On Sunday, NASCAR raced at Kansas Speedway. The double-overtime finish brought chaos.
Heading to the white flag, Bubba Wallace ran Christopher Bell wide off turn four. They both lost momentum and Hamlin had momentum to join the battle for the win.
Heading into turn three, Hamlin looked inside of Wallace. He got aero tight, ran up the track and Wallace found the outside wall.
As they lost momentum, Chase Elliott snuck by the both of them and won the race off the final corner.
Hamlin and Wallace are both playoff drivers looking for a win to lock into the next round of the playoffs.
To add a layer, 23XI Racing, the team that Wallace drives for is co-owner by Hamlin, the driver of the No. 11 car. Hamlin is Wallace’s boss.
On the cool down lap after the finish, Wallace drove by with just a single finger hanging out of the window.
However, Hamlin has no apologies to offer. As the driver of the No. 11 car, he was focused on trying to bring home the trophy for Joe Gibbs Racing not 23XI Racing.
“I definitely won’t apologize for racing for the win,” Denny Hamlin stated via Actions Detrimental.
“On Sunday, I am the driver. The person in the 11 car is the driver. That’s where the disconnect, I think, comes from, is that people expect me to be a different person, they expect me to be the guy with a 23XI shirt on when I’m in the 11 car, and that’s just not possible.”
“I have zero doubts in my mind. I was racing the No. 23 the same as I would race anybody in that moment. Truthfully, I would have raced my teammates, the same way.”
“Those are Open cars by the way. My responsibility as they team owner comes Monday-Saturday.”
“It is not up to me to get 23XI into the Round of 8, if that makes any sense,” Hamlin said. “That’s not my responsibility. My responsibility is to get the 11 into the Round of 8”
“Joe pays me a lot of money to make sure that car wins a championship or has a shot to. I mean, could you imagine the outrage if I just backed off and let him have it. Holy (expletive), people lose their minds.”
“I’m not going to apologize for trying to win that race. But, the No. 11 car was the most deserving to win that race.”
NASCAR points after Kansas Speedway
BUBBA WALLACE SHOWS DENNY HAMLIN THE FINGER ON THE COOLDOWN LAP@AlwaysRaceDay pic.twitter.com/smnf56TTFP
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