Denny Hamlin opened on Bubba Wallace reversing him after their last duel affected by Kansas Speedway. The AS of Joe Gibbs Racing did not offend itself by the gesture and considered it an “animated moment”.
During the Hollywood Casino 400, Wallace lost a victory after facing Hamlin in the restart restart. Wallace looked at the pace to win the checkered flag before Hamlin drives him on the wall. Hamlin also lost its momentum and launched a victory for the Toyotas, while Chase Elliott de Chevrolet won the race on cooler tires.
Frustrated by the result, driver No. 23 launched explanations on the team’s radio and overthrow Hamlin during the recharge time. As a 23XL Racing co -owner, Hamlin addressed the incident on his podcast and refused to apologize for his appearance with his own driver.
He also talked about the post-course offensive gesture of Wallace.
“If he had to overturn me to 23Xi as the owner of the car, we would have an employer problem, an employee problem, but as a competitor, he overthrew the driver of the 11. I have no problem with this,” he said (via Motorsport.com)
“Everything that is directed towards me as a owner, I would certainly make an exception to that because I know the resources Michael (Jordan) and I give Bubba every week to go there and compete … I do not take this personally because I suppose that we had someone who is on the field in the game in a vivid moment. I give him Grace for that because we are competitions on Sunday.”
Denny Hamlin continued his 60th career victory and hoped to suppress the list of victories of all the first 10 of Nascar. Kevin Harvick seated above him with victories of 60 cups with his name.
Sunday’s result maintains the remote records, while Wallace is now in an essential situation to go to the last eight. The native of Alabama is 26 points below the cutting of the playoff series in the tenth in the classification of the playoffs. His teammate, Tyler Reddick, has three points.
Denny Hamlin clarifies her role as JGR pilot and 23XL co -owner
Denny Hamlin has clarified all false ideas in its path as JGR driver while operating as a co -owner for 23xl racing. He reaffirmed his loyalty to JGR on racing days.
“I am the driver on Sunday. Joe Gibbs pays me a lot of money to make sure the car wins a championship or has a chance. And can you imagine the indignation if I just retreated and let (Wallace) have it? ”, He said. (via an aforementioned source)
Denny Hamlin also noted that Joe Gibbs pays him “a lot of money” to win championships and that he intends to do that exactly.
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