Ross Chastain Steals Denny Hamlin’s Show as Kansas Victor Gets Accused of Behaving Like His Nemesis Following Kyle Larson’s Upset

It finally happened. Denny Hamlin finally won a race this season. Kansas was the 49th win of the veteran’s career which equaled him with Tony Stewart on the all-time list as he strengthened his case for a Hall of Fame worthy career.

Another thing worth noting is that it took Hamlin 12 races to go to the victory lane this year, something which happened only on one previous occasion in the last 5 years.

But one other thing which is worth pointing out about Hamlin’s most recent win, and it is certainly something many have pointed before, it is the way in which this win came.

Because the popular opinion is 50/50 about whether it was a dirty move on Kyle Larson on the last lap or was it just hard racing. As for a few fans in Hamlin’s social media circles, their opinion was that it was indeed a dirty move.

Fans call out Denny Hamlin’s move on Kyle Larson as similar to Ross Chastain

After the win, Hamlin posted a picture of him celebrating in the victory lane at Kansas with the caption, “FG!! How are those brackets lookin?” This incited some reactions from his fans who were glad he finally got a win in 2023.

But there was a different section of fans who thought he didn’t pass Larson cleanly, some of which even compared him to Ross Chastain, which is funny because the Watermelon man gave his old pal a visit in the victory lane.

“U do realize u wrecked larson for that win? U hate ross but clearly drove like ross.” one fan wrote while another claimed, “Can’t win without screwing someone else. You are exactly who you accuse Ross of being”

“Learn how to pass someone clean for the win next time,” read one fan’s reaction while another’s went like, “I’ve seen you win good and bad today you stole it from a real driver.”

“Coulda raced him fair but chose to just take Larson out,” a fan commented on Hamlin’s post.

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Denny Hamlin describes his thought process while racing Kyle Larson at Kansas

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Speaking in an interview after the race, Hamlin shared his side of the story on what he was trying to do in the closing moments of the race against Larson. “I was sideways. He was sideways. I knew it was going to be close whether he could clear me,” Hamlin said as per ESPN.

“I was grinding his left side, trying to keep the side-draft as much as I could. It’s such a super-sensitive part and I hooked him at the end.”

With that said, do you think Hamlin raced Larson dirty or was it an example of good old hard racing?

Let us know in the comments below.

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