Denny Hamlin says he’s ready to fight after a NASCAR race if the situation comes up. On hisActions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin talked about his history of fighting during his NASCAR career.
“I’m definitely a fighter if you put me in a corner,” Hamlin said. “No doubt.” The conversation started when Hamlin and co-host Jared Allen were discussing the fight between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch. Hamlin revealed what he would do first if he was in a fight.
“Just as a heads-up, I’m going to do a left gut punch first,” Hamlin said. The reason for the punch to the gut is Hamlin believes he can get the person down, which will lead to an easier attack on the face. Hamlin then compared himself to Mike Tyson when it comes to the work he does on the punching bags.
Hamlin then looked back at his confrontations with drivers in the past, specifically Joey Logano and Chase Briscoe. When it comes to Briscoe, Hamlin said he didn’t deserve to get punched despite costing him a win.
Denny Hamlin shares details on fight between Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch
Hamlin also shared some insight on the Stenhouse-Busch fight. He said that Stenhouse was texting other drivers in their group chat during the All-Star race that he was going to go after Busch.
“I didn’t realize that when I went back and looked — we have a group text and it’s me and Austin, it’s got JP and Jared, my buddy Greg and it’s got Ricky [Stenhouse] and Kyle Larson on it. He was letting us know while the race was going on [that] he’s gonna go after him [Busch]. So, of course I’m in the race so I don’t see it,” Hamlin said. “But there’s others that are not in the race. So, he’s stuck in the infield on his phone and he’s fuming.”
Stenhouse did just that as he punched Busch. The fight happrned because Busch wrecked Stenhouse’s car and was eliminated from the race. “I feel like Kyle, and I have always raced each other really hard back to the Nationwide Series when we were competing for wins week in and week out,” Stenhouse said. “Never had any issues. Then you know, I wrecked him one time at Daytona, and he’s been kinda bad mouthing me ever since then. I feel like we get along with each other okay outside the racetrack, I talk to him quite a bit.
“I’m not sure why he was so mad. I shoved it three-wide, but I mean, he hit the fence and kind of came off the wall and ran into me. I don’t know when I was talking him, he kept saying that I wrecked him. So, definitely built-up frustration with how he runs his mouth all the time about myself.
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