Denny Hamlin explains significance of Harrison Burton's win for Wood Brothers Racing

Denny Hamlin recognizes the victory for Harrison Burton at Daytona over the weekend drove some much-needed electricity into the Wood Brothers organization.

While the thrill of a win is always a plus, the monetary gain for the team will also come in handy. During the latest episode of his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin explained what the win means for the No. 21 team, now and in the future.

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“It’s great to see, you know, the Wood Brothers get their 100th,” Hamlin started. “They’ve been stuck on that 99 for quite some time now. Gosh, it’s probably been five years, at Pocono. You know, they’ve been so committed to our sport, right? I think they’re the longest running ownership team in our sport. You know, they’ve passed the torch to John Wood, who’s done a great job continuing the legacy of the Wood Brothers Racing. And you know, while, you know, they have such a strong alliance with Penske Racing, they still have a lot of blood in that car. And so certainly, it’s great to see the No. 21 get back to Victory Lane.

“This is, as he mentioned in his post race, such a huge deal financially for them over the next two years. You know, the revenue is in the millions and millions of more that they’re going to get now than what they were being, you know, ranked 34th.”

Of course, fans will recognize the difference following Burton’s win when it comes to the driver’s spot in the Cup Series playoffs, but Hamlin also is looking at it from an owners perspective, and Burton just made the Wood Brothers a ton of money with his win.

“Well, I mean, think about this, right, I think Harrison was, I think he was the last of the full-time drivers. … I saw where he had, like, 260 total points. He just passed guys with 600 points,” Hamlin added. “Like, now they know that the worst they’re going to be is 16th in points, and so, you know, you basically just add up $125,000 per position that you gain, and that’s how much of a reward they got.

“… What will happen immediately is, at the end of this year, they’re going to get, I don’t even think it paid anything for the point fund, back in 34th. It was $0, right? I think past 25th was nothing. They’re now going to get 16th, at least 16th place money, which is a million dollars, basically, to make the playoffs in your year-end point fund. So, that’s a million bonus. Then, the charter ranking will go up tons, which I mentioned how much per spot they’re about it is. So it’s, yeah, it’s millions of dollars, which is, it’s big for a team like this.”

Alas, it’s ironic that Harrison Burton won’t be around long enough to see the benefits that the influx of cash will bring to the Wood Brothers, as he’s out of the ride at the end of the season. Josh Berry might be thanking the young wheelman in 2025. Still, a victory at Daytona is a heck of an accomplishment.