“Didn’t love it, didn’t look great!” Denny Hamlin SLAMS Ty Gibbs for wild retaliation on Justin Haley at Bowman Gray
Joe Gibbs Racing veteran Denny Hamlin has shared his feelings about the wild crash featuring Ty Gibbs at Bowman Gray.
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Justin Haley, Ty Gibbs and Denny Hamlin (Via IMAGO)
The 2025 NASCAR cup season started with The Clash at the Bowman Gray Stadium on Sunday. Madhouse lived up to its name as the whole race featured some wild crashes and incidents, while Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott won the event with leading a record 171 laps, beating the Ryan Blaney, who gave a tough fight.
One of the wildest incidents of the week came in the Last Chace Qualifying, that involved youngsters Ty Gibbs and Justin Haley. The No:54 Toyota of Gibbs went airborne when he tagged Haley in retaliation, owing to a previous clash on the track. His JGR teammate Denny Hamlin was unimpressed with the actions of the young driver.
It’s so hard to be mentally tough in the moments you get bounced around and you feel like well, I gotta show I’m not gonna take it, so do something back. It’s almost like the NFL where a personal foul — someone shoves you, next thing you know you push them in the face, and you get the flag.
Denny Hamlin said via Actions Detrimental.
Further talking about the drama, Denny Hamlin asserted that Gibbs should have taken a different way to get back at Haley and he didn’t like how the ex-Xfinity champion approached the situation. He pointed out that the car went on air because the tire rolled over each other when they made contact, and it looked worse than it actually was.
Maybe find a different way to get back at them. Certainly, didn’t love it, didn’t look great. It just happened to be weird how the tires rolled over each other which made his car launch there, but it looked worse than it actually was.
Denny Hamlin added.
Denny Hamlin warns Ty Gibbs amidst the expectations on his shoulders
In the same conversation Hamlin pointed out that NASCAR isn’t going to love Gibbs’ actions as he has the pressure on his shoulders to end his race winning streak and make his way into the Cup playoffs. He wants Gibbs to figure things out and not to let things get to him.
But still, it’s something that NASCAR isn’t gonna love or anything like that. Again, he’s expecting to take that next step and be a race winner and a playoff guy. These moments, it’s really hard to not let things get to you and he’s still a really young guy trying to find his way. He’ll figure it out.
Denny Hamlin said.
The comment from Hamlin shows how much he disliked the actions from his teammate and how he wanted Gibbs to perform on the level that is expected of him. It would be interesting to see how the star driver is going to perform this season, with the pressure of expectations on his shoulders.
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