Denny Hamlin blames “too aggressive” Tyler Reddick for the big wreck with Chase Elliott at Las Vegas

Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Denny Hamlin has called out his own driver for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway big wreck.

Denny Hamlin blames “too aggressive” Tyler Reddick for the big wreck with Chase Elliott at Las Vegas

Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick (Via IMAGO)

The Round of 8 opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was a dramatic one to the least. It featured some questionable wrecks and the upsetting win of Joey Logano, who used his fuel saving to his advantage. One of the biggest wrecks of the day was the that involved Tyler Reddick, Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr.

23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick car flipped after making contact with Chase Elliott, during a three-way battle. JGR veteran Denny Hamlin, via his podcast, assessed the crash and admitted that his own driver Reddick was the at faulty for the incident.  He admitted that the No:45 Toyota was too aggressive at the moment.

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Looking back at it, I thought it was probably too aggressive on Tyler’s fault at that point in the race.  understand he’s trying to have one of these big days and he clearly has a car that can win.

Denny Hamlin said via Actions Detrimental.

The TRD driver pointed out that Tyler Reddick was trying too hard to not to trapped in the trap and asked a bit too much from their driver. The desperation for the win made Reddick to take some big mistakes.

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He doesn’t wanna get trapped back in traffic, but it just seemed like you’re asking a little too much from your competitors down low to leave a lane really late on the exit of the corner and they didn’t.

Denny Hamlin added.

Denny Hamlin asses the blame on Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr.

While further talking about the point, Hamlin also talked about the No:19 and the No:9 cars involvement in the incident though Reddick was primarily to blame. He admitted that his teammate Truex Jr. is also to be blame for the incident and added that Elliott was just an innocent bystander.

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Martin Truex Jr. (Via IMAGO)

The blame probably goes 1A to the 45, 1B is to the 19. The 9 had nothing to do with any of it, like he’s just an innocent bystander in the middle who held his lane, saw it coming, tried to back out and it was too late.

Denny Hamlin said.

The Joe Gibbs Racing veteran has made some bold comments about the incident. Him not being afraid to call out his own driver and teammate over the incident shows it was really their mistake that led to the mistake.