Austin Dillon made some embarrassing comments about Denny Hamlin after his win at Richmond on Sunday. On the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin didn't like the comments that Dillon made trending on Twitter for trashing him and Logano to get the controversial win.
“In my opinion, this shows you're insensitive,” Hamlin said. “It's just insensitive. You're only looking at this issue through your own lens and you have no empathy for the two people that put you on the fence.”
Dillon spoke about the trending topic on Twitter after being asked if it was a good thing for NASCAR to be willing to let its drivers crash in order to win: “I don't know. That's the rules of the sport, right? That's the reality. If you win you move on to the next round. I just did what I had to do to get across the start/finish line first,” Dillon said.
“Speaking of good things for the sport, I heard our video is trending No. 1 on Twitter right now, so there must be a lot of people watching right now, so that's good.”
Denny Hamlin said Austin Dillon crossed the line on Sunday.
Hamlin understands Dillon did what was necessary to win, but in an interview with NBC Sports after the race, the three-time Daytona 500 winner said he has never sacrificed anyone to get a win.
“A line has certainly been crossed, but it's an invisible line. It's not clearly defined. I mean, there are rules and regulations against this sort of thing, but they never take action against it,” Hamlin said.
“The younger guys coming up in the short track ranks see that and they think that's OK. That's why some of the lower series do it in green-white-checker situations, because some of the top guys they're watching on Sunday do things like that. I wouldn't call anyone throwing stones at a glass house, but I've never won that way.”
Before Sunday's race, Dillon's last win was on Aug. 28, 2022, when he won the Coke Zero Sugar 500 at Daytona. And just like Sunday, Dillon needed this win to qualify for the playoffs. So far this year, Dillon has only three top-10 finishes. Dillon has won five Cup Series races in his career, including the Daytona 500 in 2018.
