“What’s it about these Penske guys that lose their thoughts?”

NASCAR Cup Collection driver Denny Hamlin reacted to Joey Logano’s rant in the direction of his teammate and final Sunday’s winner at Talladega, Austin Cindric. Earlier than diving deeper into Hamlin’s feedback, let’s recap what occurred between the Penske teammates.

Because the 188-lap race entered Stage 2, three drivers have been seen battling the toughest for useful stage factors. Apart from Cindric and Logano, Bubba Wallace was within the combine.

On the time, Logano hoped to obtain that one push he wanted to win the stage. Nevertheless, to his utter frustration, his teammate gave it away to Wallace, driver of the No. 23 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing. That is what Logano stated about Cindric by the previous’s in-car radio:

“Method to go, Austin. Method to go you dumb f**okay. Method to f*****g go. What a silly s**t. GOD. He simply gave it to him. Gave a Toyota the stage win. Good job. Method to go. What a dumba**. Put that in his freaking notes and textual content it to us.”

Denny Hamlin appeared amused by Logano’s heated phrases. Reflecting on them, the Joe Gibbs Racing icon stated (through his Actions Detrimental podcast),

“Did y’all see the Joey Logano rant? What’s it about these Penske guys that lose their thoughts? I imply, he simply ripped Austin a brand new one. These guys are sizzling beneath the collar.”

Denny Hamlin completed the race twenty first, marking his fourth end of twenty first or worse this season. Presently, he sits third within the driver standings with 5 top-fives, six top-10s, and 337 factors to his title.

Subsequent up for the Tampa, Florida native is the Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. He’s the defending champion of the occasion and is eyeing a back-to-back sweep. Followers can watch the race go stay on Fox Sports activities 1 at 3:30 pm ET, Sunday, Could 4. Radio updates might be accessible on PRN (Efficiency Racing Community) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Denny Hamlin pinpoints why NASCAR groups rejected this yr’s All-Star bundle

Forward of this yr’s All-Star Race, NASCAR introduced that the groups can be given the leeway to tweak the elements and items on their NextGen machines for the star-studded occasion. However the groups rejected it, and only recently, Denny Hamlin defined why.

Being a crew proprietor himself, Hamlin understands why this uncommon alternative to experiment acquired a lot hate. Detailing the rationale, he stated (through Newsweek),

“Everybody desires to have enjoyable and do all these items, however who’s going to pay for it? We’re gonna destroy three vehicles to construct this automobile!”

“Do the mathematics actual fast,” Denny Hamlin additional defined. “If I put my three vehicles on the racetrack and simply to construct this wild, unlawful automobile, I’ll destroy it and now I lose yet another automobile out of my fleet.”

Right this moment, an ordinary NASCAR Cup Collection automobile prices about $300,000. Had the groups determined to place three vehicles on the sphere simply to construct this revamped rogue automobile, they might have needed to spend almost one million {dollars}.

After that, profitable the race wouldn’t have mattered a lot to the groups. It’s not going to be a point-paying race, so profitable wouldn’t have awarded them a spot within the 2025 playoffs. The profitable driver leaves with a money prize of $1 million, however that will have been at his crew’s expense.