Denny Hamlin Admits to Being Left in a “Vulnerable” Position Following Kevin Harvick-Ross Chastain Wreck in Atlanta

Last weekend’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway saw quite a few action-packed nail-biting moments. However, for Denny Hamlin, things could have got a lot worse had he been taken out along with the wreck started by Ross Chastain, involving Kevin Harvick. It was just by a little that Hamlin did not hit the number 17 of Chris Buescher.

During the recent episode of his Actions Detrimental podcast, he addressed the incident. He also spoke about how he was put in a vulnerable spot during the final moments of the race.

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Hamlin mentioned, “I knew I was close. I didn’t realize the 17. I didn’t see that. There were many times where… I don’t see the car coming from the bottom to the top and barely clipping, barely clearing my rear bumper…”

The JGR driver then explained how that “kind of shook up the race.” Right after he thought that that incident had put him on a fuel window. He realized all he had to do was pit and go on till the end of the race.

He continued, “So there was going to be no green flag stops from there on out. We all pitted. I came in second. And unfortunately, at these types of racetracks, we’re not a lot of cars go a lot down. When you take fuel only you in your pitted in the middle of pit road, you really kind of in a vulnerable spot of, especially when you’re upfront and there are a bunch of cars up front…”

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Denny Hamlin collided on the pit road at last Sunday’s race

Confirming his vulnerable spot of going into the pit road while upfront with several other cars, Hamlin tangled himself in a small incident that might have cost him a few spots.

Hamlin only went in for a refuel. So as soon as he was done, he pushed out of the box to regain track position. However, on his way out, he was struck by the incoming car of Ty Dillon, who had yet to pit. This small incident sure did push the JGR driver a few spots down, as several other cars rushed to rejoin the track surface.

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At the end of the day, it was Joey Logano who claimed the chequered. But it wasn’t that bad of a day for Hamlin, since he ended up in a respectable 6th place after the flag dropped.