Engulfed in Controversy, Joe Gibbs Comes to Denny Hamlin’s Rescue; Faces the Brunt of Fans’ Wrath

While the NASCAR world prepares for the upcoming 2023 Federated Auto Parts 400 race event at Richmond Raceway, Denny Hamlin remains engulfed in controversy. Booed by an angry crowd at Pocono’s Victory Lane, the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing driver was then crowned a ‘hypocritical liar’ by fans on the internet.

Watching his star driver get slandered by the entire community, JGR owner Joe Gibbs has now come to Denny Hamlin’s rescue.

Coach Gibbs sides with Denny Hamlin

During the final stage of the 2023 HighPoint.com 400, Denny Hamlin and his JGR teammate, #19 Martin Truex Jr were tailing Hendrick Motorsports’ #5 Kyle Larson and #48 Alex Bowman. Approaching a turn, Hamlin got close to the #48 Chevy’s rear bumper. Although there was apparently no contact, Alex Bowman spun out, warranting a restart. With Bowman out of the picture, Denny Hamlin placed himself on the inside line of race leader, Kyle Larson, during the final laps’ restart. Executing a overtake, Hamlin drove up the track, running Larson into the outside wall. Displeased with the #11 JGR driver’s actions, Larson then retorted with a bump to Hamlin’s driver-side door while under caution.

Driving down Pocono’s Victory Lane, Hamlin denied trading paint with the HMS Chevy. “Both guys wrecked themselves. There was a lane. He missed the corner first and evidently, he didn’t have his right-side tires clean and when he gassed it up he kept going again…I didn’t hit either one of them. I didn’t touch them.” These words of Hamlin fueled a major controversy, causing the entire NASCAR community to band up and call out the JGR driver for his apparent lies. Coming to their star driver’s rescue, the Joe Gibbs Racing team on behalf of team owner, Coach Gibbs, recently put out a tweet. Posting a photo of Denny Hamlin climbing out of his #11 Toyota, the JGR team wrote, “.@dennyhamlin made no contact with 48”.

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While the JGR team came to Hamlin’s rescue, the tweet however didn’t sit well with fans.

Fans bash Joe Gibbs Racing for siding with Denny Hamlin

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Having earlier called out Denny Hamlin’s hypocrisy and lies, fans then proceeded to bash the Joe Gibbs Racing team for their recent tweet. Infuriated by Hamlin’s actions and the JGR team’s denial, one fan wrote, “Toyota: -A brand that cheats JGR- A team that cheats DH – A cheater driver You all are a shame”.

Another fan asked the team to show the right side panels of the #11 Toyota, where he apparently made contact with Kyle Larson, commenting, “Now show the right side of the car where he made contact with the 5 car”. Here are some more comments from the fans.

“Joe Gibbs you need to drop Denny Hamlin he a bum”

“Hamlin is the reason I won’t by a Toyota!!!”

“Last year it was Chastain and yesterday it was Larson. What’s the common denominator here?”

“Yay, doesn’t change your guy ran the 5 into the wall, as is Hamlin’s habit.”

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