NASCAR officials have garnered the community’s wrath yet again! And this time, leading the pack is Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin. Despite finishing P5, he had a lot to say about the race. NASCAR witnessed one of its historic race finishes, where the gap between the two was only 0.0001 seconds, the closest in all of NASCAR history. It was such a tight finish that NASCAR officials had to use lasers to determine the winner. But for Hamlin, his main reason for concern was the crooked start-finish line.

Denny Hamlin aggravated after Kansas chaos

After NASCAR’s official verdict over the historic photo finish, Hamlin was left agitated after the race result. He stated that he could not imagine winning a race where the start-finish line was crooked in the first place and officials should’ve paid attention to it to avoid the confusion.

“No, I could not. I mean, that’s what we’re talking about today. Some people talk about the finish line is crooked. Well, listen, you never know what’s going on with these tracks,but that is one basic thing that we probably should pay a little more attention to,” he said during his recent podcast episode, Actions Detrimental.

Further taking dig at NASCAR, Hamlin further stated that the line looks like it was painted by his six-year-old daughter, Molly, referring to how children often color outside the lines or draw crooked lines. “Paint the f***ing line straight, Travis. But this is the start finish line. Yeah, but it’s going to be…It looks like Molly painted it. Why is Molly taking straights over here?” he said.

While the #11 driver pointed out the glaring mistake, he also tried to dissect why exactly the supposed slip-up took place in the first place.

Hamlin talks about how the start-finish line could’ve been made better

Trending

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Stepmother Follows Through on the Grudge, With His Legacy Also Hanging in the Balance

May 16, 2024 04:49 AM EDT

Chase Elliott Refuses to See Eye to Eye With Dale Jr’s NASCAR Vision With 9-Words

May 18, 2024 06:25 PM EDT

Chase Elliott Skeptical of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s Revival of NASCAR’s “Lost Relic” After Years of Deliberation

May 18, 2024 07:11 PM EDT

Rick Hendrick & Co.’s Partnership with Tarnished Sponsor Triggers Bitter Outburst- “F*CK Liberty”

May 17, 2024 04:29 PM EDT

Rick Hendrick Lending a Helping Hand to Stewart-Haas Racing Amid Dire Times Leaves Insider Infuriated

May 19, 2024 06:50 AM EDT

Get instantly notified of the hottest NASCAR stories via Google! Click on Follow Us and Tap the Blue Star.

Follow Us

In his recent podcast episode, Actions Detrimental, Hamlin sat down with Travis to discuss the historic Kansas photo finish. In every circuit where motorsport races are held, most parts of the track are painted. This includes the drain covers, pit lane lines and the start-finish line.

But as cars and bikes start to go around the circuit laying rubber, it is possible that some of the paint might chip away with hardcore racing actions. But it wasn’t Hamlin’s main concern since the start-finish line is just a straight line and its comparatively huge than the other racing lines on the track.

“It’s a hard line, just a hard straight line, because, I mean, it’s six inches difference between the apron and what’s on the track. It’s big. Someone just, they didn’t use a straight edge. They just went out there and rolled it,“ he said.

Further, the racer also shared his take to ensure such slip ups don’t happen again. “Can you, and there’s got to be, Travis, probably 20 coats of paint on there. So they’d had a, they would have a tough time. So what they could do is since there’s a part of the white paint, that’s thicker than the other, you just paint a black strip, straight edge it and black paint it so there is a straight line defined.”

Also, note that regular paint is not used to paint racetracks. Special paint is used to paint the racing lines. Paint helps with the traction and grip of racecars and also those that don’t chip away easily under hard racing conditions.

While the JGR driver seems to have his grievances, what’s you take on the matter?