NASCAR drivers taken back by wild fan reception at New York's Fanatics Fest

Some of NASCAR's biggest stars were among the high-profile celebrities astatine Fanatics Fest connected Friday successful New York.

The Big Apple is not precisely a hotbed for car racing - particularly erstwhile astir of the loudest crowds popped for Derek Jeter, Eli Manning and different New York legends passim the weekend.

However, 3 of the sport's biggest stars were flabbergasted by the reactions they got from immoderate of the fans successful attendance. 

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From near to right, William Byron, Denny Hamilin and Kyle Larson. (Getty Images)

"I didn't really, honestly, cognize what I was coming to. So to person radical admit maine present is beauteous cool," Kyle Larson told Fox News Digital astatine the event.

NASCAR Cup person William Byron added that helium was "surprised" by each the emotion helium got astatine Javits Center successful Manhattan.

"I americium surprised, man. There were rather a fewer 24 fans present successful the crowd. It's beauteous cool, man. We're down the roadworthy this play astatine Pocono, looking guardant to it, and it's amusive being retired present and seeing chill people."

William Byron celebrates successful Victory Lane aft winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 car contention astatine Daytona International Speedway connected Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025 successful Daytona Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Denny Hamlin is competing successful the Fanatics Games, wherever fans are going up against pro athletes, including Tom Brady, to triumph $1 million. Maybe his assemblage is simply a spot different, considering helium is going up against Brady, Rob Gronkowski and different stars.

At the precise least, however, helium is not taking it for granted that helium is being recognized passim the event.

"It's been overwhelming. Just each the antithetic booths, bringing different sports together, it's conscionable fantastic to see. And having the accidental to size myself up with different athletes," Hamlin said. "We don't person a immense beingness up successful this area, but still, you spot a batch of NASCAR racing shirts, and erstwhile you get autograph requests, it's like, OK, they bash admit you, adjacent successful this area."

Other celebrities successful attendance connected Friday included Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Logan Paul, Michael Strahan, Travis Scott and Livvy Dunne.

Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, left, and Travis Scott be Fanatics Fest NYC 2025 astatine Javits Center connected June 20, 2025 successful New York City. (John Nacion/Getty Images for Fanatics)

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LeBron James, Victor Wembanyana and galore others made their rounds the remainder of the weekend.

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