Besides the eventful past race at Talladega Super Speedway, this time the NASCAR community has a very interesting topic at hand with veteran NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin poking the organization yet again for its inconsistent way of decision-making.
Citing the recent incident involving Kyle Busch and his current nemesis Corey Lajoie, the #11 driver pointed out the apparent inconsistency.
While he was handed a hefty fine for his comments, Lajoie on the other hand walked free despite his open admission. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver mentioned this in his recent Action Detrimental podcast and questioned the organization’s odd ways.
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Denny Hamlin cites disparity while mentioning Kyle Busch’s blunt comments on the incident
The NASCAR community obviously loves Hamlin for his honest and straightforward approach and this is evident with the rise in popularity of his podcast. Through the podcast, the veteran driver reveals his thoughts about the recent happenings and we also get exclusive inside scoops of the NASCAR world.
Recently, the 23Xl Racing co-owner opened his mind about the infamous Bush-Lajoie incident at Martinsville Speedway which got quite a lot of attention in the media. Joining his friend and co-host of the show, Jared Allen, Hamlin elaborated how Lajoie’s “cut and paste” comments are similar to his, yet while one got decked with penalties and the other even got a chance to explain his ways on NASCAR’s very own podcast.
While he got a “long-winded political answer” from NASCAR on his case, the driver also mentioned the “bad boy’s” stand on the matter, siding with him.
“Kyle Busch’s texting me, he’s like, what the f**k. Like he said the same thing like literally the same, even that he was trying to get a caution out of it, like it’s pretty blatant, and I got a very long political answer,”
Despite the organization handing him heavy fines for a similar faux pas, Hamlin spoke positively about the #7 driver expressing himself. But he laid out a very significant topic that needs to be enforced—the organization’s consistency in such matters—while mentioning how Lajoie slipped NASCAR’s wrath, “You must enforce it each and every week because that’s what you wanted, right? That’s the decision you made, so we’ll just see if they get more consistent but I thought that Corey got away there for sure.”
Happy for Lajoie expressing himself, Hamlin finds his ordeal to be water under the bridge
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Being the honest speaker that he is, Hamlin certainly has a clear-cut idea of things. And even though he might disagree with the #7 driver on certain things, Hamlin also credited his fellow driver for giving an “insider’s perspective” to the loyal fans. “I think what Corey said was fine, I got no issues with what Corey said. He’s given the people who are listening an insider’s perspective of what his mindset was at the moment.”
The JGR driver even thinks that if past scenarios were to occur again then the organization may not intervene as harshly as they did in his case. He said, “Listen I think if NASCAR could do all over with, they wouldn’t have f**ked with me and what I did or said but its water under the bridge at this moment.”
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Even while exposing the organization’s disparity, being the people’s champion, Hamlin knows the importance of consistency as he repeated, “You just want NASCAR to be consistent.”
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