Daytona 500: Denny Hamlin breaks down Ricky Stenhouse Jr.-Joey Logano wreck, reveals who was at fault

Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were involved in a wreck at this year’s Daytona 500, and Denny Hamlin had some interesting thoughts. On Hamlin’s Actions Detrimental podcast, he reacted to the wreck that happened late in the race.

“It was going to happen five laps before. I just saw these guys weaving from the top lane to the bottom lane,” Denny Hamlin said. “I just don’t get these low-percentage moves and they think it’s going to be successful. I don’t know. It’s my opinion. That’s why I’m not them, they’re not me.”

Hamlin was then asked which driver was at fault. “If I had to put a number on it, I’d say probably 65 percent the 47 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr.) and 35 percent the 22 (Joey Logano), Hamlin stated. “Stenhouse made a very aggressive block to a lane that was going much faster than him. He chopped down on the 22, they saw the 22 lift to not keep his foot on it and dump the 47, which he could have done.

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“The 47 the realizes ‘Okay I’m in line. I’m in a safe spot.’ The 22, more than likely what had happened with Joey is he got pissed off when he got chopped off. He said, ‘Okay, you leave me another gap, I’m going to take it. He kept taking it and the 47 kept trying to stop it, and eventually, they just crashed each other. To me, the cooler heads didn’t prevail in the situation. I know that the 22 was probably pissed that he got chopped off by the 47. So he said, the next opportunity he leaves me a one-car width, I’m sticking my nose in there and I’m not lifting next time.”

The wreck happened during Lap 186 and collected Chase Elliott, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliand along with Logano and Stenhouse. After the race, Logano told reporters he believed he needed to get in front of Stenhouse and saw his opportunity when to drop in front of Gragson.

“We had a late block. I lifted,” Logano said, per NASCAR.com “Looked like he was gonna go back up. I went to go back in there, and then he came back down and started lifting again. And then at that point, the checkup was so big, and all the cars behind you and shoving you into it, and at that point, you’re along for the ride.”

Logano and Stenhouse were in the top 10 before the wreck and both were looking to win the Daytona 500 for the second time in their careers.

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