zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Racing
/
NASCAR Fan Tries To Fight Denny Hamlin After Insane Martinsville Finish
NASCAR Fan Tries To Fight Denny Hamlin After Insane Martinsville Finish-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:18

I’m not sure what was crazier—Denny Hamlin crashing out Chase Elliott to momentarily snatch the lead in the last laps of today’s NASCAR Cup playoff race at Martinsville Speedway, or the final restart that resulted in most of the field behind the leaders crashing. Then a fan tried to pick a fight with Hamlin!

Martinsville delivered the insane short track action we always crave, with tons of contact and close racing—especially since the chance to be in NASCAR’s final four playoff-contending drivers is on the line.

Here’s the moment that brought out the race’s eleventh caution and started the chain reaction of crazy off for good:

Hamlin moved Elliott out of the way for the lead by getting into his rear bumper and sending him into the wall. This put the race into overtime, which ended in a giant chain-reaction crash :

Kyle Busch ultimately won tonight’s race after nudging Hamlin out of his way on the restart, earning him a spot in the coveted final four who’ll race for the season title at the Homestead-Miami season ender.

The race may have been over, but it certainly wasn’t for Elliott and Hamlin. Elliott knew he would have been into the playoffs’ final four in Busch’s place had Hamlin—another contender in the playoffs—not moved him out of the way. Now Elliott sits at the bottom of the playoffs’ “Round of 8" standings, just below Hamlin. Ouch.

So, Elliott voiced his displeasure after the checkered flag by hitting Hamlin’s car.

Hamlin got out and had words with Elliott for the move, although the two didn’t ultimately get into a fight there.

Hamlin was rightfully booed by the crowd, despite the fact that he’s from Virginia, and Martinsville should—in theory—be a home race. If he’s even getting booed there, he done screwed up.

Finally, after the dust had settled on all the cars and the drivers were back at the pits, a fan tried to pick a fight with Denny Hamlin, too. Not Elliott again. Not Elliott’s crew. A fan with pit lane access.

Holy crap.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Racing
Insane NASCAR Trucks Photo Finish During Huge Crash Was Almost Too Close To Call
Insane NASCAR Trucks Photo Finish During Huge Crash Was Almost Too Close To Call
Tonight’s NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series race at Texas Motor Speedway ended in total chaos one lap earlier than expected as a sent Timothy Peters spinning on his roof. Meanwhile, still on track, they had to figure out who was ahead when the now-race-ending caution flag was dropped for the...
Oct 18, 2024
McLaren-Honda Has Got To Be So Bad Right Now I Can't Even Imagine
McLaren-Honda Has Got To Be So Bad Right Now I Can't Even Imagine
This year, McLaren-Honda has been bad. Very bad. , actually. But it was fun to watch, as you knew McLaren was going to stick through it and maybe the two icons in racing would work things out. Well, McLaren just said “we’re near our limit” and may really cut things...
Oct 18, 2024
Mercedes Boss Calls Out Top Gear Host For Partying Too Hard In Monaco
Mercedes Boss Calls Out Top Gear Host For Partying Too Hard In Monaco
Mercedes Formula One team executive director Toto Wolff refuted claims that Mercedes would drop its F1 team in the most hilarious way—by accusing and current Eddie Jordan of partying a bit too hard over the Monaco weekend when he said them. When asked if current Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel might...
Oct 18, 2024
Watch The Legendary 1990 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II Outbrake Its 2017 Successor
Watch The Legendary 1990 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II Outbrake Its 2017 Successor
Almost universally, modern race cars are more capable than their predecessors. Almost. Mercedes AMG’s DTM team did a bit of a old vs new test, comparing how its current 2017 car compares to its most beloved old one, the. It was the car that inspired the BMW M3, built just...
Oct 18, 2024
Riding In A 600 Horsepower Stadium Super Truck Is The Key To Happiness In Life
Riding In A 600 Horsepower Stadium Super Truck Is The Key To Happiness In Life
“Terrify me,” I told Stadium Super Trucks’ founder Robby Gordon. “It’ll make a better video.” I love watching sweet jumps, and Stadium Super Trucks feels like that old arcade game come to life, but with even more ridiculous jumps. It’s a wheel-to-wheel series full of identical 600-horsepower tube-frame race trucks...
Oct 18, 2024
Fernando Alonso Wants Everyone To Know He Needs A New Ride For 2018
Fernando Alonso Wants Everyone To Know He Needs A New Ride For 2018
Professional McLaren Formula One Fernando Alonso told that McLaren needs to start winning races by September for him to stay. Given that it’s more likely for space cats to discover unobtanium on Saturn by then, I think this is a nice way of telling everyone that he’s available for hire...
Oct 18, 2024
Copyright 2023-2024 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved