NASCAR driver becomes designated driver, giving drunk fan a safe ride home

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin is earning praise after giving a drunk fan a ride home.

Kyle Jordan had a little too much to drink at Watkins Glen International in New York last weekend but made it home safely after Hamlin offered to give him a ride.

“Shout out to @dennyhamlin for giving a drunk guy a ride last night at Watkins Glen International,” Jordan tweeted. “It was much appreciated and good luck in today’s race.”

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Jordan also shared a photo he took with Hamlin.

The NASCAR driver responded, letting Jordan know he had the fan’s backpack full of beer in his truck and would return it. It is unclear whether the beer made it back to Jordan.

Hamlin’s kind gesture has earned him some new NASCAR fans.

“Not going to lie Denny never been a fan … that’s changing … greatest thing ever,” Jill Ford tweeted.

Another fan noted: “Wow a single tweet like this just changed my mind about you.”

Hamlin also garnered recognition beyond the NASCAR world.

“I disrupt my soccer tweeting because this is something else,” media producer Jorge Andres Mondaca tweeted. “When a NASCAR driver becomes an impromptu DD the night before a race.”

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Hamlin finished 20th in the race. Kyle Larson took the checkered flag.