{"id":24556,"date":"2022-07-24T23:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T23:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/denny-hamlin-ross-chastain-tangle-at-pocono\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T23:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T23:33:48","slug":"denny-hamlin-ross-chastain-tangle-at-pocono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/denny-hamlin-ross-chastain-tangle-at-pocono\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin, Ross Chastain Tangle At Pocono"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain have seen quite a bit of each other over the last two months, haven’t they?<\/p>\n

World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Atlanta Motor Speedway and now Pocono Raceway have all featured run-ins between the Nos. 1 and 11, the latter on Sunday (July 24).<\/p>\n

On a late-race restart in the M&M’s Fan Appreciation 400, the duo restarted first and second, Chastain scored the leader after a previous green-flag pit stop leapfrogged him ahead of then-leader Kyle Busch while Busch’s teammate Hamlin sat second. As the pair went side-by-side into turn 1, Hamlin drove his No. 11 in deep, made contact with Chastain and the No. 1 sideswiped the wall, spinning into traffic and damaging Kevin Harvick’s car.<\/p>\n

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Denny Hamlin runs Ross Chastain up the racetrack and into the wall! #NASCAR<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa : @USA_Network<\/a>
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\u2014 NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It marked the third run-in between the two drivers since the June 5 race at Gateway, where a tap from Chastain sent Hamlin into the wall and Hamlin subsequently did everything he could to hinder Chastain’s progress the rest of the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Things quieted down for a bit until Atlanta, where close racing ended with contact between the two and sent Hamlin wrecking yet again.<\/p>\n

Hamlin said he’d \u201creached his peak\u201d after the second incident, reiterating as much after Pocono on Sunday afternoon. After the contact, Hamlin outdueled teammate Busch for the victory, and was showered with a mix of cheers and some evident boos as he exited his car after a burnout.<\/p>\n

Hamlin was asked if the contact was straight payback to Chastain.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, what’d you want me to do?\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cWhat’d you expect me to do? We got position on him and he just ran out of racetrack.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“What did you want me to do?”@dennyhamlin<\/a> addressed how he raced Ross Chastain late at @PoconoRaceway<\/a> en route to his win. #NASCAR<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6d98WVbpfT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Asked if it was over, Hamlin’s frustration \u2013 not just with Chastain \u2013 was evident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re gonna just keep racing hard until we get the respect back from these guys. It’s not just that \u2013 we’ve been wrecked four times, twice while leading, in the last 10 months. I’m at the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chastain, for his part, admitted he was probably owed some payback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that’s something that’s been owed to me for a few months now,\u201d Chastain said. \u201cI’m proud of the effort by Trackhouse [\u2026] to keep bringing bullets like that and keep bringing fast cars.<\/p>\n

\u201c[\u2026] I’ve been owed that and probably some more for a few months now. Yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if the score was settled, Chastain paused for a moment and then lightly chuckled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.@RossChastain<\/a> has a perspective on the contact with @dennyhamlin<\/a> \ud83d\udc47 pic.twitter.com\/EaJgfkvrt0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Both drivers are securely in the playoffs, Hamlin now with three wins to Chastain’s two.<\/p>\n


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