Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson are on the same page when it comes to Larson’s spotter Tyler Monn. On Hamlin’s Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin reacted to Larson telling Monn to “shut the f*** up,” for his comments about Hamlin.
“I agree with Kyle Larson. Tyler should shut the f*** up,” Hamlin said. “Does he say that when Kyle squeezes guys up high? Probably not. You know, that’s the thing about spotters is that they are so biased to their guy, and that’s what they need to be at times. We’re racing for a win, there’s drops on our windshield.
“The reason that me and Kyle race so closely at times because we’re usually racing for a win and neither will give each other an inch. I didn’t quite understand first of all why we were smoking tires down the front stretch. I got to the inside of him off of Turn 4. All of a sudden, I feel him grinding on the right rear. I’m like ‘Whoa, did I not leave enough room there?’ I look back and I watch the replay, I was like ‘Yeah I gave enough room. What the hell we doing door-banging each other down the front straightaway?'”
Hamlin continued: “At that point, I’m like ‘damn, what the hell?’ I’m on four tires, right? I’m obviously faster than he is. I was faster all day long. And then he’s on two tires which is a deficit, but he’s trying to outrun the 45 and he couldn’t quite get that pass finish but I was coming quickly. The ability of him to be able to hold me off in that scenario was going to be little to no percentage.
Why Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson made contact at New Hampshire
Hamlin goes on to explain why he and Larson made contact during the final stage of the Cup Series race at New Hampshire on Sunday. “I don’t have time to be screwing with you here. I got to get clear,” Hamlin said. “You’re not going to hold me off, which means you’re not going to win the race. We just won’t give each other an inch to clear. And then off of Turn 4 the next lap, I run him up because I’m like ‘F*** this, dude. I gotta go. I can’t keep d***ing with you here. I got to run down this 45. We got water on the windshield.'”
Hamlin was in third place before the race was delayed due to rain. After the delay, Hamlin could not get his car going and finished 24th. Larson had a P4 finish, his second top-five finish in the last three races.
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