Denny Hamlin investigated the NASCAR All-Star Race crash involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch. On his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin discussed the differences in driving styles between the two NASCAR stars that got into a brawl following the race. “It was just a clashing of styles,” Hamlin explained.
When it comes to Stenhouse, Hamlin said, “He is the first to push it right on lap one.” I’m not sure if you’ll win or even finish the race, but you can assure a top 10 or 15 finish by putting it in high-risk circumstances.”
Stenhouse made an aggressive move on the second lap, which irritated Busch because he believed he had hit him. When discussing Busch, Hamlin stated that Stenhouse’s move “rubbed him wrong, not only emotionally, but physically.”
He rubbed him wrong since he collided with the wall at Turn 2. Hamlin understands that Stenhouse’s style may have serious ramifications, as evidenced by what happened on Sunday. He also discussed how the fight went down and whether Stenhouse or Busch was correct.
“This is difficult. This is one of those difficult positions that I find myself in. Because I try not to pick sides, but I’ll call it how I see it,” Hamlin started. “Let’s go back to the on-track stuff. I see both sides, however, my driving style supports a little more of Kyle’s side, because I believe that there are times where Ricky finds himself in these situations, because he puts himself in these situations.
Denny Hamlin has more thoughts on Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Kyle Busch fight
“It is Lap 1. Did he shove through the middle of us? Yes. Did I have a problem with it? I did not. It is the All-Star Race. We just talked about it earlier. The drivers, you kind of understand that there’s a little bit more aggressiveness going on in this type of race. So I see Kyle’s side of it, ‘Dude, you shoved middle on a short-track on Lap 1. Like, where are you going?’ I see that part. I understand.”
Hamlin continued: “However, the counter to that is that I see Ricky’s side saying, ‘Dude, I never touched you until you hit the wall.’ Now, I think contact was inevitable, because there wasn’t enough room for Kyle, no matter what. Ricky did put him in a position where Kyle was going to have to lift, and if he did not lift, the contact was going to happen. Kyle didn’t lift, or he tried to lift, but it was too late. The No. 47 was already coming up. I knew we were three-wide. I left plenty of room on the bottom. I am no part of this drama whatsoever, I’ve got no part in it. … The contact was inevitable, because there was not enough room left for Kyle on the high-side of the race track.”
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