notice in my living room and in my bus, I have multiple speakers. I have a TV and then I have speakers, a left and a right. But the audio during our races only comes out of our right speaker. It’s like it’s on analog. I don’t know. I’ve noticed it for a few weeks that they’ve got something going on with their audio that is just not like all other audio coming through FOX or any other station for that matter. I don’t know what’s going on.”

Hamlin might have a gripe with FOX. Richard Petty certainly does. With throwback weekend taking place at Darlington Raceway, “The King” stopped by the broadcast to share some stories of his time racing at “The Lady in Black.” But as Mike Joy, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer were saying goodbye on-air, Petty took a subtle jab at the network’s coverage of races.

Richard Petty puts FOX on blast

“Thank you. It’s been interesting watching y’all try to operate up here,” Petty said, via Kyle Dalton of Athlon Sports.

Petty made the comment in a joking manner, and it drew some laughs from the three-man booth of Joy, Harvick and Bowyer. Joy said he took it as a compliment compared to what Petty said last year in the booth.

“I’ll take that as a compliment because last year on leaving you said, ‘I don’t know what race you guys are watching,” Joy responded.

Joy’s comment prompted more criticism from the 87-year-old Petty. He went after the network for not showing more of the racing taking place in the middle of the field.

“The big deal is, when I’m sitting here and see what I see on the TV and the race is really back about 15th or 20th,” Petty said. “Them guys, they drive their fanny off every lap. I mean, they’re really racing back there, but you know, if you’re here you can see that. You can’t see it on TV.”

Joy countered Petty’s critique: “We try to get back there as much as we can… but you’re right, if you wanna see it all, come buy a ticket.”

FOX continues to take shots from fans on social media. Now, it’s coming from drivers both past and present — far from what the network likely wants to hear.