Denny Hamlin commented that the Brickyard 400 was a challenge because he had to conserve fuel throughout the race. On the podcast “Actions Detrimental,” the 43-year-old NASCAR star revealed that he “drove hard” for 25 of the 160 laps of the Indy Cup Series race. “I’m so tired of the high-fuel races where everybody’s running at half throttle,” Hamlin said. “I wish I could do something about it, but it’s just like… I don’t know, sometimes it helps you, sometimes it hurts you.
I just think, do we really need NBC to sit here and explain all the different things and gasoline for a race? Wouldn’t you like to watch us race and see that the car in front takes the lead because it’s the fastest car or whatever? “He says, no, don’t look at that guy, look at that guy in number 12, that’s where you need to pay attention. Well, that explains very well what’s going on, but when it comes to races where fuel economy is an issue, can we somehow prevent that?Hamlin started well at the Brickyard 400, winning the first stage and finishing third in the second. However, Hamlin could only manage 32nd on Sunday due to an accident he was involved in during the third stage of the race.
Denny Hamlin weighs in on Ryan Blaney’s outburst during Brickyard 400
Kyle Larson won the Brickyard 400, but Ryan Blaney felt he had a chance to win after Larson passed him after the overtime restart. Blaney expressed anger after the incident, but Hamlin doesn’t blame him. “The No. 12 was in position to win the race and then he was obviously surprised when he saw the No. 5 stop, and not only did he stop, but he restarted almost at the same time, and the No. 5 caught him and overtook him by one. It was a crazy moment of course,” Hamlin said.
“That’s the moment you have to give Blaney a bye because he went from controlling the race to just not controlling the race… That’s when the No. 6 stopped and gave up the spot he had.” “He went from second to second, and now we have a new guy coming into the match. So it was very unfortunate for the 12 that the 5 got the inside lane. I mean, what do we do about that? I’m not sure. I think the 6 couldn’t have come at a worse time to get going.” I don’t know how the six of them thought they were going to make it. Again, without the terrible fuel consumption race this wouldn’t have happened.” On3’s Nick Geddes contributed to this article.
